From 767f100fd6b0099efe74434d284cceec8fc120bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Stanis=C5=82aw=20Barzowski?= <stanislaw.barzowski@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:07:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] std.parseJson - a builtin for parsing json

---
 builtins.go                | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 testdata/parseJson.golden  | 10 ++++++++++
 testdata/parseJson.jsonnet | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 testdata/parseJson.golden
 create mode 100644 testdata/parseJson.jsonnet

diff --git a/builtins.go b/builtins.go
index 9ccf332..0bcb1d2 100644
--- a/builtins.go
+++ b/builtins.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
@@ -775,6 +776,20 @@ func builtinUglyObjectFlatMerge(i *interpreter, trace TraceElement, x value) (va
 	), nil
 }
 
+func builtinParseJSON(i *interpreter, trace TraceElement, str value) (value, error) {
+	sval, err := i.getString(str, trace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s := sval.getString()
+	var parsedJSON interface{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &parsedJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, i.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse JSON: %v", err.Error()), trace)
+	}
+	return jsonToValue(i, trace, parsedJSON)
+}
+
 func builtinExtVar(i *interpreter, trace TraceElement, name value) (value, error) {
 	str, err := i.getString(name, trace)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1000,6 +1015,7 @@ var funcBuiltins = buildBuiltinMap([]builtin{
 	&binaryBuiltin{name: "modulo", function: builtinModulo, parameters: ast.Identifiers{"x", "y"}},
 	&unaryBuiltin{name: "md5", function: builtinMd5, parameters: ast.Identifiers{"x"}},
 	&ternaryBuiltin{name: "strReplace", function: builtinStrReplace, parameters: ast.Identifiers{"str", "from", "to"}},
+	&unaryBuiltin{name: "parseJson", function: builtinParseJSON, parameters: ast.Identifiers{"str"}},
 	&unaryBuiltin{name: "native", function: builtinNative, parameters: ast.Identifiers{"x"}},
 
 	// internal
diff --git a/testdata/parseJson.golden b/testdata/parseJson.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f28547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/parseJson.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+   "aaa": { },
+   "foo": "bar",
+   "xxx": [
+      42,
+      "asdf",
+      { }
+   ],
+   "ąę": "ćż"
+}
diff --git a/testdata/parseJson.jsonnet b/testdata/parseJson.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..567a0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/parseJson.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+std.parseJson(
+    '{
+        "foo": "bar",
+        "aaa": {},
+        "ąę": "ćż",
+        "xxx": [
+            42,
+            "asdf",
+            {}
+        ]
+    }',
+)
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