Add function, uriescape, to URI.escape strings. Redmine #17459

lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb

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+#
+#  uriescape.rb
+#
+require 'uri'
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:uriescape, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+    Urlencodes a string or array of strings.
+    Requires either a single string or an array as an input.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "uriescape(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+    klass = value.class
+    unsafe = ":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;= "
+
+    unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'uriescape(): Requires either ' +
+        'array or string to work with')
+    end
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array)
+      # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
+      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i,unsafe) : i }
+    else
+      result = URI.escape(value,unsafe)
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :

spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape_spec.rb

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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the uriescape function" do
+  let(:scope) { PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope }
+
+  it "should exist" do
+    Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("uriescape").should == "function_uriescape"
+  end
+
+  it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+    lambda { scope.function_uriescape([]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+  end
+
+  it "should uriescape a string" do
+    result = scope.function_uriescape([":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;= "])
+    result.should(eq('%3A%2F%3F%23%5B%5D%40%21%24%26%27%28%29%2A%2B%2C%3B%3D%20'))
+  end
+
+  it "should do nothing if a string is already safe" do
+    result = scope.function_uriescape(["ABCdef"])
+    result.should(eq('ABCdef'))
+  end
+end