From 0ffadc48c633ce01fd0d17fd02494838163afb21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cidrblock <brad@thethorntons.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 15:01:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] init_commit

---
 plugins/filter/paths.py                | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/module_utils/generate_paths.py | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 plugins/filter/paths.py
 create mode 100644 plugins/module_utils/generate_paths.py

diff --git a/plugins/filter/paths.py b/plugins/filter/paths.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fea97ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/filter/paths.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 Red Hat
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+
+# (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+
+"""
+flatten a complex object to dot bracket notation
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import (
+    Mapping,
+    MutableMapping,
+)
+
+from ansible_collections.ansible.utils.plugins.module_utils.generate_paths import (
+    generate_paths,
+)
+from jinja2.filters import environmentfilter
+
+
+def to_paths(obj, prepend=None):
+    return generate_paths(obj, prepend)
+
+
+@environmentfilter
+def get_path(environment, vars, path):
+    string_to_variable = "{{ %s }}" % path
+    return environment.from_string(string_to_variable).render(**vars)
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    """ Network filter """
+
+    def filters(self):
+        return {"to_paths": to_paths, "get_path": get_path}
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/generate_paths.py b/plugins/module_utils/generate_paths.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ffc538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/generate_paths.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 Red Hat
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+
+# (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+
+"""
+flatten a complex object to dot bracket notation
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import re
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import (
+    Mapping,
+    MutableMapping,
+)
+
+
+def generate_paths(nested_json, prepend):
+    out = {}
+
+    def flatten(data, name=""):
+        if isinstance(data, (dict, Mapping, MutableMapping)):
+            for key, val in data.items():
+                if name:
+                    if re.match("^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$", key):
+                        nname = name + ".{key}".format(key=key)
+                    else:
+                        nname = name + "['{key}']".format(key=key)
+                else:
+                    nname = key
+                flatten(val, nname)
+        elif isinstance(data, list):
+            for idx, val in enumerate(data):
+                flatten(val, "{name}[{idx}]".format(name=name, idx=idx))
+        else:
+            out[name] = data
+
+    if prepend:
+        flatten({prepend: nested_json})
+    else:
+        flatten(nested_json)
+    return out