class OctofactsUpdater::Service::Base
Public Class Methods
parse_yaml(yaml_string)
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Parse a YAML fact file from PuppetServer. This removes the header (e.g. “— !ruby/object:Puppet::Node::Facts”) so that it's not necessary to bring in all of Puppet.
yaml_string - A String with YAML to parse.
Returns a Hash with the facts.
# File lib/octofacts_updater/service/base.rb, line 14 def self.parse_yaml(yaml_string) # Convert first "---" after any comments and blank lines. yaml_array = yaml_string.to_s.split("\n") yaml_array.each_with_index do |line, index| next if line =~ /\A\s*#/ next if line.strip == "" if line.start_with?("---") yaml_array[index] = "---" end break end # Parse the YAML file result = YAML.safe_load(yaml_array.join("\n")) # Pull out "values" if this is in a name-values format. Otherwise just return the hash. return result["values"] if result["values"].is_a?(Hash) result end