--- /dev/null
+#
+# 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 = ":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;= "
+
+ unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'uriescape(): Requires either ' +
+ 'array or string to work with')
+ end
+
+ if value.is_a?(Array)
+ # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
+ result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i,unsafe) : i }
+ else
+ result = URI.escape(value,unsafe)
+ end
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the uriescape function" do
+ let(:scope) { PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope }
+
+ it "should exist" do
+ Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("uriescape").should == "function_uriescape"
+ end
+
+ it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+ lambda { scope.function_uriescape([]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+ end
+
+ it "should uriescape a string" do
+ result = scope.function_uriescape([":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;= "])
+ 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