api_modify/api_info: add restrict option

changelogs/fragments/305-api-restrict.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "api_info - allow to restrict the output by limiting fields to specific values with the new ``restrict`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/305)."
+  - "api_modify - allow to restrict what is updated by limiting fields to specific values with the new ``restrict`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/305)."

plugins/doc_fragments/api.py

@@ -95,3 +95,44 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
   - ref: ansible_collections.community.routeros.docsite.api-guide
     description: How to connect to RouterOS devices with the RouterOS API
 '''
+
+    RESTRICT = r'''
+options:
+  restrict:
+    type: list
+    elements: dict
+    suboptions:
+      field:
+        description:
+          - The field whose values to restrict.
+        required: true
+        type: str
+      match_disabled:
+        description:
+          - Whether disabled or not provided values should match.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+      values:
+        description:
+          - The values of the field to limit to.
+          - >-
+            Note that the types of the values are important. If you provide a string V("0"),
+            and librouteros converts the value returned by the API to the integer V(0),
+            then this will not match. If you are not sure, better include both variants:
+            both the string and the integer.
+        type: list
+        elements: raw
+      regex:
+        description:
+          - A regular expression matching values of the field to limit to.
+          - Note that all values will be converted to strings before matching.
+          - It is not possible to match disabled values with regular expressions.
+            Set O(restrict[].match_disabled=true) if you also want to match disabled values.
+        type: str
+      invert:
+        description:
+          - Invert the condition. This affects O(restrict[].match_disabled), O(restrict[].values),
+            and O(restrict[].regex).
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+'''

plugins/module_utils/_api_helper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2022, Felix Fontein (@felixfontein) <[email protected]>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# The data inside here is private to this collection. If you use this from outside the collection,
+# you are on your own. There can be random changes to its format even in bugfix releases!
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import re
+
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+
+
+def validate_and_prepare_restrict(module, path_info):
+    restrict = module.params['restrict']
+    if restrict is None:
+        return None
+    restrict_data = []
+    for rule in restrict:
+        field = rule['field']
+        if field.startswith('!'):
+            module.fail_json(msg='restrict: the field name "{0}" must not start with "!"'.format(field))
+        f = path_info.fields.get(field)
+        if f is None:
+            module.fail_json(msg='restrict: the field "{0}" does not exist for this path'.format(field))
+
+        new_rule = dict(
+            field=field,
+            match_disabled=rule['match_disabled'],
+            invert=rule['invert'],
+        )
+        if rule['values'] is not None:
+            new_rule['values'] = rule['values']
+        if rule['regex'] is not None:
+            regex = rule['regex']
+            try:
+                new_rule['regex'] = re.compile(regex)
+                new_rule['regex_source'] = regex
+            except Exception as exc:
+                module.fail_json(msg='restrict: invalid regular expression "{0}": {1}'.format(regex, exc))
+        restrict_data.append(new_rule)
+    return restrict_data
+
+
+def _value_to_str(value):
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    value_str = to_text(value)
+    if isinstance(value, bool):
+        value_str = value_str.lower()
+    return value_str
+
+
+def _test_rule_except_invert(value, rule):
+    if value is None and rule['match_disabled']:
+        return True
+    if 'values' in rule and value in rule['values']:
+        return True
+    if 'regex' in rule and value is not None and rule['regex'].match(_value_to_str(value)):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def restrict_entry_accepted(entry, path_info, restrict_data):
+    if restrict_data is None:
+        return True
+    for rule in restrict_data:
+        # Obtain field and value
+        field = rule['field']
+        field_info = path_info.fields[field]
+        value = entry.get(field)
+        if value is None:
+            value = field_info.default
+        if field not in entry and field_info.absent_value:
+            value = field_info.absent_value
+
+        # Check
+        matches_rule = _test_rule_except_invert(value, rule)
+        if rule['invert']:
+            matches_rule = not matches_rule
+        if not matches_rule:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def restrict_argument_spec():
+    return dict(
+        restrict=dict(
+            type='list',
+            elements='dict',
+            options=dict(
+                field=dict(type='str', required=True),
+                match_disabled=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+                values=dict(type='list', elements='raw'),
+                regex=dict(type='str'),
+                invert=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            ),
+        ),
+    )

plugins/modules/api_info.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     L(create an issue in the community.routeros Issue Tracker,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/issues/).
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - community.routeros.api
+  - community.routeros.api.restrict
   - community.routeros.attributes
   - community.routeros.attributes.actiongroup_api
   - community.routeros.attributes.info_module
@@ -301,6 +302,10 @@
     type: bool
     default: false
     version_added: 2.10.0
+  restrict:
+    description:
+      - Restrict output to entries matching the following criteria.
+    version_added: 2.18.0
 seealso:
   - module: community.routeros.api
   - module: community.routeros.api_facts
@@ -318,6 +323,18 @@
     path: ip address
   register: ip_addresses
 
+- name: Print data for IP addresses
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: ip_addresses.result
+
+- name: Get IP addresses
+  community.routeros.api_info:
+    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
+    password: "{{ password }}"
+    username: "{{ username }}"
+    path: ip address
+  register: ip_addresses
+
 - name: Print data for IP addresses
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: ip_addresses.result
@@ -358,6 +375,12 @@
     split_path,
 )
 
+from ansible_collections.community.routeros.plugins.module_utils._api_helper import (
+    restrict_argument_spec,
+    restrict_entry_accepted,
+    validate_and_prepare_restrict,
+)
+
 try:
     from librouteros.exceptions import LibRouterosError
 except Exception:
@@ -383,6 +406,7 @@ def main():
         include_read_only=dict(type='bool', default=False),
     )
     module_args.update(api_argument_spec())
+    module_args.update(restrict_argument_spec())
 
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=module_args,
@@ -411,6 +435,7 @@ def main():
     include_dynamic = module.params['include_dynamic']
     include_builtin = module.params['include_builtin']
     include_read_only = module.params['include_read_only']
+    restrict_data = validate_and_prepare_restrict(module, path_info)
     try:
         api_path = compose_api_path(api, path)
 
@@ -423,6 +448,8 @@ def main():
             if not include_builtin:
                 if entry.get('builtin', False):
                     continue
+            if not restrict_entry_accepted(entry, path_info, restrict_data):
+                continue
             if not unfiltered:
                 for k in list(entry):
                     if k == '.id':