JSON: add jsons extract variant, to strip quotes from string results

[exim.git] / src / src / expand.c

diff --git a/src/src/expand.c b/src/src/expand.c
index d36d376455787938db4e4d4f50c1e2b244fddfca..79304c8b1ab5ae8ec90a2ad856e79b76a7503d30 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/expand.c
+++ b/src/src/expand.c
@@ -5635,7 +5635,13 @@ while (*s != 0)
       uschar *sub[3];
       int save_expand_nmax =
         save_expand_strings(save_expand_nstring, save_expand_nlength);
-      enum {extract_basic, extract_json} fmt = extract_basic;
+
+      /* On reflection the original behaviour of extract-json for a string
+      result, leaving it quoted, was a mistake.  But it was already published,
+      hence the addition of jsons.  In a future major version, make json
+      work like josons, and withdraw jsons. */
+
+      enum {extract_basic, extract_json, extract_jsons} fmt = extract_basic;
 
       while (isspace(*s)) s++;
 
@@ -5643,7 +5649,10 @@ while (*s != 0)
 
       if (*s != '{')                                   /*}*/
        if (Ustrncmp(s, "json", 4) == 0)
-         {fmt = extract_json; s += 4;}
+         if (*(s += 4) == 's')
+           {fmt = extract_jsons; s++;}
+         else
+           fmt = extract_json;
 
       /* While skipping we cannot rely on the data for expansions being
       available (eg. $item) hence cannot decide on numeric vs. keyed.
@@ -5724,7 +5733,7 @@ while (*s != 0)
            if (*p == 0)
              {
              field_number *= x;
-             if (fmt != extract_json) j = 3;               /* Need 3 args */
+             if (fmt == extract_basic) j = 3;               /* Need 3 args */
              field_number_set = TRUE;
              }
             }
@@ -5751,6 +5760,7 @@ while (*s != 0)
          break;
 
        case extract_json:
+       case extract_jsons:
          {
          uschar * s, * item;
          const uschar * list;
@@ -5817,6 +5827,17 @@ while (*s != 0)
              }
            }
          }
+
+         if (  fmt == extract_jsons
+            && lookup_value
+            && !(lookup_value = dewrap(lookup_value, US"\"\"")))
+           {
+           expand_string_message =
+             string_sprintf("%s wrapping string result for extract jsons",
+               expand_string_message);
+           goto EXPAND_FAILED_CURLY;
+           }
+         break;        /* json/s */
        }
 
       /* If no string follows, $value gets substituted; otherwise there can