When searching for resources, prefer non-List matches (#231)

* Fixes #229: When searching for resources, prefer non-List matches

Signed-off-by: Fabian von Feilitzsch <fabian@fabianism.us>

* add unit test for resource searching behavior

Signed-off-by: Fabian von Feilitzsch <fabian@fabianism.us>

openshift/dynamic/client.py

@@ -517,10 +517,14 @@ def get(self, **kwargs):
             on api_version, that resource will be returned.
         """
         results = self.search(**kwargs)
+        # If there are multiple matches, prefer exact matches on api_version
         if len(results) > 1 and kwargs.get('api_version'):
             results = [
                 result for result in results if result.group_version == kwargs['api_version']
             ]
+        # If there are multiple matches, prefer non-List kinds
+        if len(results) > 1 and not all([isinstance(x, ResourceList) for x in results]):
+            results = [result for result in results if not isinstance(result, ResourceList)]
         if len(results) == 1:
             return results[0]
         elif not results:

test/unit/test_resource_container.py

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import pytest
+
+from kubernetes.client import ApiClient
+
+from openshift.dynamic import DynamicClient, Resource, ResourceList
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def mock_namespace():
+    return Resource(
+        api_version='v1',
+        kind='Namespace',
+        name='namespaces',
+        namespaced=False,
+        preferred=True,
+        prefix='api',
+        shorter_names=['ns'],
+        shortNames=['ns'],
+        singularName='namespace',
+        verbs=['create', 'delete', 'get', 'list', 'patch', 'update', 'watch']
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def mock_namespace_list(mock_namespace):
+    return ResourceList(mock_namespace)
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function', autouse=True)
+def setup_client_monkeypatch(monkeypatch, mock_namespace, mock_namespace_list):
+
+    def mock_load_server_info(self):
+        self.__version = {'kubernetes': 'mock-k8s-version'}
+
+    def mock_parse_api_groups(self):
+            return {
+            'api': {
+                '': {
+                    'v1': {
+                        'Namespace': mock_namespace,
+                        'NamespaceList': mock_namespace_list
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(DynamicClient, '_load_server_info', mock_load_server_info)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(DynamicClient, 'parse_api_groups', mock_parse_api_groups)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def client():
+    return DynamicClient(ApiClient())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("attribute", "value"), [
+    ('name', 'namespaces'),
+    ('singular_name', 'namespace'),
+    ('short_names', ['ns'])
+])
+def test_search_returns_single_and_list(client, mock_namespace, mock_namespace_list, attribute, value):
+    resources = client.resources.search(**{'api_version':'v1', attribute: value})
+
+    assert len(resources) == 2
+    assert mock_namespace in resources
+    assert mock_namespace_list in resources
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("attribute", "value"), [
+    ('kind', 'Namespace'),
+    ('name', 'namespaces'),
+    ('singular_name', 'namespace'),
+    ('short_names', ['ns'])
+])
+def test_get_returns_only_single(client, mock_namespace, attribute, value):
+    resource = client.resources.get(**{'api_version':'v1', attribute: value})
+
+    assert resource == mock_namespace
+
+
+def test_get_namespace_list_kind(client, mock_namespace_list):
+    resource = client.resources.get(api_version='v1', kind='NamespaceList')
+
+    assert resource == mock_namespace_list