urldecode function

[simongottschlag]

OpenTofu Version

OpenTofu v1.6.1
on linux_amd64
+ provider registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/azuread v2.47.0
+ provider registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/azurerm v3.87.0
+ provider registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/local v2.4.1
+ provider registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/random v3.6.0

Use Cases

There are some scenarios where we need to urldecode strings. My scenario is extracting the token from the uri of azurerm_automation_webhook, urldecoding the token and then passing it to a azurerm_logic_app_action_http.

Attempted Solutions

Right now, I have to do something like replace(replace(replace(local.webhook_token, "%3d", "="), "%2f", "/"), "%2b", "+") - but would be really nice to have the function.

Proposal

Add urldecode() function.

References

urlencode already exists: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/functions/urlencode

[sshiv5768]

Hey, @simongottschlag I would like to take up this issue.

[simongottschlag]

Hey, @simongottschlag I would like to take up this issue.

Hi @sshiv5768!

Go for it 😊⭐️

[sshiv5768]

Thanks, @simongottschlag. From where i can get started to work on this issue?

[simongottschlag]

Thanks, @simongottschlag. From where i can get started to work on this issue?

Not sure myself, haven't looked into it deeper. But I would guess you can start with the urlencode function and work your way from there 😊

opentofu/internal/lang/funcs/encoding.go

Line 280 in 80f72ce

func URLEncode(str cty.Value) (cty.Value, error) {

[janosdebugs]

Hi @sshiv5768 thank you for volunteering for this issue, I've assigned you. Could you please let us know roughly by when you estimate this will be finished? We ask this so we can assign other community members who want to work on this issue in case we don't hear back from you.

[pooriaghaedi]

@janosdebugs Could you please assign this task to me? I've already written the code.

[Yantrio]

Hi @pooriaghaedi, normally (as per our contribution guide) we ask people to not attempt work until an issue is assigned to them to reduce duplicated efforts.

However in this case it looks like @sshiv5768 has not responded so I am happy to be flexible and assign you this issue.

Thank you, and in the future please reach out to us to get issues assigned to you first! :D

[pooriaghaedi]

Hi @Yantrio,
Sure, Sorry for that.