regex_search

Description

This plugin allows to search in a string to extract the part that matches the specified regular expression.

Configuration

Nothing to configure for the plugin.

hermes:
  plugins:
    attributes:
      regex_search:

Usage

regex_search(string: str, regex: str, multiline=False, ignorecase=False) → list[str] | None

As this plugin is just an adaptation of Ansible’s regex_search_filter, you can also check its documentation.

# Will be unset (contains None)
regex_results: "{{ 'foo' | regex_search('bar') }}"

# Will be unset (contains None)
regex_results: "{{ 'foobar' | regex_search('foo$') }}"

# Will contain 'foo'
regex_results: "{{ 'foobar' | regex_search('^foo') }}"

# Will contain 'foobar'
regex_results: "{{ 'foobar' | regex_search('^foo.*$') }}"


# Below is a more complex approach, where LDAP_PASSWORD_HASHES is a list of LDAP password hashes:
# LDAP_PASSWORD_HASHES:
#   - "{SMD5}NGnIxNg+ZqB3XwhQK/jCRDWWpUQYVbwg"
#   - "{SSHA}9u8ZbEbeLPLI2f4isG7YjJsz6sfonjQAfbbadQ=="
#   - "{SSHA256}l0rZ10MhH6jKGogg2qFvCdiNAqkKVH9OuL0R3FgWRrV4mIaYM2cnYQ=="
#   - "{SSHA512}zKR46tmGg0NKq1FdkmLGZCqXqfnApvFRHSTW4H0Sem9zJH66mgZ6/aB/aypGX+dLAI02akd9lZbplX6y0Typzzir8RIKh6cw,"

# Will contain ['{SSHA}9u8ZbEbeLPLI2f4isG7YjJsz6sfonjQAfbbadQ==']
regex_results: "{{ LDAP_PASSWORD_HASHES | map('regex_search', '^{SSHA}.*$') | reject('none') | list }}"

# Will contain ['{SSHA}9u8ZbEbeLPLI2f4isG7YjJsz6sfonjQAfbbadQ==', '{SSHA512}zKR46tmGg0NKq1FdkmLGZCqXqfnApvFRHSTW4H0Sem9zJH66mgZ6/aB/aypGX+dLAI02akd9lZbplX6y0Typzzir8RIKh6cw,']
regex_results: "{{ LDAP_PASSWORD_HASHES | map('regex_search', '^({SSHA}|{SSHA512}).*$') | reject('none') | list }}"