[PR #1883/3b67513e backport][stable-6] cloudwatchevent_rule: Fix json input handling for input_template

changelogs/fragments/1883-cloudwatchevent_rule-fix-json-input-handling-for-input_template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - cloudwatchevent_rule - Fix to avoid adding quotes to JSON input for provided input_template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1883).

plugins/modules/cloudwatchevent_rule.py

@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ def _format_json(json_string):
         return str(json.dumps(json_string))
 
 
+def _validate_json(s):
+    try:
+        json.loads(s)
+        return True
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return False
+
+
 class CloudWatchEventRule:
     def __init__(
         self, module, name, client, schedule_expression=None, event_pattern=None, description=None, role_arn=None
@@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ def describe(self):
             botocore.exceptions.ClientError,
         ) as e:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
             self.module.fail_json_aws(e, msg=f"Could not describe rule {self.name}")
-        return self._snakify(rule_info)
+        return camel_dict_to_snake_dict(rule_info)
 
     def put(self, enabled=True):
         """Creates or updates the rule in AWS"""
@@ -291,7 +299,7 @@ def list_targets(self):
             botocore.exceptions.ClientError,
         ) as e:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
             self.module.fail_json_aws(e, msg=f"Could not find target for rule {self.name}")
-        return self._snakify(targets)["targets"]
+        return camel_dict_to_snake_dict(targets)["targets"]
 
     def put_targets(self, targets):
         """Creates or updates the provided targets on the rule in AWS"""
@@ -342,10 +350,6 @@ def _targets_request(self, targets):
             targets_request.append(target_request)
         return targets_request
 
-    def _snakify(self, dict):
-        """Converts camel case to snake case"""
-        return camel_dict_to_snake_dict(dict)
-
 
 class CloudWatchEventRuleManager:
     RULE_FIELDS = ["name", "event_pattern", "schedule_expression", "description", "role_arn"]
@@ -441,11 +445,18 @@ def _targets_to_put(self):
                 # The remote_targets contain quotes, so add
                 # quotes to temp
                 val = t["input_transformer"]["input_template"]
-                t["input_transformer"]["input_template"] = '"' + val + '"'
+                # list_targets_by_rule return input_template as string
+                # if existing value is string "<instance> is in state <state>", it returns '"<instance> is in state <state>"'
+                # if existing value is <JSON>, it returns '<JSON>'
+                # therefore add quotes to provided input_template value only if it is not a JSON
+                valid_json = _validate_json(val)
+                if not valid_json:
+                    t["input_transformer"]["input_template"] = '"' + val + '"'
             temp.append(scrub_none_parameters(t))
         self.targets = temp
-
-        return [t for t in self.targets if t not in remote_targets]
+        # remote_targets is snakified output of client.list_targets_by_rule()
+        # therefore snakified version of t should be compared to avoid wrong result of below conditional
+        return [t for t in self.targets if camel_dict_to_snake_dict(t) not in remote_targets]
 
     def _remote_target_ids_to_remove(self):
         """Returns a list of targets that need to be removed remotely"""

tests/integration/targets/cloudwatchevent_rule/tasks/main.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
       region: "{{ aws_region }}"
 
   block:
+
+    - name: Run tests for testing json input_template
+      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: test_json_input_template.yml
+
     - name: Create SNS topic
       sns_topic:
         name: "TestSNSTopic"

tests/integration/targets/cloudwatchevent_rule/tasks/test_json_input_template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+- name: Run tests for json input_template
+  block:
+
+    - name: Create SNS topic
+      community.aws.sns_topic:
+        name: TestSNSTopic-Json
+        state: present
+        display_name: Test SNS Topic
+      register: sns_topic_output
+
+    - name: Define JSON input_template
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        json_input_template: |
+          {
+            "instance" : "<instance>",
+            "state": "<state>"
+          }
+
+    - name: Create cloudwatch event rule with input transformer
+      amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
+        name: "{{ input_transformer_event_name }}-Json"
+        description: Event rule with input transformer configuration
+        state: present
+        event_pattern: '{"source":["aws.ec2"],"detail-type":["EC2 Instance State-change Notification"],"detail":{"state":["pending"]}}'
+        targets:
+          - id: "{{ sns_topic_output.sns_topic.name }}"
+            arn: "{{ sns_topic_output.sns_topic.topic_arn }}"
+            input_transformer:
+              input_paths_map:
+                instance: $.detail.instance-id
+                state: $.detail.state
+              input_template: "{{ json_input_template }}"
+      register: event_rule_input_transformer_output
+
+    - name: Assert that input transformer event rule was created
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - event_rule_input_transformer_output.changed
+
+    - name: Assert that event rule is created with a valid json value for input_template
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - event_rule_input_transformer_output.targets[0].input_transformer.input_template | from_json
+
+    - name: Create cloudwatch event rule with input transformer (idempotent)
+      amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
+        name: "{{ input_transformer_event_name }}-Json"
+        description: Event rule with input transformer configuration
+        state: present
+        event_pattern: '{"source":["aws.ec2"],"detail-type":["EC2 Instance State-change Notification"],"detail":{"state":["pending"]}}'
+        targets:
+          - id: "{{ sns_topic_output.sns_topic.name }}"
+            arn: "{{ sns_topic_output.sns_topic.topic_arn }}"
+            input_transformer:
+              input_paths_map:
+                instance: $.detail.instance-id
+                state: $.detail.state
+              input_template: "{{ json_input_template }}"
+      register: event_rule_input_transformer_output
+
+  always:
+    - name: Assert that no changes were made to the rule
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - event_rule_input_transformer_output is not changed
+
+    - name: Delete input transformer CloudWatch event rules
+      amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
+        name: "{{ input_transformer_event_name }}-Json"
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Delete SNS topic
+      community.aws.sns_topic:
+        name: TestSNSTopic-Json
+        state: absent