Add JSON and YAML support to configutil

dissect/target/filesystems/config.py

@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
         try:
             config_parser = parse(entry, *args, **kwargs)
             entry = ConfigurationEntry(self, entry.path, entry, config_parser)
-        except ConfigurationParsingError:
+        except ConfigurationParsingError as e:
             # If a parsing error gets created, it should return the `entry`
-            log.debug("Error when parsing %s", entry.path)
+            log.debug("Error when parsing %s with message '%s'", entry.path, e)
 
         return entry
 
@@ -220,13 +220,15 @@
         output_buffer = io.StringIO()
 
         if isinstance(values, list):
-            output_buffer.write(textwrap.indent(text="\n".join(values), prefix=prefix))
+            # Explicitly convert the list values to strings
+            _text = "\n".join(str(val) for val in values)
+            output_buffer.write(textwrap.indent(text=_text, prefix=prefix))
         elif hasattr(values, "keys"):
             for key, value in values.items():
                 output_buffer.write(textwrap.indent(key, prefix=prefix) + "\n")
                 output_buffer.write(self._write_value_mapping(value, indentation_nr + 4))
         else:
-            output_buffer.write(textwrap.indent(values, prefix=prefix) + "\n")
+            output_buffer.write(textwrap.indent(str(values), prefix=prefix) + "\n")
 
         return output_buffer.getvalue()
 

dissect/target/helpers/configutil.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import io
+import json
 import re
 from collections import deque
 from configparser import ConfigParser, MissingSectionHeaderError
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@
 from dissect.target.filesystem import FilesystemEntry
 from dissect.target.helpers.fsutil import TargetPath
 
+try:
+    import yaml
+
+    PY_YAML = True
+except (AttributeError, ImportError):
+    PY_YAML = False
+
 
 def _update_dictionary(current: dict[str, Any], key: str, value: Any) -> None:
     if prev_value := current.get(key):
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@
         try:
             self.parse_file(fh)
         except Exception as e:
-            raise ConfigurationParsingError from e
+            raise ConfigurationParsingError(*e.args) from e
 
         if self.collapse_all or self.collapse:
             self.parsed_data = self._collapse_dict(self.parsed_data)
@@ -329,6 +337,77 @@
         self.parsed_data = tree
 
 
+class ListUnwrapper:
+    """Provides utility functions to unwrap dictionary objects out of lists."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unwrap(data: Union[dict, list]) -> Union[dict, list]:
+        """Transforms a list with dictionaries to a dictionary.
+
+        The order of the list is preserved. If no dictionary is found,
+        the list remains untouched:
+
+            ["value1", "value2"]    -> ["value1", "value2"]
+
+            {"data": "value"}       -> {"data": "value"}
+
+            [{"data": "value"}]     -> {
+                                           "list_item0": {
+                                                "data": "value"
+                                           }
+                                       }
+        """
+        orig = ListUnwrapper._unwrap_dict_list(data)
+        return ListUnwrapper._unwrap_dict(orig)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _unwrap_dict(data: Union[dict, list]) -> Union[dict, list]:
+        """Looks for dictionaries and unwraps its values."""
+
+        if not isinstance(data, dict):
+            return data
+
+        root = dict()
+        for key, value in data.items():
+            _value = ListUnwrapper._unwrap_dict_list(value)
+            if isinstance(_value, dict):
+                _value = ListUnwrapper._unwrap_dict(_value)
+            root[key] = _value
+
+        return root
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _unwrap_dict_list(data: Union[dict, list]) -> Union[dict, list]:
+        """Unwraps a list containing dictionaries."""
+        if not isinstance(data, list) or not any(isinstance(obj, dict) for obj in data):
+            return data
+
+        return_value = {}
+        for idx, elem in enumerate(data):
+            return_value[f"list_item{idx}"] = elem
+
+        return return_value
+
+
+class Json(ConfigurationParser):
+    """Parses a JSON file."""
+
+    def parse_file(self, fh: TextIO):
+        parsed_data = json.load(fh)
+        self.parsed_data = ListUnwrapper.unwrap(parsed_data)
+
+
+class Yaml(ConfigurationParser):
+    """Parses a Yaml file."""
+
+    def parse_file(self, fh: TextIO) -> None:
+        if PY_YAML:
+            parsed_data = yaml.load(fh, yaml.BaseLoader)
+            self.parsed_data = ListUnwrapper.unwrap(parsed_data)
+        else:
+            raise ConfigurationParsingError("Failed to parse file, please install PyYAML.")
+
+
 class ScopeManager:
     """A (context)manager for dictionary scoping.
 
@@ -609,7 +688,9 @@
 CONFIG_MAP: dict[tuple[str, ...], ParserConfig] = {
     "ini": ParserConfig(Ini),
     "xml": ParserConfig(Xml),
-    "json": ParserConfig(Txt),
+    "json": ParserConfig(Json),
+    "yml": ParserConfig(Yaml),
+    "yaml": ParserConfig(Yaml),
     "cnf": ParserConfig(Default),
     "conf": ParserConfig(Default, separator=(r"\s",)),
     "sample": ParserConfig(Txt),

tests/helpers/test_configutil.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import textwrap
 from io import StringIO
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
 
 import pytest
 
 from dissect.target.helpers.configutil import (
     ConfigurationParser,
     Default,
     Indentation,
+    Json,
     ScopeManager,
     SystemD,
 )
@@ -227,3 +229,32 @@ def test_systemd_basic_syntax() -> None:
     parser.parse_file(StringIO(data.read_text()))
 
     assert parser.parsed_data == output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "data_string, expected_data",
+    [
+        (r'{"data" : "value"}', {"data": "value"}),
+        (r'[{"data" : "value"}]', {"list_item0": {"data": "value"}}),
+        (
+            r'[{"data" : "value"}, {"data" : "value2"}]',
+            {"list_item0": {"data": "value"}, "list_item1": {"data": "value2"}},
+        ),
+        (
+            r'[{"data": [{"key1": "value1"}, {"key1": "value2"}]}]',
+            {
+                "list_item0": {
+                    "data": {
+                        "list_item0": {"key1": "value1"},
+                        "list_item1": {"key1": "value2"},
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_json_syntax(data_string: str, expected_data: Union[dict, list]) -> None:
+    parser = Json()
+    parser.parse_file(StringIO(data_string))
+
+    assert parser.parsed_data == expected_data

tests/plugins/general/test_config.py

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ def test_collapse_types(
     [
         ("ini", b"[DEFAULT]\nkey=value"),
         ("xml", b"<a>currently_just_text</a>"),
-        ("json", b"currently_just_text"),
+        ("json", b'{"key": "value"}'),
+        ("yaml", b"key: value"),
         ("cnf", b"key=value"),
         ("conf", b"key value"),
         ("sample", b"currently_just_text"),