systest/Generate_OS_Inventory.robot

***Settings***
Documentation      This module is for generating an inventory file using lshw
...                commands. It will create a JSON file and a YAML file. it
...                will get the processor, memory and specified I/O devices.
...                Requires access to lshw, and json2yaml OS commands. This
...                robot file should be run as root or sudo for lshw.

Library            String
Library            Collections
Library            OperatingSystem

***Variables***
# List of I/O Devices to Collect
@{I/O}             communication  disk  display  generic  input  multimedia
...                network  printer  tape

# Paths of the JSON and YAML files
${json_file_path}  inventory.json
${yaml_file_path}  inventory.yaml

***Test Case***

Create YAML Inventory File
    [Documentation]  Create a JSON inventory file, and make a YAML copy.
    [Tags]  Create_YAML_Inventory_File
    Compile Inventory JSON
    RUN  json2yaml ${json_file_path} ${yaml_file_path}

***Keywords***

Compile Inventory JSON
    [Documentation]  Compile the Inventory into a JSON file.
    Create File  ${json_file_path}
    Write New JSON List  ${json_file_path}  Inventory
    Retrieve HW Info And Write  processor  ${json_file_path}
    Retrieve HW Info And Write  memory  ${json_file_path}
    Retrieve HW Info And Write List  ${I/O}  ${json_file_path}  I/O  last
    Close New JSON List  ${json_file_path}

Write New JSON List
    [Documentation]  Start a new JSON list element in file.
    [Arguments]  ${json_file_path}  ${json_field_name}
    # Description of argument(s):
    # json_file_path   Name of file to write to.
    # json_field_name  Name to give json list element.
    Append to File  ${json_file_path}  { "${json_field_name}" : [

Close New JSON List
    [Documentation]  Close JSON list element in file.
    [Arguments]  ${json_file_path}
    # Description of argument(s):
    # json_file_path  Path of file to write to.
    Append to File  ${json_file_path}  ]}

Retrieve HW Info And Write
    [Documentation]  Retrieve and write info, add a comma if not last item.
    [Arguments]  ${class}  ${json_file_path}  ${last}=false
    # Description of argument(s):
    # class           Device class to retrieve with lshw.
    # json_file_path  Path of file to write to.
    # last            Is this the last element in the parent JSON?
    Write New JSON List  ${json_file_path}  ${class}
    ${output} =  Retrieve Hardware Info  ${class}
    ${output} =  Clean Up String  ${output}
    Run Keyword if  ${output.__class__ is not type(None)}
    ...  Append To File  ${json_file_path}  ${output}
    Close New JSON List  ${json_file_path}
    Run Keyword if  '${last}' == 'false'
    ...  Append to File  ${json_file_path}  ,

Retrieve HW Info And Write List
    [Documentation]  Does a Retrieve/Write with a list of classes and
    ...              encapsulates them into one large JSON element.
    [Arguments]  ${list}  ${json_file_path}  ${json_field_name}  ${last}=false
    # Description of argument(s):
    # list             The list of devices classes to retrieve with lshw.
    # json_file_path   Path of file to write to.
    # json_field_name  Name of the JSON element to encapsulate this list.
    # last             Is this the last element in the parent JSON?
    Write New JSON List  ${json_file_path}  ${json_field_name}
    : FOR  ${class}  IN  @{list}
    \  ${tail}  Get From List  ${list}  -1
    \  Run Keyword if  '${tail}' == '${class}'
    \  ...  Retrieve HW Info And Write  ${class}  ${json_file_path}  true
    \  ...  ELSE  Retrieve HW Info And Write  ${class}  ${json_file_path}
    Close New JSON List  ${json_file_path}
    Run Keyword if  '${last}' == 'false'
    ...  Append to File  ${json_file_path}  ,

Retrieve Hardware Info
    [Documentation]  Retrieves the lshw output of the device class as JSON.
    [Arguments]  ${class}
    # Description of argument(s):
    # class  Device class to retrieve with lshw.
    ${output} =  Run  lshw -c ${class} -json
    ${output} =  Verify JSON string  ${output}
    [Return]  ${output}

Verify JSON String
    [Documentation]  Ensure the JSON string content is seperated by commas.
    [Arguments]  ${unver_string}
    # Description of argument(s):
    # unver_string  JSON String we will be checking for lshw comma errors.
    ${unver_string} =  Convert to String  ${unver_string}
    ${ver_string} =  Replace String Using Regexp  ${unver_string}  }\\s*{  },{
    [Return]  ${ver_string}

Clean Up String
    [Documentation]  Remove extra whitespace and trailing commas.
    [Arguments]  ${dirty_string}
    # Description of argument(s):
    # dirty_string  String that will be space stripped and have comma removed.
    ${clean_string} =  Strip String  ${dirty_string}
    ${last_char} =  Get Substring  ${clean_string}  -1
    ${trimmed_string} =  Get Substring  ${clean_string}  0  -1
    ${clean_string} =  Set Variable If  '${last_char}' == ','
    ...  ${trimmed_string}  ${clean_string}
    [Return]  ${clean_string}