archive: Fix paramater types (#1039) (#1377)

* archive: Fix ignored sanity test parameter-list-no-elements

* Fix wrong argument type

* Add changelog

* Add integration test for a list of files

(cherry picked from commit 31443e57b1)

Co-authored-by: Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>

changelogs/fragments/1039-archive-fix-paramater-types.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - archive - fix paramater types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1039).

plugins/modules/files/archive.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - Remote absolute path, glob, or list of paths or globs for the file or files to compress or archive.
     type: list
+    elements: path
     required: true
   format:
     description:
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - Remote absolute path, glob, or list of paths or globs for the file or files to exclude from I(path) list and glob expansion.
     type: list
+    elements: path
   force_archive:
     description:
       - Allow you to force the module to treat this as an archive even if only a single file is specified.
@@ -187,10 +189,10 @@ else:
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            path=dict(type='list', required=True),
+            path=dict(type='list', elements='path', required=True),
             format=dict(type='str', default='gz', choices=['bz2', 'gz', 'tar', 'xz', 'zip']),
             dest=dict(type='path'),
-            exclude_path=dict(type='list'),
+            exclude_path=dict(type='list', elements='path'),
             force_archive=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             remove=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         ),
@@ -226,11 +228,7 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg="lzma or backports.lzma is required when using xz format.")
 
     for path in paths:
-        b_path = os.path.expanduser(
-            os.path.expandvars(
-                to_bytes(path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-            )
-        )
+        b_path = to_bytes(path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
 
         # Expand any glob characters. If found, add the expanded glob to the
         # list of expanded_paths, which might be empty.
@@ -246,11 +244,7 @@ def main():
     # Only attempt to expand the exclude paths if it exists
     if exclude_paths:
         for exclude_path in exclude_paths:
-            b_exclude_path = os.path.expanduser(
-                os.path.expandvars(
-                    to_bytes(exclude_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-                )
-            )
+            b_exclude_path = to_bytes(exclude_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
 
             # Expand any glob characters. If found, add the expanded glob to the
             # list of expanded_paths, which might be empty.

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

@@ -256,6 +256,29 @@
 - name: remove our xz
   file: path="{{ output_dir }}/archive_02.xz" state=absent
 
+- name: archive multiple files as list
+  archive:
+    path:
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/empty.txt"
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/foo.txt"
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/bar.txt"
+    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/archive_list.gz"
+    format: gz
+  register: archive_gz_list_result
+
+- name: verify that the files archived
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/archive_list.gz state=file
+
+- name: check if gz file exists and includes all text files
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "{{ archive_gz_list_result.changed }}"
+      - "{{ 'archived' in archive_gz_list_result }}"
+      - "{{ archive_gz_list_result['archived'] | length }} == 3"
+
+- name: remove our gz
+  file: path="{{ output_dir }}/archive_list.gz" state=absent
+
 - name: test that gz archive that contains non-ascii filenames
   archive:
     path: "{{ output_dir }}/*.txt"

tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt

@@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:doc-required-mismatch
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements

tests/sanity/ignore-2.11.txt

@@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:doc-required-mismatch
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements

tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt

@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/identity/keycloak/keycloak_client.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/identity/keycloak/keycloak_client.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type