Method: Rbeapi::Api::Entity#get_block

Defined in:
lib/rbeapi/api.rb

#get_block(text) ⇒ nil, String

Returns a block of configuration from the current running config as a string. The argument is used to search the config and return the text along with any child configuration statements.

Parameters:

  • text (String) —

    The text to be used to find the parent line in the nodes configuration.

Returns:

  • (nil, String) —

    Returns the block of configuration based on the supplied argument. If the argument is not found in the configuration, nil is returned.



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# File 'lib/rbeapi/api.rb', line 103

def get_block(text)
  mdata = /^#{text}$/.match(config)
  return nil unless mdata
  block_start, line_end = mdata.offset(0)

  mdata = /^[^\s]/.match(config, line_end)
  return nil unless mdata

  _, block_end = mdata.offset(0)
  block_end -= block_start

  config[block_start, block_end]
end