Add newDate generator

integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.hurl

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/function
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}
 HTTP 200

integration/hurl/tests_ok/function.py

@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
 def function():
     uuid_pattern = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
     assert re.match(uuid_pattern, request.args.get("uuid"))
+
+    # check date with at least millisecond precision
+    # TODO: depends currently on the OS / should be normalized to the same value
+    date_pattern = "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{6}"
+    assert re.match(date_pattern, request.args.get("now"))
+
     return ""

integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.html

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <pre><code class="language-hurl"><span class="hurl-entry"><span class="request"><span class="line"><span class="method">GET</span> <span class="url">http://localhost:8000/hello</span></span>
 <span class="line"><span class="section-header">[Query]</span></span>
 <span class="line"><span class="string">uuid</span>: <span class="string">{{newUuid}}</span></span>
+<span class="line"><span class="string">now</span>: <span class="string">{{newDate}}</span></span>
 </span></span></code></pre>

integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.hurl

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/hello
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}

integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"entries":[{"request":{"method":"GET","url":"http://localhost:8000/hello","query_string_params":[{"name":"uuid","value":"{{newUuid}}"}]}}]}
+{"entries":[{"request":{"method":"GET","url":"http://localhost:8000/hello","query_string_params":[{"name":"uuid","value":"{{newUuid}}"},{"name":"now","value":"{{newDate}}"}]}}]}

integration/hurlfmt/tests_export/function.lint.hurl

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 GET http://localhost:8000/hello
 [Query]
 uuid: {{newUuid}}
+now: {{newDate}}

packages/hurl/src/runner/function.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono::Utc;
 /*
  * Hurl (https://hurl.dev)
  * Copyright (C) 2024 Orange
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ use crate::runner::value::Value;
 /// Evaluates the function `function`, returns a [`Value`] on success or an [`RunnerError`] .
 pub fn eval(function: &Function) -> Result<Value, RunnerError> {
     match &function {
+        Function::NewDate => {
+            let now = Utc::now();
+            Ok(Value::Date(now))
+        }
         Function::NewUuid => {
             let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
             Ok(Value::String(uuid.to_string()))

packages/hurl_core/src/ast/core.rs

@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ pub struct Variable {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Function {
+    NewDate,
     NewUuid,
 }
 

packages/hurl_core/src/ast/display.rs

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Variable {
 impl fmt::Display for Function {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
+            Function::NewDate => write!(f, "newDate"),
             Function::NewUuid => write!(f, "newUuid"),
         }
     }

packages/hurl_core/src/parser/function.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn parse(reader: &mut Reader) -> ParseResult<Function> {
     let start = reader.cursor();
     let function_name = reader.read_while(|c| c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '_' || c == '-');
     match function_name.as_str() {
+        "newDate" => Ok(Function::NewDate),
         "newUuid" => Ok(Function::NewUuid),
         _ => Err(ParseError::new(
             start.pos,

packages/hurlfmt/src/format/token.rs

@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ impl Tokenizable for Variable {
 impl Tokenizable for Function {
     fn tokenize(&self) -> Vec<Token> {
         match self {
+            Function::NewDate => vec![Token::CodeVariable("newDate".to_string())],
             Function::NewUuid => vec![Token::CodeVariable("newUuid".to_string())],
         }
     }