New Plugins #8594 (#8595)

* Implement #8594

* Fix lint and BOTMETA entries.

* Fix BOTMETA

* Consolidate argument check, code simplification, and formatting. Remove test vars.

* Fix lint.

* retrigger checks

* Update plugins/plugin_utils/ansible_type.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/test/ansible_type.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

plugins/filter/reveal_ansible_type.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+    name: reveal_ansible_type
+    short_description: Return input type
+    version_added: "9.2.0"
+    author: Vladimir Botka (@vbotka)
+    description: This filter returns input type.
+    options:
+      _input:
+        description: Input data.
+        type: raw
+        required: true
+      alias:
+        description: Data type aliases.
+        default: {}
+        type: dictionary
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode
+# -------------------------------------------
+
+# String. AnsibleUnicode.
+data: "abc"
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => AnsibleUnicode
+
+# String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+data: "abc"
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
+# result => str
+
+# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode.
+data: ["a", "b", "c"]
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => list[AnsibleUnicode]
+
+# Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
+data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]
+
+# No substitution and no alias. Type of strings is str
+# ----------------------------------------------------
+
+# String
+result: '{{ "abc" | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => str
+
+# Integer
+result: '{{ 123 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => int
+
+# Float
+result: '{{ 123.45 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => float
+
+# Boolean
+result: '{{ true | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => bool
+
+# List. All items are strings.
+result: '{{ ["a", "b", "c"] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => list[str]
+
+# List of dictionaries.
+result: '{{ [{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => list[dict]
+
+# Dictionary. All keys are strings. All values are integers.
+result: '{{ {"a": 1} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => dict[str, int]
+
+# Dictionary. All keys are strings. All values are integers.
+result: '{{ {"a": 1, "b": 2} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
+# result => dict[str, int]
+
+# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode or str
+# ----------------------------------------
+
+# Dictionary. The keys are integers or strings. All values are strings.
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
+# result => dict[int|str, str]
+
+# Dictionary. All keys are integers. All values are keys.
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
+# result => dict[int, str]
+
+# Dictionary. All keys are strings. Multiple types values.
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': True, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
+# result => dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
+
+# List. Multiple types items.
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', True, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
+result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
+# result => list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: Type of the data.
+    type: str
+'''
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.ansible_type import _ansible_type
+
+
+def reveal_ansible_type(data, alias=None):
+    """Returns data type"""
+
+    return _ansible_type(data, alias)
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            'reveal_ansible_type': reveal_ansible_type
+        }