Support for APIs that return a single object in an array

[muresan]

I'm trying to implement support for an API that returns (for some reason) an object in an array and restapi_object fails because of this:

[
  {
    "tags":["test","sandbox"],
    "deployment":"ss2439879"
  }
]

and my attempt:

resource "restapi_object" "tags" {
  data = jsonencode({
    tags = var.tags
  })
  create_path  = "/deployment/${var.searchstax_deployment}/tags/"
  read_path    = "/deployment/${var.searchstax_deployment}/tags/"
  destroy_path = "/deployment/${var.searchstax_deployment}/tags/"
  object_id = "deployment"
  id_attribute = "deployment"
  path         = "/deployment/${var.searchstax_deployment}/tags/"
}

fails because:

│ Error: json: cannot unmarshal array into Go value of type map[string]interface {}

The API is https://www.searchstax.com/docs/staxapi2tags/

Would it be possible to add a flag to support unwrapping the object from the array ? The API docs say: "The response is a list of JSON documents containing the deployment UID and the deployment’s current set of tags." but I don't see a reason for returning an array since the tags refer to a single deployment. Something like: object_in_array = true or similar would help me here. For the same reason object_id and id_attribute fail because they cannot parse the object from the array. I've tried 0/deployment with no luck.

[Xboarder56]

Hoping we can get support for something like this. Have the same issue with a few apis returning a single object in an array/list.

[qrkourier]

Similarly, my API returns the list of objects inside a top-level key { "data": [] }, so I'm looking for a way to map the response to what this plugin expects. Still investigating! I'm open to modifying the plugin if I have to, and so hope to find the most forward fork to contribute.