cookbooks/consume_json/libraries/consume_json.rb

consume_json.rb

class Chef
  module Mixin
    module ConsumeJson
      def consume_json(url)
        Chef::Log.debug "consume_json: requesting url: #{url}"

        info = nil
        fetch(url) do |data|
          info = JSON.parse(data)
          Chef::Log.debug "consume_json: parsed: #{info.inspect}"

          yield(info) if block_given?
        end

        info
      end

    protected
      def fetch(url)
        Chef::REST.new(url, nil, nil, http_client_opts).fetch(url) do |raw_file|
          data = File.read(raw_file.path)
          yield(data)
        end
      end

      def http_client_opts
        {}
      end
    end
  end
end

Chef::Recipe.send(:include, Chef::Mixin::ConsumeJson)