Treat value/values interchangably when configuring records

- All of the `if data isn't a list turn it into one in the value type
  validates are no longer needed, they'll always be passed a list now`
- Special case to handle PTR/target values since it previously was
  single value and is now values

See README for more information

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 * Support added for config env variable expansion on nested levels, not just
   top-level provider/processor keys
 * _ChunkedValue ASCII validation added, SPF & TXT
-* Minor validation improvement to catch cases where Record values is provided a
-  single a-single-value by accident instead of a list, a common type-o that
-  can results in each character being a value in the resulting Record data
+* Re-work value/values handling to always try and do the "right" thing based on
+  the content, so both singular values and lists will be handled identically
+  regardless of whether the key is value or values. This may result in
+  changes/fixes on the first sync after updating IFF you currently have
+  `values: a-single-thing`, which would have previously been pushed up as bunch
+  of single character values.
 
 ## v1.4.0 - 2023-12-04 - Minor Meta
 

octodns/record/base.py

@@ -277,14 +277,8 @@ class ValuesMixin(object):
     def validate(cls, name, fqdn, data):
         reasons = super().validate(name, fqdn, data)
 
-        try:
-            values = data['values']
-            if isinstance(values, str):
-                reasons.append(
-                    f'single value provided under values key, "{values}"'
-                )
-        except KeyError:
-            values = data.get('value', [])
+        values = data.get('values', data.get('value', []))
+        values = values if isinstance(values, (list, tuple)) else [values]
 
         reasons.extend(cls._value_type.validate(values, cls._type))
 
@@ -300,13 +294,9 @@ class ValuesMixin(object):
 
     def __init__(self, zone, name, data, source=None, context=None):
         super().__init__(zone, name, data, source=source, context=context)
-        try:
-            values = data['values']
-        except KeyError:
-            try:
-                values = [data['value']]
-            except KeyError:
-                values = []
+
+        values = data.get('values', data.get('value', []))
+        values = values if isinstance(values, (list, tuple)) else [values]
         self.values = sorted(self._value_type.process(values))
 
     def changes(self, other, target):

octodns/record/caa.py

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ class CaaValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

octodns/record/loc.py

@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ class LocValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
         direction_keys = ['lat_direction', 'long_direction']
 
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             for key in int_keys:

octodns/record/mx.py

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ class MxValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

octodns/record/naptr.py

@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ class NaptrValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

octodns/record/srv.py

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class SrvValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             # TODO: validate algorithm and fingerprint_type values

octodns/record/sshfp.py

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ class SshfpValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

octodns/record/target.py

@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ class _TargetsValue(str):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not data:
+        if not data or all(not d for d in data):
             return ['missing value(s)']
-        elif not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             value = idna_encode(value)

octodns/record/tlsa.py

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class TlsaValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

octodns/record/urlfwd.py

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ class UrlfwdValue(EqualityTupleMixin, dict):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, data, _type):
-        if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            data = (data,)
         reasons = []
         for value in data:
             try:

tests/test_octodns_record.py

@@ -683,42 +683,56 @@ class TestRecordValidation(TestCase):
             lenient=True,
         )
 
-    def test_values_is_single_value(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as ctx:
-            Record.new(
-                self.zone,
-                'thing',
-                {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': 'just one'},
-            )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            ['single value provided under values key, "just one"'],
-            ctx.exception.reasons,
+    def test_values_and_value(self):
+        # value w/one
+        r = Record.new(
+            self.zone, 'thing', {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'value': 'just one'}
         )
+        self.assertEqual(['just one'], r.values)
 
-        # same thing is fine as `value`
-        txt = Record.new(
-            self.zone, 'thing', {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'value': 'just one'}
+        # value w/multiple
+        r = Record.new(
+            self.zone,
+            'thing',
+            {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'value': ['the first', 'the second']},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(txt.values))
-        self.assertEqual('just one', txt.values[0])
+        self.assertEqual(['the first', 'the second'], r.values)
 
-        # same thing is fine when a list
-        txt = Record.new(
+        # values w/one
+        r = Record.new(
+            self.zone, 'thing', {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': 'just one'}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(['just one'], r.values)
+
+        # values w/multiple
+        r = Record.new(
             self.zone,
             'thing',
-            {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': ['just one']},
+            {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': ['the first', 'the second']},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(txt.values))
-        self.assertEqual('just one', txt.values[0])
+        self.assertEqual(['the first', 'the second'], r.values)
 
-        # or tuple
-        txt = Record.new(
+        # tuples work too
+        r = Record.new(
             self.zone,
             'thing',
-            {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': ('just one',)},
+            {'type': 'TXT', 'ttl': 42, 'values': ('the first', 'the second')},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(['the first', 'the second'], r.values)
+
+        # values is preferred over value
+        # values w/multiple
+        r = Record.new(
+            self.zone,
+            'thing',
+            {
+                'type': 'TXT',
+                'ttl': 42,
+                'values': ['the first', 'the second'],
+                'value': ['not used', 'not used'],
+            },
         )
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(txt.values))
-        self.assertEqual('just one', txt.values[0])
+        self.assertEqual(['the first', 'the second'], r.values)
 
     def test_validation_context(self):
         # fails validation, no context