Support expr_form about salt-netapi-client HOT 6 CLOSED

It appears that expr_form is not currently able to be set via the existing methods. Here are some examples of the json the SaltAPI can use:

The default glob method

[{
    "arg": ["echo testing"],
    "client": "local",
    "expr_form": "glob",
    "fun": "cmd.run",
    "tgt": "dynocache2*"
}]

List

[{
    "arg": ["echo testing"],
    "client": "local",
    "expr_form": "list",
    "fun": "cmd.run",
    "tgt": ["dynocache2v1.cws.dpdcn.unt.edu", "dynocache2v2.cws.dpdcn.unt.edu"]
}]

Nodegroup

[{
    "arg": ["echo testing"],
    "client": "local",
    "expr_form": "nodegroup",
    "fun": "cmd.run",
    "tgt": "webserver"
}]

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Thank you for reporting this and for providing the examples. I just tested the expr_form on my local setup and it seems to work find for the /minions and the /run endpoint. We will definitely include a way to make use of this in the future. If there is any other feature that you feel is missing from this library feel free to let us know. 😄

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This got addressed by #88

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Hey all.

The expr_form functionality is looking good. But it looks like not all are supported. https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/clients/ shows the api and it looks like we're missing:
pcre - Perl style regular expression
grain - Match based on a grain comparison
grain_pcre - Grain comparison with a regex
pillar - Pillar data comparison
pillar_pcre - Pillar data comparison with a regex
range - Use a Range server for matching
compound - Pass a compound match string

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Hey thanks for the feedback. I opened a separate issue to keep track the progress of expr_form. If there is any particular expr_form that you need the most just comment on that issue and let us know so we can prioritize that.

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Seems that expr_form is deprecated and must be replaced very soon:

DeprecationWarning: The target type should be passed using the 'tgt_type' argument instead of 'expr_form'. Support for using 'expr_form' will be removed in Salt Fluorine.

salt is currently at Oxygen release and Fluorine will be the next one.

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