Fix for #14201, adds the test helper into the manifest correctly.

packages/string-templates/scripts/gen-collection-info.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { HelperFunctionBuiltin } from "../src/helpers/constants"
+import {
+  HelperFunctionBuiltin,
+  EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_COLLECTIONS,
+} from "../src/helpers/constants"
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs"
 import { marked } from "marked"
 import { join, dirname } from "path"
@@ -14,21 +17,6 @@ type HelperInfo = {
   tags?: any[]
 }
 
-/**
- * full list of supported helpers can be found here:
- * https://github.com/budibase/handlebars-helpers
- */
-
-const COLLECTIONS = [
-  "math",
-  "array",
-  "number",
-  "url",
-  "string",
-  "comparison",
-  "object",
-  "uuid",
-]
 const FILENAME = join(__dirname, "..", "src", "manifest.json")
 const outputJSON: any = {}
 const ADDED_HELPERS = {
@@ -140,7 +128,7 @@ const excludeFunctions: Record<string, string[]> = { string: ["raw"] }
  */
 function run() {
   const foundNames: string[] = []
-  for (let collection of COLLECTIONS) {
+  for (let collection of EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_COLLECTIONS) {
     const collectionFile = readFileSync(
       `${dirname(
         require.resolve("@budibase/handlebars-helpers")

packages/string-templates/src/helpers/constants.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ export const HelperFunctionBuiltin = [
   "with",
 ]
 
+/**
+ * full list of supported helpers can be found here:
+ * https://github.com/Budibase/handlebars-helpers
+ */
+export const EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_COLLECTIONS = [
+  "math",
+  "array",
+  "number",
+  "url",
+  "string",
+  "comparison",
+  "object",
+  "regex",
+  "uuid",
+]
+
 export const HelperFunctionNames = {
   OBJECT: "object",
   ALL: "all",

packages/string-templates/src/helpers/external.ts

@@ -2,26 +2,12 @@
 import helpers from "@budibase/handlebars-helpers"
 
 import { date, duration } from "./date"
-import { HelperFunctionBuiltin } from "./constants"
+import {
+  HelperFunctionBuiltin,
+  EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_COLLECTIONS,
+} from "./constants"
 import Handlebars from "handlebars"
 
-/**
- * full list of supported helpers can be found here:
- * https://github.com/Budibase/handlebars-helpers
- */
-
-const EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_COLLECTIONS = [
-  "math",
-  "array",
-  "number",
-  "url",
-  "string",
-  "comparison",
-  "object",
-  "regex",
-  "uuid",
-]
-
 const ADDED_HELPERS = {
   date: date,
   duration: duration,
@@ -40,7 +26,7 @@ export function registerAll(handlebars: typeof Handlebars) {
     let hbsHelperInfo = helpers[collection]()
     for (let entry of Object.entries(hbsHelperInfo)) {
       const name = entry[0]
-      // skip built in functions and ones seen already
+      // skip built-in functions and ones seen already
       if (
         HelperFunctionBuiltin.indexOf(name) !== -1 ||
         externalNames.indexOf(name) !== -1

packages/string-templates/src/manifest.json

@@ -1312,6 +1312,26 @@
       "requiresBlock": false
     }
   },
+  "regex": {
+    "toRegex": {
+      "args": [
+        "str"
+      ],
+      "numArgs": 1,
+      "example": "{{toRegex 'foo'}} -> /foo/",
+      "description": "<p>Convert the given string to a regular expression.</p>\n",
+      "requiresBlock": false
+    },
+    "test": {
+      "args": [
+        "str"
+      ],
+      "numArgs": 1,
+      "example": "{{test 'foobar' (toRegex 'foo')}} -> true",
+      "description": "<p>Returns true if the given <code>str</code> matches the given regex. A regex can be passed on the context, or using the <a href=\"#toregex\">toRegex</a> helper as a subexpression.</p>\n",
+      "requiresBlock": false
+    }
+  },
   "uuid": {
     "uuid": {
       "args": [],