ejabberdctl: Improve method to pass command arguments

ejabberdctl.template

@@ -356,7 +356,14 @@ exec_other_command()
 
 exec_ctl_over_http_socket()
 {
-    CARGS='{"ctl-command-line": "'${*}'"}'
+    COMMAND=${1}
+    CARGS=""
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+        [ -z "$CARGS" ] && CARGS="[" || CARGS="${CARGS}, "
+        CARGS="${CARGS}\"$1\""
+        shift
+    done
+    CARGS="${CARGS}]"
     TEMPHEADERS=temp-headers.log
     curl \
         --unix-socket ${CTL_OVER_HTTP} \
@@ -365,11 +372,11 @@ exec_ctl_over_http_socket()
         --data "${CARGS}" \
         --dump-header ${TEMPHEADERS} \
         --no-progress-meter \
-        "http://localhost/ctl/${1}"
+        "http://localhost/ctl/${COMMAND}"
     result=$(sed -n 's/.*status-code: \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' < $TEMPHEADERS)
     rm ${TEMPHEADERS}
     case $result in
-        2|3) exec_other_command help ${1};;
+        2|3) exec_other_command help ${COMMAND};;
         *) :;;
     esac
     exit $result

src/ejabberd_ctl.erl

@@ -121,10 +121,9 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
 
 -spec process_http([binary()], tuple()) -> {non_neg_integer(), [{binary(), binary()}], string()}.
 
-process_http([Call], #request{data = Data} = Request) when is_binary(Call) and is_record(Request, request) ->
-    [{<<"ctl-command-line">>, LineBin}] = extract_args(Data),
-    LineStrings = string:split(binary_to_list(LineBin), " ", all),
-    process_http2(LineStrings, ?DEFAULT_VERSION).
+process_http([_Call], #request{data = Data, path = [<<"ctl">> | _]}) ->
+    Args = [binary_to_list(E) || E <- misc:json_decode(Data)],
+    process_http2(Args, ?DEFAULT_VERSION).
 
 process_http2(["--version", Arg | Args], _) ->
     Version =
@@ -143,12 +142,6 @@ process_http2(Args, Version) ->
               end,
     {200, [{<<"status-code">>, integer_to_binary(Code)}], String2}.
 
-%% Be tolerant to make API more easily usable from command-line pipe.
-extract_args(<<"\n">>) -> [];
-extract_args(Data) ->
-    Maps = misc:json_decode(Data),
-    maps:to_list(Maps).
-
 %%-----------------------------
 %% Process command line
 %%-----------------------------