From daddee7806045e06d21c4313e7273f40a2f8f6c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Thomas <michaelhthomas@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 17:50:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: support action expression parsing, validation, and
 evaluation

---
 .../Models/Rule/ExpressionController.php      |  89 +++++
 .../Models/Rule/ValidateExpressionRequest.php |  46 +++
 .../Expressions/ActionExpressionEvaluator.php |  95 ++++++
 .../ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php      |  37 +++
 .../Factory/ActionFactory.php                 |   8 +-
 .../Factory/ExpressionLanguageFactory.php     |  45 +++
 composer.json                                 |   1 +
 composer.lock                                 | 312 +++++++++++++++++-
 routes/api.php                                |   2 +
 9 files changed, 633 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Rule/ExpressionController.php
 create mode 100644 app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/ValidateExpressionRequest.php
 create mode 100644 app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionEvaluator.php
 create mode 100644 app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php
 create mode 100644 app/TransactionRules/Factory/ExpressionLanguageFactory.php

diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Rule/ExpressionController.php b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Rule/ExpressionController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dae57c3261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Rule/ExpressionController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * ExpressionController.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Thomas
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Rule;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Rule\ValidateExpressionRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\Rule\RuleRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Expressions\ActionExpressionEvaluator;
+use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Factory\ExpressionLanguageFactory;
+use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\SyntaxError;
+
+/**
+ * Class ExpressionController
+ */
+class ExpressionController extends Controller
+{
+    private RuleRepositoryInterface $ruleRepository;
+
+    /**
+     * RuleController constructor.
+     *
+
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->middleware(
+            function ($request, $next) {
+                /** @var User $user */
+                $user = auth()->user();
+
+                $this->ruleRepository = app(RuleRepositoryInterface::class);
+                $this->ruleRepository->setUser($user);
+
+                return $next($request);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This endpoint is documented at:
+     * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/rules/validateExpression
+     *
+     * @param ValidateExpressionRequest $request
+     *
+     * @return JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function validateExpression(ValidateExpressionRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $expr = $request->getExpression();
+        $expressionLanguage = ExpressionLanguageFactory::get();
+        $evaluator = new ActionExpressionEvaluator($expressionLanguage, $expr);
+
+        try {
+            $evaluator->lint();
+            return response()->json([
+                "valid" => true,
+            ]);
+        } catch (SyntaxError $e) {
+            return response()->json([
+                "valid" => false,
+                "error" => $e->getMessage()
+            ]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/ValidateExpressionRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/ValidateExpressionRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b12c81d2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/ValidateExpressionRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ValidateExpressionRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Thomas
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Rule;
+
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ChecksLogin;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Class TestRequest
+ */
+class ValidateExpressionRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    use ConvertsDataTypes;
+    use ChecksLogin;
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getExpression(): string
+    {
+        return $this->convertString("expression");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionEvaluator.php b/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionEvaluator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f2fe1b6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionEvaluator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ActionExpressionEvaluator.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Thomas
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Expressions;
+
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\SyntaxError;
+
+class ActionExpressionEvaluator
+{
+    private static array $NAMES = array("transaction");
+
+    private string $expr;
+    private bool $isExpression;
+    private ExpressionLanguage $expressionLanguage;
+
+    public function __construct(ExpressionLanguage $expressionLanguage, string $expr)
+    {
+        $this->expressionLanguage = $expressionLanguage;
+        $this->expr = $expr;
+
+        $this->isExpression = self::isExpression($expr);
+    }
+
+    private static function isExpression(string $expr): bool
+    {
+        return str_starts_with($expr, "=");
+    }
+
+    public function isValid(): bool
+    {
+        if (!$this->isExpression) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $this->lint(array());
+            return true;
+        } catch (SyntaxError $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function lintExpression(string $expr): void
+    {
+        $this->expressionLanguage->lint($expr, self::$NAMES);
+    }
+
+    public function lint(): void
+    {
+        if (!$this->isExpression) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->lintExpression(substr($this->expr, 1));
+    }
+
+    private function evaluateExpression(string $expr, array $journal): string
+    {
+        $result = $this->expressionLanguage->evaluate($expr, [
+            "transaction" => $journal
+        ]);
+        return strval($result);
+    }
+
+    public function evaluate(array $journal): string
+    {
+        if (!$this->isExpression) {
+            return $this->expr;
+        }
+
+        return $this->evaluateExpression(substr($this->expr, 1), $journal);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php b/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbb3df1725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/TransactionRules/Expressions/ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ActionExpressionLanguageProvider.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Thomas
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Expressions;
+
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionFunction;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionFunctionProviderInterface;
+
+class ActionExpressionLanguageProvider implements ExpressionFunctionProviderInterface
+{
+    public function getFunctions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ExpressionFunction::fromPhp("substr"),
+            ExpressionFunction::fromPhp("strlen")
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ActionFactory.php b/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ActionFactory.php
index 0f7275e32e..c53d8c1a67 100644
--- a/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ActionFactory.php
+++ b/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ActionFactory.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
+
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Factory;
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\RuleAction;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Domain;
 use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Actions\ActionInterface;
+use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Expressions\ActionExpressionEvaluator;
+use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Factory\ExpressionLanguageFactory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +59,10 @@ class ActionFactory
         $class = self::getActionClass($action->action_type);
         Log::debug(sprintf('self::getActionClass("%s") = "%s"', $action->action_type, $class));
 
-        return new $class($action);
+        $expressionLanguage = ExpressionLanguageFactory::get();
+        $expressionEvaluator = new ActionExpressionEvaluator($expressionLanguage, $action->action_value);
+
+        return new $class($action, $expressionEvaluator);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ExpressionLanguageFactory.php b/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ExpressionLanguageFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3225da66c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/TransactionRules/Factory/ExpressionLanguageFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * ExpressionLanguageFactory.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Thomas
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Factory;
+
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
+use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Expressions\ActionExpressionLanguageProvider;
+
+class ExpressionLanguageFactory
+{
+    protected static ExpressionLanguage $expressionLanguage;
+
+    private static function constructExpressionLanguage(): ExpressionLanguage
+    {
+        $expressionLanguage = new ExpressionLanguage();
+        $expressionLanguage->registerProvider(new ActionExpressionLanguageProvider());
+        return $expressionLanguage;
+    }
+
+    public static function get(): ExpressionLanguage
+    {
+        return self::$expressionLanguage ??= self::constructExpressionLanguage();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f0143e13a5..d83366f6dc 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "spatie/laravel-html": "^3.2",
     "spatie/laravel-ignition": "^2",
     "spatie/period": "^2.4",
+    "symfony/expression-language": "^6.3",
     "symfony/http-client": "^6.3",
     "symfony/mailgun-mailer": "^6.3",
     "therobfonz/laravel-mandrill-driver": "^5.0"
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 214c235c1e..ae7655de64 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "639b971ea13ea3e6ed2f57f862a195b8",
+    "content-hash": "2dd09680aeb9e09c15bc6f6f19666952",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bacon/bacon-qr-code",
@@ -5946,6 +5946,178 @@
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             "time": "2023-02-20T14:31:09+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/cache",
+            "version": "v6.3.6",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/cache.git",
+                "reference": "84aff8d948d6292d2b5a01ac622760be44dddc72"
+            },
+            "dist": {
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+                "reference": "84aff8d948d6292d2b5a01ac622760be44dddc72",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1",
+                "psr/cache": "^2.0|^3.0",
+                "psr/log": "^1.1|^2|^3",
+                "symfony/cache-contracts": "^2.5|^3",
+                "symfony/service-contracts": "^2.5|^3",
+                "symfony/var-exporter": "^6.3.6"
+            },
+            "conflict": {
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+            },
+            "provide": {
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+                "symfony/config": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/dependency-injection": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/filesystem": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/http-kernel": "^5.4|^6.0",
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+            },
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+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\Cache\\": ""
+                },
+                "classmap": [
+                    "Traits/ValueWrapper.php"
+                ],
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Provides extended PSR-6, PSR-16 (and tags) implementations",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "caching",
+                "psr6"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/cache/tree/v6.3.6"
+            },
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+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
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+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
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+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-10-17T14:44:58+00:00"
+        },
+        {
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+            "version": "v3.3.0",
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+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/cache-contracts.git",
+                "reference": "ad945640ccc0ae6e208bcea7d7de4b39b569896b"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
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+                "reference": "ad945640ccc0ae6e208bcea7d7de4b39b569896b",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1",
+                "psr/cache": "^3.0"
+            },
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+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-main": "3.4-dev"
+                },
+                "thanks": {
+                    "name": "symfony/contracts",
+                    "url": "https://github.com/symfony/contracts"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Contracts\\Cache\\": ""
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Generic abstractions related to caching",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "abstractions",
+                "contracts",
+                "decoupling",
+                "interfaces",
+                "interoperability",
+                "standards"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/cache-contracts/tree/v3.3.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-05-23T14:45:45+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/console",
             "version": "v6.3.4",
@@ -6398,6 +6570,70 @@
             ],
             "time": "2023-05-23T14:45:45+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/expression-language",
+            "version": "v6.3.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/expression-language.git",
+                "reference": "6d560c4c80e7e328708efd923f93ad67e6a0c1c0"
+            },
+            "dist": {
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+                "reference": "6d560c4c80e7e328708efd923f93ad67e6a0c1c0",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1",
+                "symfony/cache": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.5|^3",
+                "symfony/service-contracts": "^2.5|^3"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\ExpressionLanguage\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Provides an engine that can compile and evaluate expressions",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/expression-language/tree/v6.3.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-04-28T16:05:33+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/finder",
             "version": "v6.3.5",
@@ -8525,6 +8761,80 @@
             ],
             "time": "2023-09-12T10:11:35+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/var-exporter",
+            "version": "v6.3.6",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter.git",
+                "reference": "374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/var-exporter/zipball/374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441",
+                "reference": "374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "symfony/var-dumper": "^5.4|^6.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\VarExporter\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Allows exporting any serializable PHP data structure to plain PHP code",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "clone",
+                "construct",
+                "export",
+                "hydrate",
+                "instantiate",
+                "lazy-loading",
+                "proxy",
+                "serialize"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/tree/v6.3.6"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-10-13T09:16:49+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "therobfonz/laravel-mandrill-driver",
             "version": "5.0.0",
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index f69558e311..79211ea915 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ Route::group(
         Route::put('{rule}', ['uses' => 'UpdateController@update', 'as' => 'update']);
         Route::delete('{rule}', ['uses' => 'DestroyController@destroy', 'as' => 'delete']);
 
+        Route::post('validateExpression', ['uses' => 'ExpressionController@validateExpression', 'as' => 'validate']);
+
         Route::get('{rule}/test', ['uses' => 'TriggerController@testRule', 'as' => 'test']);
         // TODO give results back
         Route::post('{rule}/trigger', ['uses' => 'TriggerController@triggerRule', 'as' => 'trigger']);