Error loading config key from local.ini with scaped (equal) = char

[mtenrero]

Description

Configuring values in local.ini file with a key which has the = (equal) character are not read appropriately, as the first occurrence gets read as the key / value delimiter.

I've no found a way to escape that character inside the key. It's required for some JWT tokens with kids including that character.

Steps to Reproduce

Configure it in the local.ini file directly, or using the API (if so, it will work until the instance gets restarted) with a key containing equal character:

[jwt_keys]
rsa:h213h2h1jg3hj2= = <somevalue>

Expected Behaviour

It should be parsed as rsa:h213h2h1jg3hj2= -> <somevalue> instead of rsa:h213h2h1jg3hj2 -> = <somevalue>

Your Environment

Debian and MacOS latest 3.x: couchdb-3.1.1.87a6b1a

[wohali]

This is related to #2188 - both of them have issues with equals signs in keys or values in the ini file. Fix one and you should fix the other.

[mtenrero]

I'm not sure if you realized this issue is already fixed in this PR: apache/couchdb-config#32

[WillBDaniels]

Big +1 to this feature. Specifically, this bug blocks integration with AWS Cognito, who's kid is always suffixed with a =. Since that's the case, there's no way for jwt's generated from logging into cognito to them be used for auth in CouchDB :(
@mtenrero did you get any traction re-opening/moving that PR over to the main repo from the (now archived) config?

[mtenrero]

Big +1 to this feature. Specifically, this bug blocks integration with AWS Cognito, who's kid is always suffixed with a =. Since that's the case, there's no way for jwt's generated from logging into cognito to them be used for auth in CouchDB :( @mtenrero did you get any traction re-opening/moving that PR over to the main repo from the (now archived) config?

sure, I'll work on this during this week.

I did this change specifically for cognito as well :D

[nickva]

I tried a different approach here where we allow = in the key with the constraint that we have to use "k = v" form instead of "k=v".

#4287