Extend configuration end point to return json when format is given

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ee/app/controllers/projects/security/configuration_controller.rb

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ module Projects
         @configuration = ConfigurationPresenter.new(project,
                                                     auto_fix_permission: auto_fix_authorized?,
                                                     current_user: current_user)
+        respond_to do |format|
+          format.html
+          format.json do
+            render status: :ok, json: @configuration.to_h
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       def auto_fix

ee/app/presenters/projects/security/configuration_presenter.rb

@@ -53,21 +53,33 @@ module Projects
           create_sast_merge_request_path: project_security_configuration_sast_path(project),
           auto_devops_path: auto_devops_settings_path(project),
           can_enable_auto_devops: can_enable_auto_devops?,
-          features: features.to_json,
+          features: features,
           help_page_path: help_page_path('user/application_security/index'),
           latest_pipeline_path: latest_pipeline_path,
-          auto_fix_enabled: {
-            dependency_scanning: project_settings.auto_fix_dependency_scanning,
-            container_scanning: project_settings.auto_fix_container_scanning
-          }.to_json,
+          auto_fix_enabled: autofix_enabled,
           can_toggle_auto_fix_settings: auto_fix_permission,
           gitlab_ci_present: gitlab_ci_present?,
           auto_fix_user_path: '/' # TODO: real link will be updated with https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/215669
         }
       end
 
+      def to_html_data_attribute
+        data = to_h
+        data[:features] = data[:features].to_json
+        data[:auto_fix_enabled] = data[:auto_fix_enabled].to_json
+
+        data
+      end
+
       private
 
+      def autofix_enabled
+        {
+          dependency_scanning: project_settings.auto_fix_dependency_scanning,
+          container_scanning: project_settings.auto_fix_container_scanning
+        }
+      end
+
       def can_enable_auto_devops?
         feature_available?(:builds, current_user) &&
           can?(current_user, :admin_project, self) &&

ee/app/views/projects/security/configuration/show.html.haml

 - breadcrumb_title _("Security Configuration")
 - page_title _("Security Configuration")
 
-#js-security-configuration{ data: { **@configuration.to_h,
+#js-security-configuration{ data: { **@configuration.to_html_data_attribute,
   auto_fix_help_path: '/',
   toggle_autofix_setting_endpoint: 'configuration/auto_fix',
   container_scanning_help_path: help_page_path('user/application_security/container_scanning/index'),

ee/changelogs/unreleased/display-security-approvals-backend.yml

+---
+title: Extend configuration end point to return json when format is given
+merge_request: 37217
+author:
+type: added

ee/spec/controllers/projects/security/configuration_controller_spec.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ RSpec.describe Projects::Security::ConfigurationController do
         sign_in(user)
       end
 
+      it 'responds in json format when requested' do
+        get :show, params: { namespace_id: project.namespace, project_id: project, format: :json }
+
+        types = %w(sast dast dependency_scanning container_scanning secret_detection coverage_fuzzing license_scanning)
+
+        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
+        expect(json_response['features'].map { |f| f['type'] }).to match_array(types)
+        expect(json_response['auto_fix_enabled']).to include({ 'dependency_scanning' => true, 'container_scanning' => true })
+      end
+
       it "renders data on the project's security configuration" do
         request
 
@@ -99,6 +109,13 @@ RSpec.describe Projects::Security::ConfigurationController do
         let(:user) { maintainer }
         let(:setting) { project.security_setting }
 
+        it 'shows auto fix disable for dependency scanning for json format' do
+          get :show, params: { namespace_id: project.namespace, project_id: project, format: :json }
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
+          expect(json_response['auto_fix_enabled']).to include({ 'dependency_scanning' => false })
+        end
+
         context 'with setup feature param' do
           let(:feature) { :dependency_scanning }
 

ee/spec/presenters/projects/security/configuration_presenter_spec.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RSpec.describe Projects::Security::ConfigurationPresenter do
   end
 
   describe '#to_h' do
-    subject { described_class.new(project, auto_fix_permission: true, current_user: current_user).to_h }
+    subject { described_class.new(project, auto_fix_permission: true, current_user: current_user).to_html_data_attribute }
 
     it 'includes links to auto devops and secure product docs' do
       expect(subject[:auto_devops_help_page_path]).to eq(help_page_path('topics/autodevops/index'))