command/agent: add Canonicalize option to parse args

api/jobs.go

@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ type Jobs struct {
 	client *Client
 }
 
+// JobsParseRequest is used for arguments of the /vi/jobs/parse endpoint
 type JobsParseRequest struct {
+	//JobHCL is an hcl jobspec
 	JobHCL string
+	//Canonicalize is a flag as to if the server should return default values
+	//for unset fields
+	Canonicalize bool
 }
 
 // Jobs returns a handle on the jobs endpoints.

command/agent/job_endpoint.go

@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) JobsParseRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 		return nil, CodedError(400, err.Error())
 	}
 
+	if args.Canonicalize {
+		jobStruct.Canonicalize()
+	}
 	return jobStruct, nil
 }