From 384dff5e52a73619efb4dbc5e617e78067466ce3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dougal <dougal.craigwood@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 15:18:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs/data: export backend data

---
 backend/info/info.go        | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 backend/info/info_test.go   | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/data/backends/embed.go |  7 +++++
 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/info/info.go
 create mode 100644 backend/info/info_test.go
 create mode 100644 docs/data/backends/embed.go

diff --git a/backend/info/info.go b/backend/info/info.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a60b03a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/info/info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Package info provides info about a backend
+package info
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/docs/data/backends"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// BackendConfig defines information about the backend
+type BackendConfig struct {
+	Backend          string   `yaml:"backend"`
+	Name             string   `yaml:"name"`
+	Tier             string   `yaml:"tier"`
+	Maintainers      string   `yaml:"maintainers"`
+	FeaturesScore    int      `yaml:"features_score"`
+	IntegrationTests string   `yaml:"integration_tests"`
+	DataIntegrity    string   `yaml:"data_integrity"`
+	Performance      string   `yaml:"performance"`
+	Adoption         string   `yaml:"adoption"`
+	Docs             string   `yaml:"docs"`
+	Security         string   `yaml:"security"`
+	Virtual          bool     `yaml:"virtual"`
+	Remote           string   `yaml:"remote"`
+	Features         []string `yaml:"features"`
+	Hashes           []string `yaml:"hashes"`
+	Precision        int      `yaml:"precision"`
+}
+
+// GetBackendConfig from docs/data/backends
+func GetBackendConfig(name string) (*BackendConfig, error) {
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s.yaml", strings.ToLower(name))
+
+	data, err := backends.BackendFS.ReadFile(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find backend file %s: %w", fileName, err)
+	}
+
+	var config BackendConfig
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse YAML in %s: %w", fileName, err)
+	}
+
+	return &config, nil
+}
diff --git a/backend/info/info_test.go b/backend/info/info_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b04f06c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/info/info_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package info
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetBackendConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	// s3 tier test
+	conf, err := GetBackendConfig("S3")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to load s3.yaml")
+	require.NotNil(t, conf, "config should not be nil")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "Tier 1", conf.Tier, "s3 should be tier 1")
+
+	// memory backend (unlikely to change)
+	conf, err = GetBackendConfig("memory")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to load s3.yaml")
+	require.NotNil(t, conf, "config should not be nil")
+
+	expectedMemoryConfig := &BackendConfig{
+		Backend:          "memory",
+		Name:             "Memory",
+		Tier:             "Tier 1",
+		Maintainers:      "Core",
+		FeaturesScore:    4,
+		IntegrationTests: "Passing",
+		DataIntegrity:    "Hash",
+		Performance:      "High",
+		Adoption:         "Widely used",
+		Docs:             "Full",
+		Security:         "High",
+		Virtual:          false,
+		Remote:           ":memory:",
+		Features: []string{
+			"BucketBased",
+			"BucketBasedRootOK",
+			"Copy",
+			"ListP",
+			"ListR",
+			"PutStream",
+			"ReadMimeType",
+			"WriteMimeType",
+		},
+		Hashes: []string{
+			"md5",
+		},
+		Precision: 1,
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedMemoryConfig, conf, "parsed memory.yaml should match")
+
+}
diff --git a/docs/data/backends/embed.go b/docs/data/backends/embed.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d00c636b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/data/backends/embed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Package backends provides embedded backend config
+package backends
+
+import "embed"
+
+//go:embed *.yaml
+var BackendFS embed.FS