feat: support regex path type matching

README.md

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ It should return the replacement value to be serialized or the original unmutate
 
 Syrupy comes with built-in helpers that can be used to make easy work of using property matchers.
 
-###### `path_type(mapping=None, *, types=(), strict=True)`
+###### `path_type(mapping=None, *, types=(), strict=True, regex=False)`
 
 Easy way to build a matcher that uses the path and value type to replace serialized data.
 When strict, this will raise a `ValueError` if the types specified are not matched.
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ When strict, this will raise a `ValueError` if the types specified are not match
 | `mapping` | Dict of path string to tuples of class types, including primitives e.g. (MyClass, UUID, datetime, int, str)                        |
 | `types`   | Tuple of class types used if none of the path strings from the mapping are matched                                                 |
 | `strict`  | If a path is matched but the value at the path does not match one of the class types in the tuple then a `PathTypeError` is raised |
+| `regex`   | If true, the `mapping` key is treated as a regular expression when matching paths                                                  |
 
 ```py
 from syrupy.matchers import path_type

src/syrupy/matchers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 from gettext import gettext
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -29,29 +30,35 @@ def path_type(
     *,
     types: Tuple["PropertyValueType", ...] = (),
     strict: bool = True,
+    regex: bool = False,
 ) -> "PropertyMatcher":
     """
     Factory to create a matcher using path and type mapping
     """
     if not mapping and not types:
         raise PathTypeError(gettext("Both mapping and types argument cannot be empty"))
 
+    def _path_match(path: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
+        if regex:
+            return re.fullmatch(pattern, path) is not None
+        return path == pattern
+
     def path_type_matcher(
         *, data: "SerializableData", path: "PropertyPath"
     ) -> Optional["SerializableData"]:
         path_str = ".".join(str(p) for p, _ in path)
         if mapping:
-            for path_to_match in mapping:
-                if path_to_match == path_str:
-                    for type_to_match in mapping[path_to_match]:
+            for pattern in mapping:
+                if _path_match(path_str, pattern):
+                    for type_to_match in mapping[pattern]:
                         if isinstance(data, type_to_match):
                             return Repr(DataSerializer.object_type(data))
                     if strict:
                         raise PathTypeError(
                             gettext(
                                 "{} at '{}' of type {} does not "
                                 "match any of the expected types: {}"
-                            ).format(data, path_str, data.__class__, types)
+                            ).format(data, path_str, data.__class__, mapping[pattern])
                         )
         for type_to_match in types:
             if isinstance(data, type_to_match):

tests/syrupy/extensions/amber/__snapshots__/test_amber_matchers.ambr

@@ -33,6 +33,25 @@
     ],
   }
 ---
+# name: test_matches_regex_in_regex_mode
+  <class 'dict'> {
+    'any_number': <class 'int'>,
+    'any_number_adjacent': 'hi',
+    'data': <class 'dict'> {
+      'list': <class 'list'> [
+        <class 'dict'> {
+          'date_created': <class 'datetime'>,
+          'k': '1',
+        },
+        <class 'dict'> {
+          'date_created': <class 'datetime'>,
+          'k': '2',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    'specific_number': 5,
+  }
+---
 # name: test_raises_unexpected_type
   <class 'dict'> {
     'date_created': <class 'datetime'>,

tests/syrupy/extensions/amber/test_amber_matchers.py

@@ -70,3 +70,25 @@ def matcher(data, path):
         },
         "c": ["Replace this one", "Do not replace this one"],
     } == snapshot
+
+
+def test_matches_regex_in_regex_mode(snapshot):
+    my_matcher = path_type(
+        {
+            r"data\.list\..*\.date_created": (datetime.datetime,),
+            r"any_number": (int,),
+        },
+        regex=True,
+    )
+    actual = {
+        "data": {
+            "list": [
+                {"k": "1", "date_created": datetime.datetime.now()},
+                {"k": "2", "date_created": datetime.datetime.now()},
+            ],
+        },
+        "any_number": 3,
+        "any_number_adjacent": "hi",
+        "specific_number": 5,
+    }
+    assert actual == snapshot(matcher=my_matcher)