ansible/facter

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
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DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: facter
short_description: Runs the discovery program ‘facter’ on the remote system
description:
     - Runs the discovery program I(facter) on the remote system, returning JSON
       data that can be useful for inventory purposes.
version_added: "0.2"
options: []
examples:
   - code: ansible  www.example.net -m facter
     description: "Example command-line invocation"
notes: []
requirements: [ "facter", "ruby-json" ]
author: Michael DeHaan
'''

import subprocess

def get_facter_data():
    p = subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/env", "facter", "--json"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    (out, err) = p.communicate()
    rc = p.returncode
    return rc, out, err


def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec = dict()
    )

    rc, out, err = get_facter_data()
    if rc != 0:
        module.fail_json(msg=err)
    else:
        module.exit_json(**json.loads(out))

# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>

main()