ansible/library/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 I(facter) on the remote system
description:
     - Runs the I(facter) discovery program
       (U(https://github.com/puppetlabs/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
'''

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

    cmd = ["/usr/bin/env", "facter", "--json"]
    rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True)
    module.exit_json(**json.loads(out))

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

main()