ansible/library/async_status

#!/usr/bin/python

# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>, and others
#
# This file is part of Ansible
#
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import datetime
import traceback

def main():

    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict(
        jid=dict(required=True),
        mode=dict(default='status', choices=['status','cleanup']),
    ))

    mode = module.params['mode']
    jid  = module.params['jid']

    # setup logging directory
    logdir = os.path.expanduser("~/.ansible_async")
    log_path = os.path.join(logdir, jid)

    if not os.path.exists(log_path):
        module.fail_json(msg="could not find job", ansible_job_id=jid)

    if mode == 'cleanup':
        os.unlink(log_path)
        module.exit_json(ansible_job_id=jid, erased=log_path)

    # NOT in cleanup mode, assume regular status mode
    # no remote kill mode currently exists, but probably should
    # consider log_path + ".pid" file and also unlink that above

    data = file(log_path).read()
    try:
        data = json.loads(data)
    except Exception, e:
        if data == '':
            # file not written yet?  That means it is running
            module.exit_json(results_file=log_path, ansible_job_id=jid, started=1)
        else:
            module_fail_json(ansible_job_id=jid, results_file=log_path, 
                msg="Could not parse job output: %s" % data)

    if not data.has_key("started"):
        data['finished'] = 1
        data['ansible_job_id'] = jid
    module.exit_json(**data)

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