ansible/library/ping

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

# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
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DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: ping
short_description: Try to connect to host and return C(pong) on success.
description:
   - A trivial test module, this module always returns C(pong) on successful
     contact. It does not make sense in playbooks, but it is useful from
     C(/usr/bin/ansible)
options: {}
examples:
   - code: ansible webservers -m ping
     description: Test 'webservers' status
author: Michael DeHaan
'''

def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec = dict(
            data=dict(required=False, default=None),
        ),
        supports_check_mode = True
    )
    result = dict(ping='pong')
    if module.params['data']:
        result['ping'] = module.params['data']
    module.exit_json(**result)

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