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+#
+# (c) 2015 Peter Sprygada, <psprygada@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+"""
+This module adds support for Cisco NXAPI to Ansible shared
+module_utils.  It builds on module_utils/urls.py to provide
+NXAPI support over HTTP/S which is required for proper operation.
+
+In order to use this module, include it as part of a custom
+module as shown below.
+
+** Note: The order of the import statements does matter. **
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+from ansible.module_utils.nxapi import *
+
+The nxapi module provides the following common argument spec:
+
+    * host (str) - [Required] The IPv4 address or FQDN of the network device
+
+    * port (str) - Overrides the default port to use for the HTTP/S
+        connection.  The default values are 80 for HTTP and
+        443 for HTTPS
+
+    * url_username (str) - [Required] The username to use to authenticate
+        the HTTP/S connection.  Aliases: username
+
+    * url_password (str) - [Required] The password to use to authenticate
+        the HTTP/S connection.  Aliases: password
+
+    * use_ssl (bool) - Specifies whether or not to use an encrypted (HTTPS)
+        connection or not.  The default value is False.
+
+    * command_type (str) - The type of command to send to the remote
+        device.  Valid values in `cli_show`, `cli_show_ascii`, 'cli_conf`
+        and `bash`.  The default value is `cli_show_ascii`
+
+In order to communicate with Cisco NXOS devices, the NXAPI feature
+must be enabled and configured on the device.
+
+"""
+
+NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES = ['cli_show', 'cli_show_ascii', 'cli_conf', 'bash']
+
+def nxapi_argument_spec(spec=None):
+    """Creates an argument spec for working with NXAPI
+    """
+    arg_spec = url_argument_spec()
+    arg_spec.update(dict(
+        host=dict(required=True),
+        port=dict(),
+        url_username=dict(required=True, aliases=['username']),
+        url_password=dict(required=True, aliases=['password']),
+        use_ssl=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        command_type=dict(default='cli_show_ascii', choices=NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES)
+    ))
+    if spec:
+        arg_spec.update(spec)
+    return arg_spec
+
+def nxapi_url(module):
+    """Constructs a valid NXAPI url
+    """
+    if module.params['use_ssl']:
+        proto = 'https'
+    else:
+        proto = 'http'
+    host = module.params['host']
+    url = '{}://{}'.format(proto, host)
+    port = module.params['port']
+    if module.params['port']:
+        url = '{}:{}'.format(url, module.params['port'])
+    url = '{}/ins'.format(url)
+    return url
+
+def nxapi_body(commands, command_type, **kwargs):
+    """Encodes a NXAPI JSON request message
+    """
+    if isinstance(commands, (list, set, tuple)):
+        commands = ' ;'.join(commands)
+
+    msg = {
+        'version': kwargs.get('version') or '1.2',
+        'type': command_type,
+        'chunk': kwargs.get('chunk') or '0',
+        'sid': kwargs.get('sid'),
+        'input': commands,
+        'output_format': 'json'
+    }
+
+    return dict(ins_api=msg)
+
+def nxapi_command(module, commands, command_type=None, **kwargs):
+    """Sends the list of commands to the device over NXAPI
+    """
+    url = nxapi_url(module)
+
+    command_type = command_type or module.params['command_type']
+
+    data = nxapi_body(commands, command_type)
+    data = module.jsonify(data)
+
+    headers = {'Content-Type': 'text/json'}
+
+    response, headers = fetch_url(module, url, data=data, headers=headers,
+                                  method='POST')
+
+    status = kwargs.get('status') or 200
+    if headers['status'] != status:
+        module.fail_json(**headers)
+
+    response = module.from_json(response.read())
+    return response, headers
+