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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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/>.
+
+"""An Ansible module to utilize GCE image resources."""
+
+import sys
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.gce import *
+
+try:
+  from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+  from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+  from libcloud.common.google import GoogleBaseError
+  from libcloud.common.google import ResourceNotFoundError
+  _ = Provider.GCE
+except ImportError:
+  print('failed=True '
+        "msg='libcloud with GCE support is required for this module.'")
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: gce_img
+short_description: utilize GCE image resources
+description:
+    - This module can create and delete GCE private images from gzipped
+      compressed tarball containing raw disk data or from existing detached
+      disks in any zone. U(https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images)
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - the name of the image to create
+    required: true
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  source:
+    description:
+      - the source disk or the Google Cloud Storage URI to create the image from
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - desired state of the image
+    required: false
+    default: "present"
+    choices: ["active", "present", "absent", "deleted"]
+    aliases: []
+  zone:
+    description:
+      - the zone of the disk specified by source
+    required: false
+    default: "us-central1-a"
+    aliases: []
+  service_account_email:
+    version_added: "1.6"
+    description:
+      - service account email
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  pem_file:
+    version_added: "1.6"
+    description:
+      - path to the pem file associated with the service account email
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  project_id:
+    version_added: "1.6"
+    description:
+      - your GCE project ID
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "libcloud" ]
+author: Peter Tan <ptan@google.com>
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Create an image named test-image from the disk 'test-disk' in zone us-central1-a.
+- gce_img:
+    name: test-image
+    source: test-disk
+    zone: us-central1-a
+    state: present
+
+# Delete an image named test-image in zone us-central1-a.
+- gce_img:
+    name: test-image
+    zone: us-central1-a
+    state: deleted
+'''
+
+
+def main():
+  module = AnsibleModule(
+      argument_spec=dict(
+          name=dict(required=True),
+          source=dict(),
+          state=dict(default='present'),
+          zone=dict(default='us-central1-a'),
+          service_account_email=dict(),
+          pem_file=dict(),
+          project_id=dict(),
+      )
+  )
+
+  gce = gce_connect(module)
+
+  name = module.params.get('name')
+  source = module.params.get('source')
+  state = module.params.get('state')
+  zone = module.params.get('zone')
+  changed = False
+
+  try:
+    image = gce.ex_get_image(name)
+  except GoogleBaseError, e:
+    module.fail_json(msg=str(e), changed=False)
+
+  # user wants to create an image.
+  if state in ['active', 'present'] and not image:
+    if not source:
+      module.fail_json(msg='Must supply a source', changed=False)
+
+    if source.startswith('https://storage.googleapis.com'):
+      # source is a Google Cloud Storage URI
+      volume = source
+    else:
+      try:
+        volume = gce.ex_get_volume(source, zone)
+      except ResourceNotFoundError:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Disk %s not found in zone %s' % (source, zone),
+                         changed=False)
+      except GoogleBaseError, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e), changed=False)
+
+    try:
+      image = gce.ex_create_image(name, volume)
+      changed = True
+    except GoogleBaseError, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg=str(e), changed=False)
+
+  # user wants to delete the image.
+  if state in ['absent', 'deleted'] and image:
+    try:
+      gce.ex_delete_image(image)
+      changed = True
+    except GoogleBaseError, e:
+      module.fail_json(msg=str(e), changed=False)
+
+  module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name)
+  sys.exit(0)
+
+main()