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+# (c) 2019, Eric Anderson <eric.sysmin@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+lookup: gcp_storage_file
+description:
+  - This lookup returns the contents from a file residing on Google Cloud Storage
+short_description: Return GC Storage content
+version_added: 2.8
+author: Eric Anderson <eanderson@avinetworks.com>
+requirements:
+  - python >= 2.6
+  - requests >= 2.18.4
+  - google-auth >= 1.3.0
+options:
+  src:
+    description:
+      - Source location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action).
+    required: false
+  bucket:
+    description:
+      - The name of the bucket.
+    required: false
+extends_documentation_fragment: gcp
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- debug: msg="the value of foo.txt is {{ lookup('gcp_storage_file',
+    bucket='gcp-bucket', src='mydir/foo.txt', project='project-name',
+    auth_kind='serviceaccount', service_account_file='/tmp/myserviceaccountfile.json') }}"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+_raw:
+    description:
+        - base64 encoded file content
+'''
+
+import base64
+import json
+import mimetypes
+import os
+import requests
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.module_utils.gcp_utils import navigate_hash, GcpSession
+
+
+display = Display()
+
+
+class GcpMockModule(object):
+    def __init__(self, params):
+        self.params = params
+
+    def fail_json(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise AnsibleError(kwargs['msg'])
+
+    def raise_for_status(self, response):
+        try:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except getattr(requests.exceptions, 'RequestException'):
+            self.fail_json(msg="GCP returned error: %s" % response.json())
+
+
+class GcpFileLookup():
+    def get_file_contents(self, module):
+        auth = GcpSession(module, 'storage')
+        data = auth.get(self.media_link(module))
+        return base64.b64encode(data.content.rstrip())
+
+    def fetch_resource(self, module, link, allow_not_found=True):
+        auth = GcpSession(module, 'storage')
+        return self.return_if_object(module, auth.get(link), allow_not_found)
+
+    def self_link(self, module):
+        return "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{bucket}/o/{src}".format(**module.params)
+
+    def media_link(self, module):
+        return "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{bucket}/o/{src}?alt=media".format(**module.params)
+
+    def return_if_object(self, module, response, allow_not_found=False):
+        # If not found, return nothing.
+        if allow_not_found and response.status_code == 404:
+            return None
+        # If no content, return nothing.
+        if response.status_code == 204:
+            return None
+        try:
+            module.raise_for_status(response)
+            result = response.json()
+        except getattr(json.decoder, 'JSONDecodeError', ValueError) as inst:
+            raise AnsibleError("Invalid JSON response with error: %s" % inst)
+        if navigate_hash(result, ['error', 'errors']):
+            raise AnsibleError(navigate_hash(result, ['error', 'errors']))
+        return result
+
+    def object_headers(self, module):
+        return {
+            "name": module.params['src'],
+            "Content-Type": mimetypes.guess_type(module.params['src'])[0],
+            "Content-Length": str(os.path.getsize(module.params['src'])),
+        }
+
+    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
+        params = {
+            'bucket': kwargs.get('bucket', None),
+            'src': kwargs.get('src', None),
+            'projects': kwargs.get('projects', None),
+            'scopes': kwargs.get('scopes', None),
+            'zones': kwargs.get('zones', None),
+            'auth_kind': kwargs.get('auth_kind', None),
+            'service_account_file': kwargs.get('service_account_file', None),
+            'service_account_email': kwargs.get('service_account_email', None),
+        }
+
+        if not params['scopes']:
+            params['scopes'] = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control']
+
+        fake_module = GcpMockModule(params)
+
+        # Check if files exist.
+        remote_object = self.fetch_resource(fake_module, self.self_link(fake_module))
+        if not remote_object:
+            raise AnsibleError("File does not exist in bucket")
+
+        result = self.get_file_contents(fake_module)
+        return [result]
+
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
+        return GcpFileLookup().run(terms, variables=variables, **kwargs)