Linode: Mark 'name' as required. Fixes #29785 (#44699)

* Mark 'name' parameter as required.

Closes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29785.

* Add the `linode-python` dependency for unit tests.

* Add unit test for linode name parameter.

* Add note about where to find required arguments.

Closes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/44696.

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/linode/linode.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ options:
     description:
      - Name to give the instance (alphanumeric, dashes, underscore).
      - To keep sanity on the Linode Web Console, name is prepended with C(LinodeID_).
+    required: true
   displaygroup:
     description:
      - Add the instance to a Display Group in Linode Manager.
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ author:
 - Vincent Viallet (@zbal)
 notes:
   - C(LINODE_API_KEY) env variable can be used instead.
+  - Please review U(https://www.linode.com/api/linode) for determining the required parameters.
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -556,7 +558,7 @@ def main():
             state=dict(type='str', default='present',
                        choices=['absent', 'active', 'deleted', 'present', 'restarted', 'started', 'stopped']),
             api_key=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
-            name=dict(type='str'),
+            name=dict(type='str', required=True),
             alert_bwin_enabled=dict(type='bool'),
             alert_bwin_threshold=dict(type='int'),
             alert_bwout_enabled=dict(type='bool'),

test/runner/requirements/units.txt

@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ xmljson
 
 # requirement for winrm connection plugin tests
 pexpect
+
+# requirement for the linode module
+linode-python

test/units/modules/cloud/linode/conftest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def api_key(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv('LINODE_API_KEY', 'foobar')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def auth(monkeypatch):
+    def patched_test_echo(dummy):
+        return []
+    monkeypatch.setattr('linode.api.Api.test_echo', patched_test_echo)

test/units/modules/cloud/linode/test_linode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
+import pytest
+
+from ansible.modules.cloud.linode import linode
+from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
+
+if not linode.HAS_LINODE:
+    pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip('test_linode.py requires the `linode-python` module')
+
+
+def test_name_is_a_required_parameter(api_key, auth):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        set_module_args({})
+        linode.main()