from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function) __metaclass__ = type import json import sys from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule def main(): if "--interactive" in sys.argv: import ansible.module_utils.basic ansible.module_utils.basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = json.dumps(dict( ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=dict( fail_mode="graceful" ) )) module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=dict( fail_mode=dict(type='list', default=['success']) ) ) result = dict(changed=True) fail_mode = module.params['fail_mode'] try: if 'leading_junk' in fail_mode: print("leading junk before module output") if 'graceful' in fail_mode: module.fail_json(msg="failed gracefully") if 'exception' in fail_mode: raise Exception('failing via exception') module.exit_json(**result) finally: if 'trailing_junk' in fail_mode: print("trailing junk after module output") main()