My python code works fine to parse the output, but my module continually fails for reasons I can't explain. Can someone give me a hint?
*Module code:* #!/usr/bin/python ANSIBLE_METADATA = { 'metadata_version': '1.0', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'curated' } import os import shutil import tempfile import traceback import xml.etree.cElementTree as etree import json from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native from collections import defaultdict class Xml2Dict(dict): def __init__(self, parent_element): if parent_element.items(): self.updateDict( dict(parent_element.items()) ) for element in parent_element: if len(element): aDict = Xml2Dict(element) self.updateDict({element.tag: aDict}) elif element.items(): # items() is special for attributes elementattrib= element.items() if element.text: elementattrib.append((element.tag,element.text )) # add tag:text if exist self.updateDict({element.tag: dict(elementattrib)}) else: self.updateDict({element.tag: element.text}) def updateDict (self, aDict ): for key in aDict.keys(): # keys() includes tag and attributes if key in self: value = self.pop(key) if type(value) is not list: listOfDicts = [] listOfDicts.append(value) listOfDicts.append(aDict[key]) self.update({key: listOfDicts}) else: value.append(aDict[key]) self.update({key: value}) else: self.update({key:aDict[key]}) # it was self.update(aDict) def run_module(): # define the available arguments/parameters that a user can pass to # the module module_args = dict( src=dict(type='path') ) # seed the result dict in the object # we primarily care about changed and state # change is if this module effectively modified the target # state will include any data that you want your module to pass back # for consumption, for example, in a subsequent task result = dict( changed=False, original_message='', message='', failed='' ) # the AnsibleModule object will be our abstraction working with Ansible # this includes instantiation, a couple of common attr would be the # args/params passed to the execution, as well as if the module # supports check mode module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=module_args, supports_check_mode=True ) src = module.params['src'] # b_src = to_bytes(src, errors='surrogate_or_strict') # if not os.path.exists(b_src): # module.fail_json(msg="Source %s not found" % (src)) # if not os.access(b_src, os.R_OK): # module.fail_json(msg="Source %s not readable" % (src)) # if os.path.isdir(b_src): # module.fail_json(msg="Directory specified as the source instead of a file: %s" % (src)) # if os.path.exists(b_src): # b_src = os.path.realpath(b_src) # src = to_native(b_src, errors='surrogate_or_strict') # if os.access(b_src, os.R_OK): tree = etree.ElementTree(file=src) #print tree.getroot() root = tree.getroot() #print "tag=%s, attrib=%s" % (root.tag, root.attrib) from pprint import pprint #router = pprint(etree_to_dict(root)) router = Xml2Dict(root) for key in router['swiftlet'][4].iteritems(): if key[0] == 'aliases': for item in enumerate(key[1]['alias']): dest = str(item[1]['map-to']) name = str(item[1]['name']) # print dest + ":" + name queuesList = [] for key in router['swiftlet'][9].iteritems(): if key[0] == 'queues': for item in enumerate(key[1]['queue']): name = str(item[1]['name']) attrList = item[1] print attrList queueDict = {} if len(attrList) == 1: queueDict[name] = {"propertyCount" : len(attrList)} else: for attrib, value in attrList.iteritems(): if attrib != "name": if name in queueDict: queueDict[name][attrib] = value else: queueDict[name] = {attrib : value} if name in queueDict: queueDict[name]["propertyCount"] = len(attrList) else: queueDict[name] = {"propertyCount" : len(attrList)} queuesList.append(queueDict) output = json.dumps(queuesList) # if the user is working with this module in only check mode we do not # want to make any changes to the environment, just return the current # state with no modifications # if module.check_mode: # return result # manipulate or modify the state as needed (this is going to be the # part where your module will do what it needs to do) result['original_message'] = module.params['src'] result['message'] = 'goodbye' # use whatever logic you need to determine whether or not this module # made any modifications to your target # if module.params['src']: # result['changed'] = True # during the execution of the module, if there is an exception or a # conditional state that effectively causes a failure, run # AnsibleModule.fail_json() to pass in the message and the result # if module.params['src'] == 'fail me': # module.fail_json(msg='You requested this to fail', **result) # in the event of a successful module execution, you will want to # simple AnsibleModule.exit_json(), passing the key/value results module.exit_json( changed=True, failed=False) def main(): run_module() if __name__ == '__main__': main() *Results:* TASK [test module] ******************************************************************************************************************************************* task path: /home/ec2-user/ansible/testmod.yml:7 Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/_text.py Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/six/__init__.py Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/parsing/convert_bool.py Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/parsing/__init__.py Using module_utils file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/module_utils/pycompat24.py Using module file /home/ec2-user/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/messaging/new_module.py <127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: ec2-user <127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0' <127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224="` echo /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224 `" ) && sleep 0' <127.0.0.1> PUT /tmp/tmpHHjMUg TO /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224/new_module.py <127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224/ /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224/new_module.py && sleep 0' <127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/home/ec2-user/ansible/venv/bin/python /home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224/new_module.py; rm -rf "/home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1502132102.2-141765875120224/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0' fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, "failed": true, "module_stderr": "", "module_stdout": "{'cache-size': '5000', 'flowcontrol-start-queuesize': '-1', 'name': 'q1', 'cleanup-interval': '-1', 'persistence-mode': 'non_persistent'}\n{'cache-size': '5000', 'flowcontrol-start-queuesize': '-1', 'name': 'q2', 'cleanup-interval': '-1', 'persistence-mode': 'non_persistent'}\n{'cache-size': '5000', 'flowcontrol-start-queuesize': '-1', 'name': 'q3', 'cleanup-interval': '-1', 'persistence-mode': 'non_persistent'}\n{'name': 'test'}\n\n{\"invocation\": {\"module_args\": {\"src\": \"/home/ec2-user/ansible/routerconfig.xml\"}}, \"failed\": false, \"changed\": true}\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", "rc": 0 } to retry, use: --limit @/home/ec2-user/ansible/testmod.retry PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************** localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 1:14:55 PM UTC-4, Adam Shantz wrote: > > Hi all - > > I'm working on a custom module in python that takes a subset of an XML > config, and turns it into JSON so I can use it with an Ansible playbook & > Jinja2 template. I want to make sure my output will be compatible with > Ansible playbook processing. Here's the output: > > [ > {"q1": {"flowcontrol-start-queuesize": "-1", "propertyCount": 5, > "cleanup-interval": "-1", "cache-size": "5000", "persistence-mode": > "non_persistent"}}, > {"q2": {"flowcontrol-start-queuesize": "-1", "propertyCount": 5, > "cleanup-interval": "-1", "cache-size": "5000", "persistence-mode": > "non_persistent"}}, > {"test": {"propertyCount": 1}} > ] > > I've added line-breaks to make it more readable. Can this output be used > in an Ansible playbook? Possibly with the with_items loop? > > Thanks, > Adam > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. 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