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Ansible API Documentation

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The Ansible API is under construction. These stub references for attributes, classes, functions, methods, and modules will be documented in future. The :ref:module utilities <ansible.module_utils> included in ansible.module_utils.basic and AnsibleModule are documented under Reference & Appendices.

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Attributes

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule.params

The parameters accepted by the module.

.. py:attribute:: ansible.module_utils.basic.ANSIBLE_VERSION

.. py:attribute:: ansible.module_utils.basic.SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS

Deprecated in favor of ansibleModule._selinux_special_fs.

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule.ansible_version

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule._debug

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule._diff

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule.no_log

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule._selinux_special_fs

(formerly ansible.module_utils.basic.SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS)

.. py:attribute:: AnsibleModule._syslog_facility

.. py:attribute:: self.playbook

.. py:attribute:: self.play

.. py:attribute:: self.task

.. py:attribute:: sys.path

Classes

.. py:class:: ansible.module_utils.basic.AnsibleModule :noindex:

The basic utilities for AnsibleModule.

.. py:class:: AnsibleModule

The main class for an Ansible module.

Functions

.. py:function:: ansible.module_utils.basic._load_params()

Load parameters.

Methods

.. py:method:: AnsibleModule.log()

Logs the output of Ansible.

.. py:method:: AnsibleModule.debug()

Debugs Ansible.

.. py:method:: Ansible.get_bin_path()

Retrieves the path for executables.

.. py:method:: AnsibleModule.run_command()

Runs a command within an Ansible module.

.. py:method:: module.fail_json()

Exits and returns a failure.

.. py:method:: module.exit_json()

Exits and returns output.

Modules

.. py:module:: ansible.module_utils

.. py:module:: ansible.module_utils.basic :noindex:

.. py:module:: ansible.module_utils.url