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Python module to help test or validate Ansible, specifically ansible modules

This module must be installed alongside the current development release of Ansible to appropriately test the current development state of modules.

pip install git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git@devel#egg=ansible
pip install git+https://github.com/sivel/ansible-testing.git#egg=ansible_testing
ansible-validate-modules /path/to/ansible-modules-extras

usage: ansible-validate-modules [-h] [-w] [--exclude EXCLUDE] modules

positional arguments:
  modules            Path to module or module directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -w, --warnings     Show warnings
  --exclude EXCLUDE  RegEx exclusion pattern

1. Interpreter line is not #!/usr/bin/python
2. main() not at the bottom of the file
3. Module does not import ansible.module_utils.basic
4. Missing DOCUMENTATION
5. Documentation is invalid YAML
6. Invalid schema for DOCUMENTATION
7. Missing EXAMPLES
8. Invalid Python Syntax
9. Tabbed indentation
10. Use of sys.exit() instead of exit_json or fail_json
11. Missing GPLv3 license header in module
12. Powershell module missing WANT_JSON
13. Powershell module missing POWERSHELL_COMMON
14. New modules have the correct version_added
15. New arguments have the correct version_added
16. Modules should not import requests, instead use ansible.module_utils.urls
17. Missing RETURN for new modules

1. Try/Except HAS_ expression missing
2. Missing RETURN for existing modules
3. import json found
4. Module contains duplicate globals from basic.py

1. Missing __init__.py