Making the switch to v2

lib/ansible/plugins/action/group_by.py

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+# Copyright 2012, Jeroen Hoekx <jeroen@hoekx.be>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import *
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+    ''' Create inventory groups based on variables '''
+
+    ### We need to be able to modify the inventory
+    BYPASS_HOST_LOOP = True
+    TRANSFERS_FILES = False
+
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=dict()):
+
+        if not 'key' in self._task.args:
+            return dict(failed=True, msg="the 'key' param is required when using group_by")
+
+        group_name = self._task.args.get('key')
+        group_name = group_name.replace(' ','-')
+
+        return dict(changed=True, add_group=group_name)
+