Adding a new filter: from_ini, which allows conversion of INI content to a dictionary (#7743)

* Adding a new filter: from_ini, which allows conversion of INI content to a dictionary

* Adding from_ini maintainers into BOTMETA

* Adding error handling; Removing quotes from examples; Fixing RETURN documentation

* Adding integration tests

* Moving imports below documentation; Adding a more general exception handling

plugins/filter/from_ini.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Steffen Scheib <steffen@scheib.me>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+  name: from_ini
+  short_description: Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+  version_added: 8.2.0
+  author: Steffen Scheib (@sscheib)
+  description:
+    - Converts INI text input into a dictionary.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A string containing an INI document.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+  - name: Slurp an INI file
+    ansible.builtin.slurp:
+      src: /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
+    register: rhsm_conf
+
+  - name: Display the INI file as dictionary
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      var: rhsm_conf.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini
+
+  - name: Set a new dictionary fact with the contents of the INI file
+    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      rhsm_dict: >-
+        {{
+            rhsm_conf.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini
+        }}
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: A dictionary representing the INI file.
+    type: dictionary
+'''
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import StringIO
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+
+
+class IniParser(ConfigParser):
+    ''' Implements a configparser which is able to return a dict '''
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.optionxform = str
+
+    def as_dict(self):
+        d = dict(self._sections)
+        for k in d:
+            d[k] = dict(self._defaults, **d[k])
+            d[k].pop('__name__', None)
+
+        if self._defaults:
+            d['DEFAULT'] = dict(self._defaults)
+
+        return d
+
+
+def from_ini(obj):
+    ''' Read the given string as INI file and return a dict '''
+
+    if not isinstance(obj, string_types):
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f'from_ini requires a str, got {type(obj)}')
+
+    parser = IniParser()
+
+    try:
+        parser.read_file(StringIO(obj))
+    except Exception as ex:
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f'from_ini failed to parse given string: '
+                                 f'{to_native(ex)}', orig_exc=ex)
+
+    return parser.as_dict()
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    ''' Query filter '''
+
+    def filters(self):
+
+        return {
+            'from_ini': from_ini
+        }