splunk httpapi plugin (#52761)

* splunk httpapi

Signed-off-by: Adam Miller <admiller@redhat.com>

* use he correct var to send the payload to the request

Signed-off-by: Adam Miller <admiller@redhat.com>

lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/splunk.py

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+# (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+author: Ansible Security Automation Team
+httpapi : splunk
+short_description: HttpApi Plugin for Splunk
+description:
+  - This HttpApi plugin provides methods to connect to Splunk over a
+    HTTP(S)-based api.
+version_added: "2.8"
+"""
+
+import json
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import to_text
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
+from ansible.plugins.httpapi import HttpApiBase
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import ConnectionError
+
+BASE_HEADERS = {
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+}
+
+
+class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):
+    def send_request(self, request_method, path, payload=None):
+        data = json.dumps(payload) if payload else '{}'
+
+        try:
+            self._display_request(request_method)
+            response, response_data = self.connection.send(path, data, method=request_method, headers=BASE_HEADERS, force_basic_auth=True)
+            value = self._get_response_value(response_data)
+
+            return response.getcode(), self._response_to_json(value)
+        except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
+            if to_text('401') in to_text(e):
+                return 401, 'Authentication failure'
+            else:
+                return 404, 'Object not found'
+        except HTTPError as e:
+            error = json.loads(e.read())
+            return e.code, error
+
+    def _display_request(self, request_method):
+        self.connection.queue_message('vvvv', 'Web Services: %s %s' % (request_method, self.connection._url))
+
+    def _get_response_value(self, response_data):
+        return to_text(response_data.getvalue())
+
+    def _response_to_json(self, response_text):
+        try:
+            return json.loads(response_text) if response_text else {}
+        # JSONDecodeError only available on Python 3.5+
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ConnectionError('Invalid JSON response: %s' % response_text)