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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Author: Artūras 'arturaz' Šlajus <x11@arturaz.net>
+#
+# This module is proudly sponsored by iGeolise (www.igeolise.com) and
+# Tiny Lab Productions (www.tinylabproductions.com).
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: datadog_event
+short_description: Posts events to DataDog  service
+description:
+- "Allows to post events to DataDog (www.datadoghq.com) service."
+- "Uses http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/#events API."
+version_added: "1.3"
+author: Artūras 'arturaz' Šlajus <x11@arturaz.net>
+notes: []
+requirements: [httplib2]
+options:
+    api_key:
+        description: ["Your DataDog API key."]
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    title:
+        description: ["The event title."]
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    text:
+        description: ["The body of the event."]
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    date_happened:
+        description:
+        - POSIX timestamp of the event.
+        - Default value is now.
+        required: false
+        default: now
+    priority:
+        description: ["The priority of the event."]
+        required: false
+        default: normal
+        choices: [normal, low]
+    tags:
+        description: ["Comma separated list of tags to apply to the event."]
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    alert_type:
+        description: ["Type of alert."]
+        required: false
+        default: info
+        choices: ['error', 'warning', 'info', 'success']
+    aggregation_key:
+        description: ["An arbitrary string to use for aggregation."]
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    source_type_name:
+        description: ["The type of event being posted."]
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices:
+        - 'nagios'
+        - 'hudson'
+        - 'jenkins'
+        - 'user'
+        - 'my apps'
+        - 'feed'
+        - 'chef'
+        - 'puppet'
+        - 'git'
+        - 'bitbucket'
+        - 'fabric'
+        - 'capistrano'
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Post an event with low priority
+datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!" priority="low"
+               api_key="6873258723457823548234234234"
+# Post an event with several tags
+datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!"
+               api_key="6873258723457823548234234234"
+               tags=aa,bb,cc
+'''
+
+import socket
+from urllib2 import urlopen, Request, URLError
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            api_key=dict(required=True),
+            title=dict(required=True),
+            text=dict(required=True),
+            date_happened=dict(required=False, default=None, type='int'),
+            priority=dict(
+                required=False, default='normal', choices=['normal', 'low']
+            ),
+            tags=dict(required=False, default=None),
+            alert_type=dict(
+                required=False, default='info',
+                choices=['error', 'warning', 'info', 'success']
+            ),
+            aggregation_key=dict(required=False, default=None),
+            source_type_name=dict(
+                required=False, default=None,
+                choices=['nagios', 'hudson', 'jenkins', 'user', 'my apps',
+                         'feed', 'chef', 'puppet', 'git', 'bitbucket', 'fabric',
+                         'capistrano']
+            )
+        )
+    )
+
+    post_event(module)
+
+def post_event(module):
+    uri = "https://app.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events?api_key=" + \
+          module.params['api_key']
+
+    body = dict(
+        title=module.params['title'],
+        text=module.params['text'],
+        priority=module.params['priority'],
+        alert_type=module.params['alert_type']
+    )
+    if module.params['date_happened'] != None:
+        body['date_happened'] = module.params['date_happened']
+    if module.params['tags'] != None:
+        body['tags'] = module.params['tags'].split(",")
+    if module.params['aggregation_key'] != None:
+        body['aggregation_key'] = module.params['aggregation_key']
+    if module.params['source_type_name'] != None:
+        body['source_type_name'] = module.params['source_type_name']
+
+    json_body = module.jsonify(body)
+    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+    request = Request(uri, json_body, headers, unverifiable=True)
+
+    try:
+        response = urlopen(request)
+        response_body = response.read()
+        response_json = module.from_json(response_body)
+        if response_json['status'] == 'ok':
+            module.exit_json(changed=True)
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg=response)
+
+    except URLError, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="URL error: %s." % e)
+    except socket.error, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Socket error: %s to %s" % (e, uri))
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+main()