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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2013, Jan-Piet Mens <jpmens () gmail.com>
+#
+# 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/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: irc
+short_description: Send a message to an IRC channel
+description:
+   - Send a message to an IRC channel. This is a very simplistic implementation.
+options:
+  server:
+    description:
+      - IRC server name/address
+    required: false
+    default: localhost
+  port:
+    description:
+      - IRC server port number
+    required: false
+    default: 6667
+  nick:
+    description:
+      - Nickname
+    required: false
+    default: ansible
+  msg:
+    description:
+      - The message body.
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  color:
+    description:
+      - Text color for the message. Default is black.
+    required: false
+    default: black
+    choices: [ "yellow", "red", "green", "blue", "black" ]
+  channel:
+    description:
+      - Channel name
+    required: true
+
+# informational: requirements for nodes
+requirements: [ socket ]
+author: Jan-Piet Mens
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+action: irc server=irc.example.net channel="#t1" msg="Hello world"
+local_action: irc port=6669
+              channel="#t1"
+              msg="Hello at {{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
+              color=red
+              nick=ansibleIRC
+'''
+
+# ===========================================
+# IRC module support methods.
+#
+
+import socket
+
+def send_msg(channel, msg, server='localhost', port='6667',
+        nick="ansible", color='black'):
+    '''send message to IRC'''
+
+    colornumbers = {
+        'black'  : "01",
+        'red'    : "04",
+        'green'  : "09",
+        'yellow' : "08",
+        'blue'   : "12",
+    }
+
+    try:
+        colornumber = colornumbers[color]
+    except:
+        colornumber = "01"  # black
+
+    message = "\x03" + colornumber + msg
+
+    irc = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )
+    irc.connect( ( server, int(port) ) )
+    irc.send( 'NICK %s\r\n' % nick )
+    irc.send( 'USER %s %s %s :ansible IRC\r\n' % (nick, nick, nick))
+    irc.send( 'JOIN #%s\r\n' % channel )
+    irc.send( 'PRIVMSG %s :%s\r\n' % (channel, message))
+    irc.send( 'PART %s\r\n' % channel)
+    irc.send( 'QUIT\r\n' )
+    irc.close()
+
+# ===========================================
+# Main
+#
+
+def main():
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            server = dict(default='localhost'),
+            port = dict(default = 6667),
+            nick = dict(default = 'ansible'),
+            msg = dict(required = True),
+            color = dict(default="black", choices=["yellow", "red", "green",
+                                                  "blue", "black"]),
+            channel = dict(required = True)
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    server  = module.params["server"]
+    port    = module.params["port"]
+    nick    = module.params["nick"]
+    msg     = module.params["msg"]
+    color   = module.params["color"]
+    channel = module.params["channel"]
+
+    try:
+        send_msg(channel, msg, server, port, nick, color)
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="unable to send to IRC: %s" % e)
+
+    changed = True
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, channel=channel, nick=nick,
+                     msg=msg)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+main()