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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import requests
+import time
+import json
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: circonus_annotation
+short_description: create an annotation in circonus
+description:
+    - Create an annotation event with a given category, title and description. Optionally start, end or durations can be provided
+author: Nick Harring
+requirements:
+    - urllib3
+    - requests
+    - time
+options:
+    api_key:
+        description:
+           - Circonus API key 
+        required: true
+    category:
+        description:
+           - Annotation Category 
+        required: true
+    description:
+        description:
+            - Description of annotation
+        required: true
+    title:
+        description:
+            - Title of annotation
+        required: true
+    start:
+        description:
+            - Unix timestamp of event start, defaults to now
+        required: false
+    stop:
+        description:
+            - Unix timestamp of event end, defaults to now + duration
+        required: false
+    duration:
+        description:
+            - Duration in seconds of annotation, defaults to 0
+        required: false
+'''
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Create a simple annotation event with a source
+- circonus_annotation:
+    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+    title: 'App Config Change'
+    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
+    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
+# Create an annotation with a duration of 5 minutes
+- circonus_annotation:
+    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+    title: 'App Config Change'
+    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
+    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
+    duration: 300
+# Create an annotation with a start_time and end_time
+- circonus_annotation:
+    api_key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+    title: 'App Config Change'
+    description: 'This is a detailed description of the config change'
+    category: 'This category groups like annotations'
+    start_time: 1395940006
+    end_time: 1395954407
+'''
+def post_annotation(annotation, api_key):
+    base_url = 'https://api.circonus.com/v2'
+    anootate_post_endpoint = '/annotation'
+    resp = requests.post(base_url + anootate_post_endpoint, headers=build_headers(api_key), data=json.dumps(annotation))
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+    return resp
+
+def create_annotation(module):
+    annotation = {}
+    if module.params['duration'] != None:
+        duration = module.params['duration']
+    else:
+        duration = 0
+    if module.params['start'] != None:
+        start = module.params['start']
+    else:
+        start = int(time.time())
+    if module.params['stop'] != None:
+        stop = module.params['stop']
+    else:
+        stop = int(time.time())+duration
+    annotation['start'] = int(start)
+    annotation['stop'] = int(stop)
+    annotation['category'] = module.params['category']
+    annotation['description'] = module.params['description']
+    annotation['title'] = module.params['title']
+    return annotation
+    
+def build_headers(api_token):
+    headers = {'X-Circonus-App-Name': 'ansible', 
+    'Host': 'api.circonus.com', 'X-Circonus-Auth-Token': api_token, 
+    'Accept': 'application/json'}    
+    return headers
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            start = dict(required=False, type='int'),
+            stop = dict(required=False, type='int'),
+            category = dict(required=True),
+            title = dict(required=True),
+            description = dict(required=True),
+            duration = dict(required=False, type='int'),
+            api_key = dict(required=True)
+            )
+        )
+    annotation = create_annotation(module)
+    try:
+        resp = post_annotation(annotation, module.params['api_key'])
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Request Failed', reason=e)
+    module.exit_json(changed=True, annotation=resp.json())
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+main()