diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/__init__.py
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/facts/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/facts/__init__.py
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/facts/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/facts/facts.py
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+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/facts/facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+"""
+The arg spec for the fortios monitor module.
+"""
+
+
+class FactsArgs(object):
+    """ The arg spec for the fortios monitor module
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    argument_spec = {
+        "host": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+        "username": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+        "password": {"required": False, "type": "str", "no_log": True},
+        "vdom": {"required": False, "type": "str", "default": "root"},
+        "https": {"required": False, "type": "bool", "default": True},
+        "ssl_verify": {"required": False, "type": "bool", "default": False},
+        "gather_subset": {
+            "required": True, "type": "list", "elements": "dict",
+            "options": {
+                "fact": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+                "filters": {"required": False, "type": "list", "elements": "dict"}
+            }
+        }
+    }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/system/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/system/__init__.py
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/system/system.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/system/system.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76454f9d9ec
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+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/argspec/system/system.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+
+# (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+"""
+The arg spec for the fortios_facts module
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+class SystemArgs(object):
+    """The arg spec for the fortios_facts module
+    """
+
+    FACT_SYSTEM_SUBSETS = frozenset([
+        'system_current-admins_select',
+        'system_firmware_select',
+        'system_fortimanager_status',
+        'system_ha-checksums_select',
+        'system_interface_select',
+        'system_status_select',
+        'system_time_select',
+    ])
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        pass
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/__init__.py
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a881b5aeda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+"""
+The facts class for fortios
+this file validates each subset of monitor and selectively
+calls the appropriate facts gathering and monitoring function
+"""
+
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.argspec.facts.facts import FactsArgs
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.argspec.system.system import SystemArgs
+from ansible.module_utils.network.common.facts.facts import FactsBase
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.facts.system.system import SystemFacts
+
+
+class Facts(FactsBase):
+    """ The facts class for fortios
+    """
+
+    FACT_SUBSETS = {
+        "system": SystemFacts
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, module, fos=None, subset=None):
+        super(Facts, self).__init__(module)
+        self._fos = fos
+        self._subset = subset
+
+    def gen_runable(self, subsets, valid_subsets):
+        """ Generate the runable subset
+
+        :param module: The module instance
+        :param subsets: The provided subsets
+        :param valid_subsets: The valid subsets
+        :rtype: list
+        :returns: The runable subsets
+        """
+        runable_subsets = []
+        FACT_DETAIL_SUBSETS = []
+        FACT_DETAIL_SUBSETS.extend(SystemArgs.FACT_SYSTEM_SUBSETS)
+
+        for subset in subsets:
+            if subset['fact'] not in FACT_DETAIL_SUBSETS:
+                self._module.fail_json(msg='Subset must be one of [%s], got %s' %
+                                           (', '.join(sorted([item for item in FACT_DETAIL_SUBSETS])), subset['fact']))
+
+            for valid_subset in frozenset(self.FACT_SUBSETS.keys()):
+                if subset['fact'].startswith(valid_subset):
+                    runable_subsets.append((subset, valid_subset))
+
+        return runable_subsets
+
+    def get_network_legacy_facts(self, fact_legacy_obj_map, legacy_facts_type=None):
+        if not legacy_facts_type:
+            legacy_facts_type = self._gather_subset
+
+        runable_subsets = self.gen_runable(legacy_facts_type, frozenset(fact_legacy_obj_map.keys()))
+        if runable_subsets:
+            self.ansible_facts['ansible_net_gather_subset'] = []
+
+            instances = list()
+            for (subset, valid_subset) in runable_subsets:
+                instances.append(fact_legacy_obj_map[valid_subset](self._module, self._fos, subset))
+
+            for inst in instances:
+                inst.populate_facts(self._connection, self.ansible_facts)
+
+    def get_facts(self, facts_type=None, data=None):
+        """ Collect the facts for fortios
+        :param facts_type: List of facts types
+        :param data: previously collected conf
+        :rtype: dict
+        :return: the facts gathered
+        """
+        self.get_network_legacy_facts(self.FACT_SUBSETS, facts_type)
+
+        return self.ansible_facts, self._warnings
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/system/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/system/__init__.py
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index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/system/system.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/system/system.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5731a0985b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/facts/system/system.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+
+# (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+"""
+The fortios system facts class
+It is in this file the runtime information is collected from the device
+for a given resource, parsed, and the facts tree is populated
+based on the configuration.
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import re
+from ansible.module_utils.network.common import utils
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.argspec.system.system import SystemArgs
+
+
+class SystemFacts(object):
+    """ The fortios system facts class
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, module, fos=None, subset=None, subspec='config', options='options'):
+        self._module = module
+        self._fos = fos
+        self._subset = subset
+
+    def populate_facts(self, connection, ansible_facts, data=None):
+        """ Populate the facts for system
+        :param connection: the device connection
+        :param ansible_facts: Facts dictionary
+        :rtype: dictionary
+        :returns: facts
+        """
+        ansible_facts['ansible_network_resources'].pop('system', None)
+        facts = {}
+        if self._subset['fact'].startswith(tuple(SystemArgs.FACT_SYSTEM_SUBSETS)):
+            gather_method = getattr(self, self._subset['fact'].replace('-', '_'), self.system_fact)
+            resp = gather_method()
+            facts.update({self._subset['fact']: resp})
+
+        ansible_facts['ansible_network_resources'].update(facts)
+        return ansible_facts
+
+    def system_fact(self):
+        fos = self._fos
+        vdom = self._module.params['vdom']
+        return fos.monitor('system', self._subset['fact'][len('system_'):].replace('_', '/'), vdom=vdom)
+
+    def system_interface_select(self):
+        fos = self._fos
+        vdom = self._module.params['vdom']
+
+        query_string = '?vdom=' + vdom
+        system_interface_select_param = self._subset['filters']
+        if system_interface_select_param:
+            for filter in system_interface_select_param:
+                for key, val in filter.items():
+                    if val:
+                        query_string += '&' + str(key) + '=' + str(val)
+
+        return fos.monitor('system', self._subset['fact'][len('system_'):].replace('_', '/') + query_string, vdom=None)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/fortios/fortios_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/fortios/fortios_facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72527e82b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/fortios/fortios_facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'metadata_version': '1.1'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: fortios_facts
+version_added: "2.9"
+short_description: Get facts about fortios devices.
+description:
+    - Collects facts from network devices running the fortios operating
+      system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the
+      respective resource name.  This facts module will only collect those
+      facts which user specified in playbook.
+author:
+    - Don Yao (@fortinetps)
+    - Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
+    - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
+notes:
+    - Support both legacy mode (local_action) and httpapi
+    - Legacy mode run as a local_action in your playbook, requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
+    - httpapi mode is the new recommend way for network modules
+requirements:
+    - fortiosapi>=0.9.8
+options:
+    host:
+        description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
+        type: str
+        required: false
+    username:
+        description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate username.
+        type: str
+        required: false
+    password:
+        description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate password.
+        type: str
+        default: ""
+        required: false
+    vdom:
+        description:
+            - Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a
+              virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and
+              used as a different unit.
+        type: str
+        default: root
+        required: false
+    https:
+        description:
+            - Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
+        type: bool
+        default: true
+        required: false
+    ssl_verify:
+        description:
+            - Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+        required: false
+    gather_subset:
+        description:
+            - When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected
+              to a given subset.  Possible values for this argument include
+              system_current-admins_select, system_firmware_select,
+              system_fortimanager_status, system_ha-checksums_select,
+              system_interface_select, system_status_select and system_time_select
+        type: list
+        elements: dict
+        required: true
+        suboptions:
+            fact:
+                description:
+                    - Name of the facts to gather
+                type: str
+                required: true
+            filters:
+                description:
+                    - Filters apply when gathering facts
+                type: list
+                elements: dict
+                required: false
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    host: "192.168.122.40"
+    username: "admin"
+    password: ""
+    vdom: "root"
+    ssl_verify: "False"
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: gather basic system status facts
+    fortios_facts:
+      host:  "{{ host }}"
+      username: "{{ username }}"
+      password: "{{ password }}"
+      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
+      gather_subset:
+        - fact: 'system_status_select'
+
+  - name: gather all pysical interfaces status facts
+    fortios_facts:
+      host:  "{{ host }}"
+      username: "{{ username }}"
+      password: "{{ password }}"
+      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
+      gather_subset:
+        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
+
+  - name: gather gather all pysical and vlan interfaces status facts
+    fortios_facts:
+      host:  "{{ host }}"
+      username: "{{ username }}"
+      password: "{{ password }}"
+      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
+      gather_subset:
+        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
+          filters:
+            - include_vlan: true
+
+  - name: gather basic system info and physical interface port3 status facts
+    fortios_facts:
+      host:  "{{ host }}"
+      username: "{{ username }}"
+      password: "{{ password }}"
+      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
+      gather_subset:
+        - fact: 'system_status_select'
+        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
+          filters:
+            - interface_name: 'port3'
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+build:
+  description: Build number of the fortigate image
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: '1547'
+http_method:
+  description: Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: 'GET'
+name:
+  description: Name of the table used to fulfill the request
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "firmware"
+path:
+  description: Path of the table used to fulfill the request
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "system"
+revision:
+  description: Internal revision number
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "17.0.2.10658"
+serial:
+  description: Serial number of the unit
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352"
+status:
+  description: Indication of the operation's result
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "success"
+vdom:
+  description: Virtual domain used
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "root"
+version:
+  description: Version of the FortiGate
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "v5.6.3"
+ansible_facts:
+  description: The list of fact subsets collected from the device
+  returned: always
+  type: dict
+
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.fortios import FortiOSHandler
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortimanager.common import FAIL_SOCKET_MSG
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.argspec.facts.facts import FactsArgs
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.facts.facts import Facts
+
+
+def login(data, fos):
+    host = data['host']
+    username = data['username']
+    password = data['password']
+    ssl_verify = data['ssl_verify']
+
+    fos.debug('on')
+    if 'https' in data and not data['https']:
+        fos.https('off')
+    else:
+        fos.https('on')
+
+    fos.login(host, username, password, verify=ssl_verify)
+
+
+def main():
+    """ Main entry point for AnsibleModule
+    """
+    argument_spec = FactsArgs.argument_spec
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                           supports_check_mode=False)
+
+    # legacy_mode refers to using fortiosapi instead of HTTPAPI
+    legacy_mode = 'host' in module.params and module.params['host'] is not None and \
+                  'username' in module.params and module.params['username'] is not None and \
+                  'password' in module.params and module.params['password'] is not None
+
+    if not legacy_mode:
+        if module._socket_path:
+            warnings = []
+            connection = Connection(module._socket_path)
+            module._connection = connection
+            fos = FortiOSHandler(connection)
+
+            result = Facts(module, fos).get_facts()
+
+            ansible_facts, additional_warnings = result
+            warnings.extend(additional_warnings)
+
+            module.exit_json(ansible_facts=ansible_facts, warnings=warnings)
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(**FAIL_SOCKET_MSG)
+    else:
+        try:
+            from fortiosapi import FortiOSAPI
+        except ImportError:
+            module.fail_json(msg="fortiosapi module is required")
+
+        warnings = []
+
+        fos = FortiOSAPI()
+        login(module.params, fos)
+        module._connection = fos
+
+        result = Facts(module, fos).get_facts()
+
+        ansible_facts, additional_warnings = result
+        warnings.extend(additional_warnings)
+
+        module.exit_json(ansible_facts=ansible_facts, warnings=warnings)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/fortios/test_fortios_facts.py b/test/units/modules/network/fortios/test_fortios_facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b9a4145d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/fortios/test_fortios_facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+import json
+import pytest
+from mock import ANY
+from units.modules.utils import exit_json, fail_json
+from units.compat import unittest
+from units.compat.mock import patch
+from ansible.module_utils import basic
+from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.fortios import FortiOSHandler
+
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.facts.facts import Facts
+    from ansible.modules.network.fortios import fortios_facts
+except ImportError:
+    pytest.skip("Could not load required modules for testing", allow_module_level=True)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def connection_mock(mocker):
+    connection_class_mock = mocker.patch('ansible.modules.network.fortios.fortios_facts.Connection')
+    return connection_class_mock
+
+
+fos_instance = FortiOSHandler(connection_mock)
+
+
+def test_facts_get(mocker):
+    monitor_method_result = {'status': 'success', 'http_method': 'GET', 'http_status': 200}
+    monitor_method_mock = mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.network.fortios.fortios.FortiOSHandler.monitor', return_value=monitor_method_result)
+    mock_module = patch.multiple(basic.AnsibleModule, exit_json=exit_json, fail_json=fail_json)
+    mock_module._connection = connection_mock
+
+    # test case 01, args with single gather_subset
+    args = {
+        'vdom': 'root',
+        'gather_subset': [
+            {'fact': 'system_status_select'},
+        ]
+    }
+    mock_module.params = args
+
+    response, ignore = Facts(mock_module, fos_instance).get_facts()
+
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_called_with('system', 'status/select', vdom='root')
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_status_select']['status'] == 'success'
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_status_select']['http_status'] == 200
+
+    # test case 02, args with single gather_subset with filters
+    args = {
+        'vdom': 'root',
+        'gather_subset': [
+            {'fact': 'system_interface_select', 'filters': [{'include_vlan': 'true'}, {'interface_name': 'port3'}]},
+        ]
+    }
+
+    mock_module.params = args
+
+    response, ignore = Facts(mock_module, fos_instance).get_facts()
+
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_called_with('system', 'interface/select?vdom=root&include_vlan=true&interface_name=port3', vdom=None)
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_interface_select']['status'] == 'success'
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_interface_select']['http_status'] == 200
+
+    # test case 03, args with multiple gather_subset
+    args = {
+        'vdom': 'root',
+        'gather_subset': [
+            {'fact': 'system_current-admins_select'},
+            {'fact': 'system_firmware_select'},
+            {'fact': 'system_fortimanager_status'},
+            {'fact': 'system_ha-checksums_select'},
+        ]
+    }
+
+    mock_module.params = args
+
+    response, ignore = Facts(mock_module, fos_instance).get_facts()
+
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_any_call('system', 'current-admins/select', vdom='root')
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_any_call('system', 'firmware/select', vdom='root')
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_any_call('system', 'fortimanager/status', vdom='root')
+    monitor_method_mock.assert_any_call('system', 'ha-checksums/select', vdom='root')
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_ha-checksums_select']['status'] == 'success'
+    assert response['ansible_network_resources']['system_ha-checksums_select']['http_status'] == 200