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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# (c) 2017, Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.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/>.
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+module: github_issue
+short_description: View GitHub issue.
+description:
+    - View GitHub issue for a given repository.
+version_added: "2.4"
+options:
+  repo:
+    description:
+      - Name of repository from which issue needs to be retrieved.
+    required: true
+    default: none
+  organization:
+    description:
+      - Name of the GitHub organization in which the repository is hosted.
+    required: true
+    default: none
+  issue:
+    description:
+      - Issue number for which information is required.
+    default: none
+    required: true
+  action:
+    description:
+        - Get various details about issue depending upon action specified.
+    default: 'get_status'
+    required: false
+    choices:
+        - ['get_status']
+
+author:
+    - Abhijeet Kasurde (@akasurde)
+requirements:
+    - "github3.py >= 1.0.0a4"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+get_status:
+    description: State of the GitHub issue
+    type: string
+    returned: success
+    sample: open, closed
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Check if GitHub issue is closed or not
+  github_issue:
+    organization: ansible
+    repo: ansible
+    issue: 23642
+    action: get_status
+  register: r
+
+- name: Take action depending upon issue status
+  debug:
+    msg: Do something when issue 23642 is open
+  when: r.issue_status == 'open'
+'''
+
+
+try:
+    import github3
+    HAS_GITHUB_PACKAGE = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_GITHUB_PACKAGE = False
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            organization=dict(required=True),
+            repo=dict(required=True),
+            issue=dict(required=True),
+            action=dict(required=False, choices=['get_status']),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    if not HAS_GITHUB_PACKAGE:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Missing required github3 module. (check docs or "
+                             "install with: pip install github3.py==1.0.0a4)")
+
+    organization = module.params['organization']
+    repo = module.params['repo']
+    issue = module.params['issue']
+    action = module.params['action']
+
+    result = dict()
+
+    gh_obj = github3.issue(organization, repo, issue)
+    if isinstance(gh_obj, github3.null.NullObject):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to get details about issue specified. "
+                             "Please check organization, repo and issue "
+                             "details and try again.")
+
+    if action == 'get_status' or action is None:
+        if module.check_mode:
+            result.update(changed=True)
+        else:
+            result.update(changed=True, issue_status=gh_obj.state)
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()