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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2014, Michael J. Schultz <mjschultz@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: sns
+short_description: Send Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) messages
+description:
+    - The M(sns) module sends notifications to a topic on your Amazon SNS account
+version_added: 1.6
+author: Michael J. Schultz <mjschultz@gmail.com>
+options:
+  msg:
+    description:
+      - Default message to send.
+    required: true
+    aliases: [ "default" ]
+  subject:
+    description:
+      - Subject line for email delivery.
+    required: false
+  topic:
+    description:
+      - The topic you want to publish to.
+    required: true
+  email:
+    description:
+      - Message to send to email-only subscription
+    required: false
+  sqs:
+    description:
+      - Message to send to SQS-only subscription
+    required: false
+  sms:
+    description:
+      - Message to send to SMS-only subscription
+    required: false
+  http:
+    description:
+      - Message to send to HTTP-only subscription
+    required: false
+  https:
+    description:
+      - Message to send to HTTPS-only subscription
+    required: false
+  aws_secret_key:
+    description:
+      - AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. 
+    required: false
+    default: None
+    aliases: ['ec2_secret_key', 'secret_key']
+  aws_access_key:
+    description:
+      - AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
+    required: false
+    default: None
+    aliases: ['ec2_access_key', 'access_key']
+  region:
+    description:
+      - The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used.
+    required: false
+    aliases: ['aws_region', 'ec2_region']
+
+requirements: [ "boto" ]
+author: Michael J. Schultz
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Send default notification message via SNS
+  local_action:
+    module: sns
+    msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} has completed the play."
+    subject: "Deploy complete!"
+    topic: "deploy"
+
+- name: Send notification messages via SNS with short message for SMS
+  local_action:
+    module: sns
+    msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} has completed the play."
+    sms: "deployed!"
+    subject: "Deploy complete!"
+    topic: "deploy"
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import *
+
+try:
+    import boto
+    import boto.sns
+except ImportError:
+    print "failed=True msg='boto required for this module'"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def arn_topic_lookup(connection, short_topic):
+    response = connection.get_all_topics()
+    result = response[u'ListTopicsResponse'][u'ListTopicsResult']
+    # topic names cannot have colons, so this captures the full topic name
+    lookup_topic = ':{}'.format(short_topic)
+    for topic in result[u'Topics']:
+        if topic[u'TopicArn'].endswith(lookup_topic):
+            return topic[u'TopicArn']
+    return None
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = ec2_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        dict(
+            msg=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['default']),
+            subject=dict(type='str', default=None),
+            topic=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            email=dict(type='str', default=None),
+            sqs=dict(type='str', default=None),
+            sms=dict(type='str', default=None),
+            http=dict(type='str', default=None),
+            https=dict(type='str', default=None),
+        )
+    )
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+
+    msg = module.params['msg']
+    subject = module.params['subject']
+    topic = module.params['topic']
+    email = module.params['email']
+    sqs = module.params['sqs']
+    sms = module.params['sms']
+    http = module.params['http']
+    https = module.params['https']
+
+    region, ec2_url, aws_connect_params = get_aws_connection_info(module)
+    try:
+        connection = connect_to_aws(boto.sns, region, **aws_connect_params)
+    except boto.exception.NoAuthHandlerFound, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+    # .publish() takes full ARN topic id, but I'm lazy and type shortnames
+    # so do a lookup (topics cannot contain ':', so thats the decider)
+    if ':' in topic:
+        arn_topic = topic
+    else:
+        arn_topic = arn_topic_lookup(connection, topic)
+
+    if not arn_topic:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Could not find topic: {}'.format(topic))
+
+    dict_msg = {'default': msg}
+    if email:
+        dict_msg.update(email=email)
+    if sqs:
+        dict_msg.update(sqs=sqs)
+    if sms:
+        dict_msg.update(sms=sms)
+    if http:
+        dict_msg.update(http=http)
+    if https:
+        dict_msg.update(https=https)
+
+    json_msg = json.dumps(dict_msg)
+    connection.publish(topic=arn_topic, subject=subject,
+                       message_structure='json', message=json_msg)
+
+    module.exit_json(msg="OK")
+
+main()