Added SSL support for IRC

notification/irc

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ options:
         messages, this is to prevent an endless loop
     default: 30
     version_added: 1.5
+  use_ssl:
+    description:
+      - Designates whether TLS/SSL should be used when connecting to the IRC server
+    default: False
+    version_added: 1.7
 
 # informational: requirements for nodes
 requirements: [ socket ]
@@ -94,12 +99,13 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 import re
 import socket
+import ssl
 
 from time import sleep
 
 
 def send_msg(channel, msg, server='localhost', port='6667', key=None,
-             nick="ansible", color='none', passwd=False, timeout=30):
+             nick="ansible", color='none', passwd=False, timeout=30, use_ssl=False):
     '''send message to IRC'''
 
     colornumbers = {
@@ -119,6 +125,8 @@ def send_msg(channel, msg, server='localhost', port='6667', key=None,
     message = colortext + msg
 
     irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    if use_ssl:
+        irc = ssl.wrap_socket(irc)
     irc.connect((server, int(port)))
     if passwd:
         irc.send('PASS %s\r\n' % passwd)
@@ -177,7 +185,8 @@ def main():
             channel=dict(required=True),
             key=dict(),
             passwd=dict(),
-            timeout=dict(type='int', default=30)
+            timeout=dict(type='int', default=30),
+            use_ssl=dict(type='bool', default=False)
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
@@ -191,9 +200,10 @@ def main():
     key = module.params["key"]
     passwd = module.params["passwd"]
     timeout = module.params["timeout"]
+    use_ssl = module.params["use_ssl"]
 
     try:
-        send_msg(channel, msg, server, port, key, nick, color, passwd, timeout)
+        send_msg(channel, msg, server, port, key, nick, color, passwd, timeout, use_ssl)
     except Exception, e:
         module.fail_json(msg="unable to send to IRC: %s" % e)