diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxapi.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxapi.py
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-#
-# (c) 2015 Peter Sprygada, <psprygada@ansible.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/>.
-#
-"""
-This module adds support for Cisco NXAPI to Ansible shared
-module_utils.  It builds on module_utils/urls.py to provide
-NXAPI support over HTTP/S which is required for proper operation.
-
-In order to use this module, include it as part of a custom
-module as shown below.
-
-** Note: The order of the import statements does matter. **
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
-from ansible.module_utils.nxapi import *
-
-The nxapi module provides the following common argument spec:
-
-    * host (str) - The IPv4 address or FQDN of the network device
-
-    * port (str) - Overrides the default port to use for the HTTP/S
-        connection.  The default values are 80 for HTTP and
-        443 for HTTPS
-
-    * username (str) - The username to use to authenticate
-        the HTTP/S connection.  Aliases: username
-
-    * password (str) - The password to use to authenticate
-        the HTTP/S connection.  Aliases: password
-
-    * use_ssl (bool) - Specifies whether or not to use an encrypted (HTTPS)
-        connection or not.  The default value is False.
-
-    * command_type (str) - The type of command to send to the remote
-        device.  Valid values in `cli_show`, `cli_show_ascii`, 'cli_conf`
-        and `bash`.  The default value is `cli_show_ascii`
-
-    * device (dict) - Used to send the entire set of connection parameters
-        as a dict object.  This argument is mutually exclusive with the
-        host argument
-
-In order to communicate with Cisco NXOS devices, the NXAPI feature
-must be enabled and configured on the device.
-
-"""
-
-NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES = ['cli_show', 'cli_show_ascii', 'cli_conf', 'bash']
-
-NXAPI_COMMON_ARGS = dict(
-    host=dict(),
-    port=dict(),
-    username=dict(),
-    password=dict(),
-    use_ssl=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
-    device=dict(),
-    command_type=dict(default='cli_show_ascii', choices=NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES)
-)
-
-def nxapi_module(**kwargs):
-    """Append the common args to the argument_spec
-    """
-    spec = kwargs.get('argument_spec') or dict()
-
-    argument_spec = url_argument_spec()
-    argument_spec.update(NXAPI_COMMON_ARGS)
-    if kwargs.get('argument_spec'):
-        argument_spec.update(kwargs['argument_spec'])
-    kwargs['argument_spec'] = argument_spec
-
-    module = AnsibleModule(**kwargs)
-
-    device = module.params.get('device') or dict()
-    for key, value in device.iteritems():
-        if key in NXAPI_COMMON_ARGS:
-            module.params[key] = value
-
-    params = json_dict_unicode_to_bytes(json.loads(MODULE_COMPLEX_ARGS))
-    for key, value in params.iteritems():
-        if key != 'device':
-            module.params[key] = value
-
-    return module
-
-def nxapi_url(params):
-    """Constructs a valid NXAPI url
-    """
-    if params['use_ssl']:
-        proto = 'https'
-    else:
-        proto = 'http'
-    host = params['host']
-    url = '{}://{}'.format(proto, host)
-    if params['port']:
-        url = '{}:{}'.format(url, params['port'])
-    url = '{}/ins'.format(url)
-    return url
-
-def nxapi_body(commands, command_type, **kwargs):
-    """Encodes a NXAPI JSON request message
-    """
-    if isinstance(commands, (list, set, tuple)):
-        commands = ' ;'.join(commands)
-
-    msg = {
-        'version': kwargs.get('version') or '1.2',
-        'type': command_type,
-        'chunk': kwargs.get('chunk') or '0',
-        'sid': kwargs.get('sid'),
-        'input': commands,
-        'output_format': 'json'
-    }
-
-    return dict(ins_api=msg)
-
-def nxapi_command(module, commands, command_type=None, **kwargs):
-    """Sends the list of commands to the device over NXAPI
-    """
-    url = nxapi_url(module.params)
-
-    command_type = command_type or module.params['command_type']
-
-    data = nxapi_body(commands, command_type)
-    data = module.jsonify(data)
-
-    headers = {'Content-Type': 'text/json'}
-
-    module.params['url_username'] = module.params['username']
-    module.params['url_password'] = module.params['password']
-
-    response, headers = fetch_url(module, url, data=data, headers=headers,
-                                  method='POST')
-
-    status = kwargs.get('status') or 200
-    if headers['status'] != status:
-        module.fail_json(**headers)
-
-    response = module.from_json(response.read())
-    return response, headers
-