from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function) __metaclass__ = type import json import sys import ansible_runner # the first positional arg should be where the artifacts live output_dir = sys.argv[1] # this calls a single module directly, aka "adhoc" mode r = ansible_runner.run( private_data_dir=output_dir, host_pattern='localhost', module='shell', module_args='whoami' ) data = { 'rc': r.rc, 'status': r.status, 'events': [x['event'] for x in r.events], 'stats': r.stats } # insert this header for the flask controller print('#STARTJSON') json.dump(data, sys.stdout)