Full Action Module Example

#!/usr/bin/python

from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
from ansible.errors import AnsibleFileNotFound


class ActionModule(ActionBase):
    '''Must have this name for ansible to detect it
       and the name of the file must be the same than the module
       we want to refer'''

    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
        module_args = self._task.args  # Obtaing module args
        # List of keys in my args that are files
        args_files = ["pfx_file", "pswd_file", "cer_file"]
        for file in args_files:
            try:
                module_args[file] = self._get_absolute_path(module_args[file])
            except AnsibleFileNotFound as e:
                return dict(
                    failed=True,
                    msg="Couldn't find %s: %s - %s" % (file, module_args[file],
                                                       str(e))
                )

        # Execute module with name pfx_deconstruct with its args modified
        return self._execute_module('pfx_deconstruct', module_args=module_args,
                                    task_vars=task_vars)

    def _get_absolute_path(self, path):
        if path.startswith('/'):
            return path

        if self._task._role is not None:
            path = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(self._task._role._role_path,
                                                   'files', path)
        else:
            path = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(self._loader.get_basedir(),
                                                   'files', path)

        return path