Hi
When I run the following command pytest -r a -fulltrace --color yest my_new_test_module.py I get the following error message. ============================= test session starts ============================== platform linux -- Python 3.4.5, pytest-3.2.3, py-1.4.34, pluggy-0.4.0 rootdir: /root/work/mymoduletests, inifile: collected 0 items / 1 errors =========================== short test summary info ============================ ERROR my_new_test_module.py ==================================== ERRORS ==================================== ____________________ ERROR collecting my_new_test_module.py ____________________ [31mImportError while importing test module '/root/work/mymoduletests/my_new_test_module.py'. Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names. Traceback: my_new_test_module.py:63: in <module> from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule E ImportError: No module named 'ansible' [0m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 errors during collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========================== 1 error in 0.13 seconds ============================ my_new_test_module.py is #!/usr/bin/python ANSIBLE_METADATA = { 'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community' } DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: my_sample_module short_description: This is my sample module version_added: "2.4" description: - "This is my longer description explaining my sample module" options: name: description: - This is the message to send to the sample module required: true new: description: - Control to demo if the result of this module is changed or not required: false extends_documentation_fragment: - azure author: - Your Name (@yourhandle) ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Pass in a message - name: Test with a message my_new_test_module: name: hello world # pass in a message and have changed true - name: Test with a message and changed output my_new_test_module: name: hello world new: true # fail the module - name: Test failure of the module my_new_test_module: name: fail me ''' RETURN = ''' original_message: description: The original name param that was passed in type: str message: description: The output message that the sample module generates ''' from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule def run_module(): # define the available arguments/parameters that a user can pass to # the module module_args = dict( name=dict(type='str', required=True), new=dict(type='bool', required=False, default=False) ) # seed the result dict in the object # we primarily care about changed and state # change is if this module effectively modified the target # state will include any data that you want your module to pass back # for consumption, for example, in a subsequent task result = dict( changed=False, original_message='', message='' ) # the AnsibleModule object will be our abstraction working with Ansible # this includes instantiation, a couple of common attr would be the # args/params passed to the execution, as well as if the module # supports check mode module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=module_args, supports_check_mode=True ) # if the user is working with this module in only check mode we do not # want to make any changes to the environment, just return the current # state with no modifications if module.check_mode: return result # manipulate or modify the state as needed (this is going to be the # part where your module will do what it needs to do) result['original_message'] = module.params['name'] result['message'] = 'goodbye' # use whatever logic you need to determine whether or not this module # made any modifications to your target if module.params['new']: result['changed'] = True # during the execution of the module, if there is an exception or a # conditional state that effectively causes a failure, run # AnsibleModule.fail_json() to pass in the message and the result if module.params['name'] == 'fail me': module.fail_json(msg='You requested this to fail', **result) # in the event of a successful module execution, you will want to # simple AnsibleModule.exit_json(), passing the key/value results module.exit_json(**result) def main(): run_module() if __name__ == '__main__': main() -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/449282ef-7e1b-4112-bf9f-7c50af1ea322%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.