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validate-modules
================
Python program to help test or validate Ansible modules.
Originally developed by Matt Martz (@sivel)
Usage
~~~~~
.. code:: shell
cd /path/to/ansible/source
source hacking/env-setup
test/sanity/validate-modules/validate-modules /path/to/modules
Help
~~~~
.. code:: shell
usage: validate-modules [-h] [-w] [--exclude EXCLUDE] modules
positional arguments:
modules Path to module or module directory
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-w, --warnings Show warnings
--exclude EXCLUDE RegEx exclusion pattern
Current Validations
===================
Modules
~~~~~~~
Errors
^^^^^^
#. Interpreter line is not ``#!/usr/bin/python``
#. ``main()`` not at the bottom of the file
#. Module does not import ``ansible.module_utils.basic``
#. Missing ``DOCUMENTATION``
#. Documentation is invalid YAML
#. Invalid schema for ``DOCUMENTATION``
#. Missing ``EXAMPLES``
#. Invalid Python Syntax
#. Tabbed indentation
#. Use of ``sys.exit()`` instead of ``exit_json`` or ``fail_json``
#. Missing GPLv3 license header in module
#. PowerShell module missing ``WANT_JSON``
#. PowerShell module missing ``POWERSHELL_COMMON``
#. New modules have the correct ``version_added``
#. New arguments have the correct ``version_added``
#. Modules should not import requests, instead use ``ansible.module_utils.urls``
#. Missing ``RETURN`` for new modules
Warnings
^^^^^^^^
#. Try/Except ``HAS_`` expression missing
#. Missing ``RETURN`` for existing modules
#. ``import json`` found
#. Module contains duplicate globals from basic.py
Module Directories (Python Packages)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Missing ``__init__.py``