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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2017, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: influxdb_query
+short_description: Query data points from InfluxDB.
+description:
+  - Query data points from InfluxDB.
+version_added: 2.5
+author: "René Moser (@resmo)"
+requirements:
+  - "python >= 2.6"
+  - "influxdb >= 0.9"
+options:
+  query:
+    description:
+      - Query to be executed.
+    required: true
+  database_name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the database.
+    required: true
+extends_documentation_fragment: influxdb
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Query connections
+  influxdb_query:
+    hostname: "{{ influxdb_ip_address }}"
+    database_name: "{{ influxdb_database_name }}"
+    query: "select mean(value) from connections"
+  register: connection
+
+- name: Query connections with tags filters
+  influxdb_query:
+    hostname: "{{ influxdb_ip_address }}"
+    database_name: "{{ influxdb_database_name }}"
+    query: "select mean(value) from connections where region='zue01' and host='server01'"
+  register: connection
+
+- name: Print results from the query
+  debug:
+    var: connection.results
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+results:
+  description: Result from the query
+  returned: success
+  type: list
+  sample:
+    - mean: 1245.5333333333333
+      time: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.influxdb import InfluxDb
+
+
+class AnsibleInfluxDBRead(InfluxDb):
+
+    def read_by_query(self, query):
+        client = self.connect_to_influxdb()
+        try:
+            rs = client.query(query)
+            if rs:
+                return list(rs.get_points())
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = InfluxDb.influxdb_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        query=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        database_name=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    influx = AnsibleInfluxDBRead(module)
+    query = module.params.get('query')
+    results = influx.read_by_query(query)
+    module.exit_json(changed=True, results=results)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()