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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+
+module: pagerduty
+short_description: Create PagerDuty maintenance windows
+description:
+    - This module will let you create PagerDuty maintenance windows
+version_added: "1.2"
+author: Justin Johns
+requirements:
+    - PagerDuty API access
+options:
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Create a maintenance window or get a list of ongoing windows.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+        choices: [ "running", "started", "ongoing" ]
+        aliases: []
+    name:
+        description:
+            - PagerDuty unique subdomain.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    user:
+        description:
+            - PagerDuty user ID.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    passwd:
+        description:
+            - PagerDuty user password.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    service:
+        description:
+            - PagerDuty service ID.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    hours:
+        description:
+            - Length of maintenance window in hours.
+        required: false
+        default: 1
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    desc:
+        description:
+            - Short description of maintenance window.
+        required: false
+        default: Created by Ansible
+        choices: []
+        aliases: []
+    validate_certs:
+        description:
+            - If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used
+              on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
+        required: false
+        default: 'yes'
+        choices: ['yes', 'no']
+        version_added: 1.5.1
+
+notes:
+    - This module does not yet have support to end maintenance windows.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES='''
+# List ongoing maintenance windows.
+- pagerduty: name=companyabc user=example@example.com passwd=password123 state=ongoing
+
+# Create a 1 hour maintenance window for service FOO123.
+- pagerduty: name=companyabc
+             user=example@example.com
+             passwd=password123
+             state=running
+             service=FOO123
+
+# Create a 4 hour maintenance window for service FOO123 with the description "deployment".
+- pagerduty: name=companyabc
+             user=example@example.com
+             passwd=password123
+             state=running
+             service=FOO123
+             hours=4
+             desc=deployment
+'''
+
+import json
+import datetime
+import base64
+
+
+def ongoing(module, name, user, passwd):
+
+    url = "https://" + name + ".pagerduty.com/api/v1/maintenance_windows/ongoing"
+    auth = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (user, passwd)).replace('\n', '')
+    headers = {"Authorization": "Basic %s" % auth}
+
+    response, info = fetch_url(module, url, headers=headers)
+    if info['status'] != 200:
+        module.fail_json(msg="failed to lookup the ongoing window: %s" % info['msg'])
+
+    return False, response.read()
+
+
+def create(module, name, user, passwd, service, hours, desc):
+
+    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+    later = now + datetime.timedelta(hours=int(hours))
+    start = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    end = later.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+    url = "https://" + name + ".pagerduty.com/api/v1/maintenance_windows"
+    auth = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (user, passwd)).replace('\n', '')
+    headers = {
+        'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % auth,
+        'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
+    }
+    data = json.dumps({'maintenance_window': {'start_time': start, 'end_time': end, 'description': desc, 'service_ids': [service]}})
+
+    response, info = fetch_url(module, url, data=data, headers=headers, method='POST')
+    if info['status'] != 200:
+        module.fail_json(msg="failed to create the window: %s" % info['msg'])
+
+    return False, response.read()
+
+
+def main():
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+        state=dict(required=True, choices=['running', 'started', 'ongoing']),
+        name=dict(required=True),
+        user=dict(required=True),
+        passwd=dict(required=True),
+        service=dict(required=False),
+        hours=dict(default='1', required=False),
+        desc=dict(default='Created by Ansible', required=False),
+        validate_certs = dict(default='yes', type='bool'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    state = module.params['state']
+    name = module.params['name']
+    user = module.params['user']
+    passwd = module.params['passwd']
+    service = module.params['service']
+    hours = module.params['hours']
+    desc = module.params['desc']
+
+    if state == "running" or state == "started":
+        if not service:
+            module.fail_json(msg="service not specified")
+        (rc, out) = create(module, name, user, passwd, service, hours, desc)
+
+    if state == "ongoing":
+        (rc, out) = ongoing(module, name, user, passwd)
+
+    if rc != 0:
+        module.fail_json(msg="failed", result=out)
+
+    module.exit_json(msg="success", result=out)
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+
+main()