Dump the inventory for a device

showinventory.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import argparse
from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
from ansible.inventory.manager import InventoryManager
from cbkutils.utils import ppc

def collect(args):
    """ Collect vars for a device
    """
    loader = DataLoader()
    inventory = InventoryManager(loader=loader, sources=[args.inventory_source])
    host = inventory.get_host(args.device)
    variable_manager = VariableManager(loader=loader, inventory=inventory)
    magic_vars = ['ansible_playbook_python', 'groups', 'group_names', 'inventory_dir',
                  'inventory_file', 'inventory_hostname', 'inventory_hostname_short',
                  'omit', 'playbook_dir']
    all_vars = variable_manager.get_vars(host=host, include_hostvars=True)
    cleaned = ({k: v for (k, v) in all_vars.items() if k not in magic_vars})
    return cleaned

def main():
    """ The main entry point
    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='inventory dumper')
    parser.add_argument('-i', '--inventory', action="store", dest="inventory_source",
                        required=True, help="The location of the inventory")
    parser.add_argument('-d', '--device', action="store", dest="device",
                        required=True, help="The host to dump.")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    ppc(collect(args))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()