Convert Ansible Inventory yaml to Remote Desktop importable plist

yaml2plist.py

import yaml
import plistlib
import uuid


def main():
    hosts = None
    with open('inventory.yml') as f:
        for yml in yaml.safe_load_all(f):
            hosts = yml['all']['children']['production']['hosts']

    items = []
    for host in hosts:
        items.append({'hostname': host})

    body = { 'items': items, 'listName': 'All Computers', 'uuid': str(uuid.uuid1()) }

    plist = plistlib.dumps(body)
    with open('all_computers.plist', 'wb') as f:
        f.write(plist)


# Press the green button in the gutter to run the script.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()