how to use ansible runner programatically

gistfile1.txt

import os
import json
import tempfile
import subprocess

import ansible_runner

def run():

    # create an Ansible playbook as a native Python dict object. Currently
    # ansible-runner does not validate the playbook structure so it needs to be
    # correct when passed in otherwise ansible will fail.
    playbook = {
        'hosts': 'eos',
        'gather_facts': False,
        'roles': [{
            'name': 'ansible-eos',
            'function': 'clear_sessions'
        }]
    }

    # this addes the path endpoints that allow ansible work be run from a
    # virtualenv when ansible-runner calls ansible.  setting the path is not
    # necessary if ansible is installed in system python.
    path = '/home/sprygada/Workspaces/ansible/bin:/home/sprygada/.virtualenvs/ansible/bin:'
    path += os.environ.get('PATH', '')


    # setup various environment vars to be set prior to starting the ansible
    # executable.  this step is completely optional depending on what needs to
    # be done.
    envvars = {
        'PATH': path,
        'PYTHONPATH': '/home/sprygada/Workspaces/ansible/lib:',
        'ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH': '/home/sprygada/Workspaces/roles:',
        'ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_EXTS': '.json'
    }

    # this is the inventory that ansible will use when the playbook is run.
    # this inventory is implemented by the yaml inventory plugin which is
    # documented below
    # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory/yaml.html
    hosts = {
        'hosts': {
            'veos01': {
                'ansible_host': 'an-veos-01.ansible.eng.rdu2.redhat.com'
            },
            'veos02': {
                'ansible_host': 'an-veos-02.ansible.eng.rdu2.redhat.com'
            }
        },
        'vars': {
            'ansible_python_interpreter': 'python',
            'ansible_user': 'ansible',
            'ansible_password': 'ansible'
        },
        'children': {
            'eos': {
                'vars': {
                    'ansible_network_os': 'eos',
                    'ansible_become': True,
                    'ansible_become_method': 'enable'
                },
                'hosts': {
                    'veos01': {},
                    'veos02': {}
                }
            }
        }
    }

    # this will pass any extra vars to the ansible command line (same as using
    # the -e switch when running ansible manually)
    extravars = {
        'ansible_connection': 'network_cli'
    }

    # builds the set of kwargs to pass to ansible-runner.  not in this example
    # is the use of passwords, ssh_key both of which are supported.  see
    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner for more details.
    kwargs = {
        'playbook': [playbook],
        'inventory': {'all': hosts},
        'envvars': envvars,
        'extravars': extravars
    }

    result = ansible_runner.run(**kwargs)

    stdout = result.stdout.read()
    events = list(result.events)
    stats = result.stats

    print json.dumps(stats, indent=4)

run()