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library/mt_utils.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+from ansible.module_utils import mt_api
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+routeros_provider_spec = {
+    'host': dict(),
+    'port': dict(type='int'),
+
+    'username': dict(fallback=(env_fallback, ['ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME'])),
+    'password': dict(fallback=(env_fallback, ['ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD']), no_log=True),
+    'ssh_keyfile': dict(fallback=(env_fallback, ['ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE']), type='path'),
+
+    'use_ssl': dict(type='bool'),
+    'validate_certs': dict(type='bool'),
+
+    'timeout': dict(type='int'),
+
+    'transport': dict(default='api', choices=['cli', 'api'])
+}
+
+
+def load_params(module):
+    provider = module.params.get('provider') or dict()
+    for key, value in iteritems(provider):
+        if key in routeros_provider_spec:
+            if module.params.get(key) is None and value is not None:
+                module.params[key] = value
+
+_DEVICE_CONNECTION = None
+
+
+def get_connection(module):
+    # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    global _DEVICE_CONNECTION
+    if not _DEVICE_CONNECTION:
+        load_params(module)
+        conn = Api(module)
+        _DEVICE_CONNECTION = conn
+    return _DEVICE_CONNECTION
+
+
+class Api:
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self._module = module
+
+        username = self._module.params['username']
+        password = self._module.params['password']
+
+        host = self._module.params['host']
+        port = self._module.params['port']
+
+        timeout = self._module.params['timeout']
+
+        self._api = mt_api.Mikrotik(
+            host,
+            username,
+            password
+        )