validate-modules

Topics

• validate-modules
  • Usage
  • Help
  • Extending validate-modules
  • Codes
    • Errors
    • Warnings

Python program to help test or validate Ansible modules.

validate-modules is one of the ansible-test Sanity Tests, see Sanity Tests for more information.

Originally developed by Matt Martz (@sivel)

Usage

cd /path/to/ansible/source
source hacking/env-setup
ansible-test sanity --test validate-modules

Help

usage: validate-modules [-h] [-w] [--exclude EXCLUDE] [--arg-spec]
                        [--base-branch BASE_BRANCH] [--format {json,plain}]
                        [--output OUTPUT]
                        modules [modules ...]

positional arguments:
  modules               Path to module or module directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -w, --warnings        Show warnings
  --exclude EXCLUDE     RegEx exclusion pattern
  --arg-spec            Analyze module argument spec
  --base-branch BASE_BRANCH
                        Used in determining if new options were added
  --format {json,plain}
                        Output format. Default: "plain"
  --output OUTPUT       Output location, use "-" for stdout. Default "-"

Extending validate-modules

The validate-modules tool has a schema.py that is used to validate the YAML blocks, such as DOCUMENTATION and RETURNS.

Codes

Errors

code	sample message
1xx	Locations
101	Interpreter line is not #!/usr/bin/python
102	Interpreter line is not #!powershell
103	Did not find a call to main() (or removed_module() in the case of deprecated & docs only modules)
104	Call to main() not the last line (or removed_module() in the case of deprecated & docs only modules)
105	GPLv3 license header not found
106	Import found before documentation variables. All imports must appear below DOCUMENTATION/EXAMPLES/RETURN/ANSIBLE_METADATA
107	Imports should be directly below DOCUMENTATION/EXAMPLES/RETURN/ANSIBLE_METADATA
108	GPLv3 license header should be the short form for new modules
109	Next to last line is not if __name__ == "__main__":
2xx	Imports
201	Did not find a module_utils import
203	requests import found, should use ansible.module_utils.urls instead
204	boto import found, new modules should use boto3
205	sys.exit() call found. Should be exit_json/fail_json
206	WANT_JSON not found in module
207	REPLACER_WINDOWS not found in module
208	module_utils imports should import specific components, not *
209	Only the following from __future__ imports are allowed: absolute_import, division, and print_function.
210	subprocess.Popen used instead of module.run_command
211	os.call used instead of module.run_command
3xx	Documentation
301	No DOCUMENTATION provided
302	DOCUMENTATION is not valid YAML
303	DOCUMENTATION fragment missing
304	Unknown DOCUMENTATION error
305	Invalid DOCUMENTATION schema
306	Module level version_added is not a valid version number
307	Module level version_added is incorrect
308	version_added for new option is not a valid version number
309	version_added for new option is incorrect
310	No EXAMPLES provided
311	EXAMPLES is not valid YAML
312	No RETURN documentation provided
313	RETURN is not valid YAML
314	No ANSIBLE_METADATA provided
315	ANSIBLE_METADATA was not provided as a dict, YAML not supported
316	Invalid ANSIBLE_METADATA schema
317	option is marked as required but specifies a default. Arguments with a default should not be marked as required
318	Module marked as deprecated or removed in at least one of the filename, its metadata, or in DOCUMENTATION (setting DOCUMENTATION.deprecated for deprecation or removing all documentation for removed) but not in all three places.
319	RETURN fragments missing or invalid
320	DOCUMENTATION.options must be a dictionary/hash when used
321	Exception attempting to import module for argument_spec introspection
322	argument is listed in the argument_spec, but not documented in the module
323	argument is listed in DOCUMENTATION.options, but not accepted by the module
324	Value for “default” from the argument_spec does not match the documentation
325	argument_spec defines type=”bool” but documentation does not
326	Value for “choices” from the argument_spec does not match the documentation
327	Default value from the documentation is not compatible with type defined in the argument_spec
328	Choices value from the documentation is not compatible with type defined in the argument_spec
329	Default value from the argument_spec is not compatible with type defined in the argument_spec
330	Choices value from the argument_spec is not compatible with type defined in the argument_spec
331	argument in argument_spec must be a dictionary/hash when used
332	AnsibleModule schema validation error
333	ANSIBLE_METADATA.status of deprecated or removed can’t include other statuses
334	ANSIBLE_METADATA cannot be changed in a point release for a stable branch
4xx	Syntax
401	Python SyntaxError while parsing module
403	Type comparison using type() found. Use isinstance() instead
5xx	Naming
501	Official Ansible modules must have a .py extension for python modules or a .ps1 for powershell modules
502	Ansible module subdirectories must contain an __init__.py
503	Missing python documentation file

Warnings

code	sample message
1xx	Locations
107	Imports should be directly below DOCUMENTATION/EXAMPLES/RETURN/ANSIBLE_METADATA for legacy modules
2xx	Imports
208	module_utils imports should import specific components for legacy module, not *
291	Try/Except HAS_ expression missing
292	Did not find ansible.module_utils.basic import
3xx	Documentation
312	No RETURN documentation provided for legacy module
391	Unknown pre-existing DOCUMENTATION error
392	Pre-existing DOCUMENTATION fragment missing