text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
  __metaclass__ = type
  
  import json
  import shutil
  
  import ansible.constants as C
  from ansible.executor.task_queue_manager import TaskQueueManager
  from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import ImmutableDict
  from ansible.inventory.manager import InventoryManager
  from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
  from ansible.playbook.play import Play
  from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
  from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
  from ansible import context
  
  
  # Create a callback plugin so we can capture the output
  class ResultsCollectorJSONCallback(CallbackBase):
      """A sample callback plugin used for performing an action as results come in.
  
      If you want to collect all results into a single object for processing at
      the end of the execution, look into utilizing the ``json`` callback plugin
      or writing your own custom callback plugin.
      """
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
          super(ResultsCollectorJSONCallback, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
          self.host_ok = {}
          self.host_unreachable = {}
          self.host_failed = {}
  
      def v2_runner_on_unreachable(self, result):
          host = result._host
          self.host_unreachable[host.get_name()] = result
  
      def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, *args, **kwargs):
          """Print a json representation of the result.
  
          Also, store the result in an instance attribute for retrieval later
          """
          host = result._host
          self.host_ok[host.get_name()] = result
          print(json.dumps({host.name: result._result}, indent=4))
  
      def v2_runner_on_failed(self, result, *args, **kwargs):
          host = result._host
          self.host_failed[host.get_name()] = result
  
  
  def main():
      host_list = ['localhost', 'www.example.com', 'www.google.com']
      # since the API is constructed for CLI it expects certain options to always be set in the context object
      context.CLIARGS = ImmutableDict(connection='smart', module_path=['/to/mymodules', '/usr/share/ansible'], forks=10, become=None,
                                      become_method=None, become_user=None, check=False, diff=False)
      # required for
      # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py#L204
      sources = ','.join(host_list)
      if len(host_list) == 1:
          sources += ','
  
      # initialize needed objects
      loader = DataLoader()  # Takes care of finding and reading yaml, json and ini files
      passwords = dict(vault_pass='secret')
  
      # Instantiate our ResultsCollectorJSONCallback for handling results as they come in. Ansible expects this to be one of its main display outlets
      results_callback = ResultsCollectorJSONCallback()
  
      # create inventory, use path to host config file as source or hosts in a comma separated string
      inventory = InventoryManager(loader=loader, sources=sources)
  
      # variable manager takes care of merging all the different sources to give you a unified view of variables available in each context
      variable_manager = VariableManager(loader=loader, inventory=inventory)
  
      # instantiate task queue manager, which takes care of forking and setting up all objects to iterate over host list and tasks
      # IMPORTANT: This also adds library dirs paths to the module loader
      # IMPORTANT: and so it must be initialized before calling `Play.load()`.
      tqm = TaskQueueManager(
          inventory=inventory,
          variable_manager=variable_manager,
          loader=loader,
          passwords=passwords,
          stdout_callback=results_callback,  # Use our custom callback instead of the ``default`` callback plugin, which prints to stdout
      )
  
      # create data structure that represents our play, including tasks, this is basically what our YAML loader does internally.
      play_source = dict(
          name="Ansible Play",
          hosts=host_list,
          gather_facts='no',
          tasks=[
              dict(action=dict(module='shell', args='ls'), register='shell_out'),
              dict(action=dict(module='debug', args=dict(msg='{{shell_out.stdout}}'))),
              dict(action=dict(module='command', args=dict(cmd='/usr/bin/uptime'))),
          ]
      )
  
      # Create play object, playbook objects use .load instead of init or new methods,
      # this will also automatically create the task objects from the info provided in play_source
      play = Play().load(play_source, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader)
  
      # Actually run it
      try:
          result = tqm.run(play)  # most interesting data for a play is actually sent to the callback's methods
      finally:
          # we always need to cleanup child procs and the structures we use to communicate with them
          tqm.cleanup()
          if loader:
              loader.cleanup_all_tmp_files()
  
      # Remove ansible tmpdir
      shutil.rmtree(C.DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP, True)
  
      print("UP ***********")
      for host, result in results_callback.host_ok.items():
          print('{0} >>> {1}'.format(host, result._result['stdout']))
  
      print("FAILED *******")
      for host, result in results_callback.host_failed.items():
          print('{0} >>> {1}'.format(host, result._result['msg']))
  
      print("DOWN *********")
      for host, result in results_callback.host_unreachable.items():
          print('{0} >>> {1}'.format(host, result._result['msg']))
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      main()
  