controller_api.py

from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

__metaclass__ = type

from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, env_fallback
from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request, SSLValidationError, ConnectionError
from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean as strtobool
from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import StringIO
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.http_cookiejar import CookieJar
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode, quote
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError
from base64 import b64encode
from socket import getaddrinfo, IPPROTO_TCP
import time
import re
from json import loads, dumps
from os.path import isfile, expanduser, split, join, exists, isdir
from os import access, R_OK, getcwd, environ, getenv


try:
    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion as Version
except ImportError:
    try:
        from distutils.version import LooseVersion as Version
    except ImportError:
        raise AssertionError('To use this plugin or module with ansible-core 2.11, you need to use Python < 3.12 with distutils.version present')

try:
    import yaml

    HAS_YAML = True
except ImportError:
    HAS_YAML = False

CONTROLLER_BASE_PATH_ENV_VAR = "CONTROLLER_OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX"


class ConfigFileException(Exception):
    pass


class ItemNotDefined(Exception):
    pass


class ControllerModule(AnsibleModule):
    url = None
    AUTH_ARGSPEC = dict(
        controller_host=dict(required=False, aliases=['tower_host'], fallback=(env_fallback, ['CONTROLLER_HOST', 'TOWER_HOST'])),
        controller_username=dict(required=False, aliases=['tower_username'], fallback=(env_fallback, ['CONTROLLER_USERNAME', 'TOWER_USERNAME'])),
        controller_password=dict(no_log=True, aliases=['tower_password'], required=False, fallback=(env_fallback, ['CONTROLLER_PASSWORD', 'TOWER_PASSWORD'])),
        validate_certs=dict(type='bool', aliases=['tower_verify_ssl'], required=False, fallback=(env_fallback, ['CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL', 'TOWER_VERIFY_SSL'])),
        request_timeout=dict(type='float', required=False, fallback=(env_fallback, ['CONTROLLER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT'])),
        controller_config_file=dict(type='path', aliases=['tower_config_file'], required=False, default=None),
    )
    # Associations of these types are ordered and have special consideration in the modified associations function
    ordered_associations = ['instance_groups', 'galaxy_credentials', 'input_inventories']
    short_params = {
        'host': 'controller_host',
        'username': 'controller_username',
        'password': 'controller_password',
        'verify_ssl': 'validate_certs',
        'request_timeout': 'request_timeout',
    }
    host = '127.0.0.1'
    username = None
    password = None
    verify_ssl = True
    request_timeout = 10
    authenticated = False
    config_name = 'tower_cli.cfg'
    version_checked = False
    error_callback = None
    warn_callback = None
    apps_api_versions = {
        "awx": "v2",
        "gateway": "v1",
    }

    def __init__(self, argument_spec=None, direct_params=None, error_callback=None, warn_callback=None, **kwargs):
        full_argspec = {}
        full_argspec.update(ControllerModule.AUTH_ARGSPEC)
        full_argspec.update(argument_spec)
        kwargs['supports_check_mode'] = True

        self.error_callback = error_callback
        self.warn_callback = warn_callback

        self.json_output = {'changed': False}

        if direct_params is not None:
            self.params = direct_params
        else:
            super().__init__(argument_spec=full_argspec, **kwargs)

        self.load_config_files()

        # Parameters specified on command line will override settings in any config
        for short_param, long_param in self.short_params.items():
            direct_value = self.params.get(long_param)
            if direct_value is not None:
                setattr(self, short_param, direct_value)

        # Perform some basic validation
        if not re.match('^https{0,1}://', self.host):
            self.host = "https://{0}".format(self.host)

        # Try to parse the hostname as a url
        try:
            self.url = urlparse(self.host)
            # Store URL prefix for later use in build_url
            self.url_prefix = self.url.path
        except Exception as e:
            self.fail_json(msg="Unable to parse controller_host as a URL ({1}): {0}".format(self.host, e))

        # Remove ipv6 square brackets
        remove_target = '[]'
        for char in remove_target:
            self.url.hostname.replace(char, "")
        # Try to resolve the hostname
        try:
            proxy_env_var_name = "{0}_proxy".format(self.url.scheme)
            if not environ.get(proxy_env_var_name) and not environ.get(proxy_env_var_name.upper()):
                addrinfolist = getaddrinfo(self.url.hostname, self.url.port, proto=IPPROTO_TCP)
                for family, kind, proto, canonical, sockaddr in addrinfolist:
                    sockaddr[0]
        except Exception as e:
            self.fail_json(msg="Unable to resolve controller_host ({1}): {0}".format(self.url.hostname, e))

    def build_url(self, endpoint, query_params=None, app_key=None):
        # Make sure we start with /api/vX
        if not endpoint.startswith("/"):
            endpoint = "/{0}".format(endpoint)
        hostname_prefix = self.url_prefix.rstrip("/")
        api_path = self.api_path(app_key=app_key)
        api_version = self.apps_api_versions.get(app_key, self.apps_api_versions.get("awx", "v2"))
        if not endpoint.startswith(hostname_prefix + api_path):
            endpoint = hostname_prefix + f"{api_path}{api_version}{endpoint}"
        if not endpoint.endswith('/') and '?' not in endpoint:
            endpoint = "{0}/".format(endpoint)

        # Update the URL path with the endpoint
        url = self.url._replace(path=endpoint)

        if query_params:
            url = url._replace(query=urlencode(query_params))

        return url

    def load_config_files(self):
        # Load configs like TowerCLI would have from least import to most
        config_files = ['/etc/tower/tower_cli.cfg', join(expanduser("~"), ".{0}".format(self.config_name))]
        local_dir = getcwd()
        config_files.append(join(local_dir, self.config_name))
        while split(local_dir)[1]:
            local_dir = split(local_dir)[0]
            config_files.insert(2, join(local_dir, ".{0}".format(self.config_name)))

        # If we have a specified  tower config, load it
        if self.params.get('controller_config_file'):
            duplicated_params = [fn for fn in self.AUTH_ARGSPEC if fn != 'controller_config_file' and self.params.get(fn) is not None]
            if duplicated_params:
                self.warn(
                    (
                        'The parameter(s) {0} were provided at the same time as controller_config_file. '
                        'Precedence may be unstable, we suggest either using config file or params.'
                    ).format(', '.join(duplicated_params))
                )
            try:
                # TODO: warn if there are conflicts with other params
                self.load_config(self.params.get('controller_config_file'))
            except ConfigFileException as cfe:
                # Since we were told specifically to load this we want it to fail if we have an error
                self.fail_json(msg=cfe)
        else:
            for config_file in config_files:
                if exists(config_file) and not isdir(config_file):
                    # Only throw a formatting error if the file exists and is not a directory
                    try:
                        self.load_config(config_file)
                    except ConfigFileException:
                        self.fail_json(msg='The config file {0} is not properly formatted'.format(config_file))

    def load_config(self, config_path):
        # Validate the config file is an actual file
        if not isfile(config_path):
            raise ConfigFileException('The specified config file does not exist')

        if not access(config_path, R_OK):
            raise ConfigFileException("The specified config file cannot be read")

        # Read in the file contents:
        with open(config_path, 'r') as f:
            config_string = f.read()

        # First try to yaml load the content (which will also load json)
        try:
            try_config_parsing = True
            if HAS_YAML:
                try:
                    config_data = yaml.load(config_string, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
                    # If this is an actual ini file, yaml will return the whole thing as a string instead of a dict
                    if not isinstance(config_data, dict):
                        raise AssertionError("The yaml config file is not properly formatted as a dict.")
                    try_config_parsing = False

                except (AttributeError, yaml.YAMLError, AssertionError):
                    try_config_parsing = True

            if try_config_parsing:
                # TowerCLI used to support a config file with a missing [general] section by prepending it if missing
                if '[general]' not in config_string:
                    config_string = '[general]\n{0}'.format(config_string)

                config = ConfigParser()

                try:
                    placeholder_file = StringIO(config_string)
                    # py2 ConfigParser has readfp, that has been deprecated in favor of read_file in py3
                    # This "if" removes the deprecation warning
                    if hasattr(config, 'read_file'):
                        config.read_file(placeholder_file)
                    else:
                        config.readfp(placeholder_file)

                    # If we made it here then we have values from reading the ini file, so let's pull them out into a dict
                    config_data = {}
                    for honorred_setting in self.short_params:
                        try:
                            config_data[honorred_setting] = config.get('general', honorred_setting)
                        except NoOptionError:
                            pass

                except Exception as e:
                    raise_from(ConfigFileException("An unknown exception occured trying to ini load config file: {0}".format(e)), e)

        except Exception as e:
            raise_from(ConfigFileException("An unknown exception occured trying to load config file: {0}".format(e)), e)

        # If we made it here, we have a dict which has values in it from our config, any final settings logic can be performed here
        for honorred_setting in self.short_params:
            if honorred_setting in config_data:
                # Veriffy SSL must be a boolean
                if honorred_setting == 'verify_ssl':
                    if isinstance(config_data[honorred_setting], str):
                        setattr(self, honorred_setting, strtobool(config_data[honorred_setting]))
                    else:
                        setattr(self, honorred_setting, bool(config_data[honorred_setting]))
                else:
                    setattr(self, honorred_setting, config_data[honorred_setting])

    def logout(self):
        # This method is intended to be overridden
        pass

    def fail_json(self, **kwargs):
        # Try to log out if we are authenticated
        self.logout()
        if self.error_callback:
            self.error_callback(**kwargs)
        else:
            super().fail_json(**kwargs)

    def exit_json(self, **kwargs):
        # Try to log out if we are authenticated
        self.logout()
        super().exit_json(**kwargs)

    def warn(self, warning):
        if self.warn_callback is not None:
            self.warn_callback(warning)
        else:
            super().warn(warning)


class ControllerAPIModule(ControllerModule):
    # TODO: Move the collection version check into controller_module.py
    # This gets set by the make process so whatever is in here is irrelevant
    _COLLECTION_VERSION = "0.0.1-devel"
    _COLLECTION_TYPE = "awx"
    # This maps the collections type (awx/tower) to the values returned by the API
    # Those values can be found in awx/api/generics.py line 204
    collection_to_version = {
        'awx': 'AWX',
        'controller': 'Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform',
    }
    session = None
    IDENTITY_FIELDS = {'users': 'username', 'workflow_job_template_nodes': 'identifier', 'instances': 'hostname'}
    ENCRYPTED_STRING = "$encrypted$"

    def __init__(self, argument_spec, direct_params=None, error_callback=None, warn_callback=None, **kwargs):
        kwargs['supports_check_mode'] = True

        super().__init__(argument_spec=argument_spec, direct_params=direct_params, error_callback=error_callback, warn_callback=warn_callback, **kwargs)
        self.session = Request(cookies=CookieJar(), timeout=self.request_timeout, validate_certs=self.verify_ssl)

        if 'update_secrets' in self.params:
            self.update_secrets = self.params.pop('update_secrets')
        else:
            self.update_secrets = True

    @staticmethod
    def get_name_field_from_endpoint(endpoint):
        return ControllerAPIModule.IDENTITY_FIELDS.get(endpoint, 'name')

    def get_item_name(self, item, allow_unknown=False):
        if item:
            if 'name' in item:
                return item['name']

            for field_name in ControllerAPIModule.IDENTITY_FIELDS.values():
                if field_name in item:
                    return item[field_name]
            if item.get('type', None) == 'credential_input_source':
                return item['id']

        if allow_unknown:
            return 'unknown'

        if item:
            self.exit_json(msg='Cannot determine identity field for {0} object.'.format(item.get('type', 'unknown')))
        else:
            self.exit_json(msg='Cannot determine identity field for Undefined object.')

    def head_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.make_request('HEAD', endpoint, **kwargs)

    def get_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.make_request('GET', endpoint, **kwargs)

    def patch_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        # Handle check mode
        if self.check_mode:
            self.json_output['changed'] = True
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)

        return self.make_request('PATCH', endpoint, **kwargs)

    def post_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        # Handle check mode
        if self.check_mode:
            self.json_output['changed'] = True
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)

        return self.make_request('POST', endpoint, **kwargs)

    def delete_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        # Handle check mode
        if self.check_mode:
            self.json_output['changed'] = True
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)

        return self.make_request('DELETE', endpoint, **kwargs)

    def get_all_endpoint(self, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        response = self.get_endpoint(endpoint, *args, **kwargs)
        if 'next' not in response['json']:
            raise RuntimeError('Expected list from API at {0}, got: {1}'.format(endpoint, response))
        next_page = response['json']['next']

        if response['json']['count'] > 10000:
            self.fail_json(msg='The number of items being queried for is higher than 10,000.')

        while next_page is not None:
            next_response = self.get_endpoint(next_page)
            response['json']['results'] = response['json']['results'] + next_response['json']['results']
            next_page = next_response['json']['next']
            response['json']['next'] = next_page
        return response

    def get_one(self, endpoint, name_or_id=None, allow_none=True, check_exists=False, **kwargs):
        new_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
        response = None

        # A named URL is pretty unique so if we have a ++ in the name then lets start by looking for that
        # This also needs to go first because if there was data passed in kwargs and we do the next lookup first there may be results
        if name_or_id is not None and '++' in name_or_id:
            # Maybe someone gave us a named URL so lets see if we get anything from that.
            url_quoted_name = quote(name_or_id, safe="+")
            named_endpoint = '{0}/{1}/'.format(endpoint, url_quoted_name)
            named_response = self.get_endpoint(named_endpoint)

            if named_response['status_code'] == 200 and 'json' in named_response:
                # We found a named item but we expect to deal with a list view so mock that up
                response = {
                    'json': {
                        'count': 1,
                        'results': [named_response['json']],
                    }
                }

        # Since we didn't have a named URL, lets try and find it with a general search
        if response is None:
            if name_or_id:
                name_field = self.get_name_field_from_endpoint(endpoint)
                new_data = kwargs.get('data', {}).copy()
                if name_field in new_data:
                    self.fail_json(msg="You can't specify the field {0} in your search data if using the name_or_id field".format(name_field))

                try:
                    new_data['or__id'] = int(name_or_id)
                    new_data['or__{0}'.format(name_field)] = name_or_id
                except ValueError:
                    # If we get a value error, then we didn't have an integer so we can just pass and fall down to the fail
                    new_data[name_field] = name_or_id
                new_kwargs['data'] = new_data

            response = self.get_endpoint(endpoint, **new_kwargs)

            if response['status_code'] != 200:
                fail_msg = "Got a {0} response when trying to get one from {1}".format(response['status_code'], endpoint)
                if 'detail' in response.get('json', {}):
                    fail_msg += ', detail: {0}'.format(response['json']['detail'])
                self.fail_json(msg=fail_msg)

            if 'count' not in response['json'] or 'results' not in response['json']:
                self.fail_json(msg="The endpoint did not provide count and results")

        if response['json']['count'] == 0:
            if allow_none:
                return None
            else:
                self.fail_wanted_one(response, endpoint, new_kwargs.get('data'))
        elif response['json']['count'] > 1:
            if name_or_id:
                # Since we did a name or ID search and got > 1 return something if the id matches
                for asset in response['json']['results']:
                    if str(asset['id']) == name_or_id:
                        return asset
            # We got > 1 and either didn't find something by ID (which means multiple names)
            # Or we weren't running with a or search and just got back too many to begin with.
            self.fail_wanted_one(response, endpoint, new_kwargs.get('data'))

        if check_exists:
            self.json_output['id'] = response['json']['results'][0]['id']
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)

        return response['json']['results'][0]

    def fail_wanted_one(self, response, endpoint, query_params):
        sample = response.copy()
        if len(sample['json']['results']) > 1:
            sample['json']['results'] = sample['json']['results'][:2] + ['...more results snipped...']
        url = self.build_url(endpoint, query_params)
        host_length = len(self.host)
        display_endpoint = url.geturl()[host_length:]  # truncate to not include the base URL
        self.fail_json(
            msg="Request to {0} returned {1} items, expected 1".format(display_endpoint, response['json']['count']),
            query=query_params,
            response=sample,
            total_results=response['json']['count'],
        )

    def get_exactly_one(self, endpoint, name_or_id=None, **kwargs):
        return self.get_one(endpoint, name_or_id=name_or_id, allow_none=False, **kwargs)

    def resolve_name_to_id(self, endpoint, name_or_id):
        return self.get_exactly_one(endpoint, name_or_id)['id']

    def make_request(self, method, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
        # In case someone is calling us directly; make sure we were given a method, let's not just assume a GET
        if not method:
            raise Exception("The HTTP method must be defined")

        if method in ['POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH']:
            url = self.build_url(endpoint)
        else:
            url = self.build_url(endpoint, query_params=kwargs.get('data'))

        # Extract the headers, this will be used in a couple of places
        headers = kwargs.get('headers', {})

        # Authenticate to AWX (if not already done so)
        if not self.authenticated:
            # This method will set a cookie in the cookie jar for us
            self.authenticate(**kwargs)

        headers['Authorization'] = self._get_basic_authorization_header()

        if method in ['POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH']:
            headers.setdefault('Content-Type', 'application/json')
            kwargs['headers'] = headers

        data = None  # Important, if content type is not JSON, this should not be dict type
        if headers.get('Content-Type', '') == 'application/json':
            data = dumps(kwargs.get('data', {}))

        try:
            response = self.session.open(
                method, url.geturl(),
                headers=headers,
                timeout=self.request_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.verify_ssl,
                follow_redirects=True,
                data=data
            )
        except (SSLValidationError) as ssl_err:
            self.fail_json(msg="Could not establish a secure connection to your host ({1}): {0}.".format(url.netloc, ssl_err))
        except (ConnectionError) as con_err:
            self.fail_json(msg="There was a network error of some kind trying to connect to your host ({1}): {0}.".format(url.netloc, con_err))
        except (HTTPError) as he:
            # Sanity check: Did the server send back some kind of internal error?
            if he.code >= 500:
                self.fail_json(msg='The host sent back a server error ({1}): {0}. Please check the logs and try again later'.format(url.path, he))
            # Sanity check: Did we fail to authenticate properly?  If so, fail out now; this is always a failure.
            elif he.code == 401:
                self.fail_json(msg='Invalid authentication credentials for {0} (HTTP 401).'.format(url.path))
            # Sanity check: Did we get a forbidden response, which means that the user isn't allowed to do this? Report that.
            elif he.code == 403:
                self.fail_json(msg="You don't have permission to {1} to {0} (HTTP 403).".format(url.path, method))
            # Sanity check: Did we get a 404 response?
            # Requests with primary keys will return a 404 if there is no response, and we want to consistently trap these.
            elif he.code == 404:
                if kwargs.get('return_none_on_404', False):
                    return None
                self.fail_json(msg='The requested object could not be found at {0}.'.format(url.path))
            # Sanity check: Did we get a 405 response?
            # A 405 means we used a method that isn't allowed. Usually this is a bad request, but it requires special treatment because the
            # API sends it as a logic error in a few situations (e.g. trying to cancel a job that isn't running).
            elif he.code == 405:
                self.fail_json(msg="Cannot make a request with the {0} method to this endpoint {1}".format(method, url.path))
            # Sanity check: Did we get some other kind of error?  If so, write an appropriate error message.
            elif he.code >= 400:
                # We are going to return a 400 so the module can decide what to do with it
                page_data = he.read()
                try:
                    return {'status_code': he.code, 'json': loads(page_data)}
                # JSONDecodeError only available on Python 3.5+
                except ValueError:
                    return {'status_code': he.code, 'text': page_data}
            elif he.code == 204 and method == 'DELETE':
                # A 204 is a normal response for a delete function
                pass
            else:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unexpected return code when calling {0}: {1}".format(url.geturl(), he))
        except (Exception) as e:
            self.fail_json(msg="There was an unknown error when trying to connect to {2}: {0} {1}".format(type(e).__name__, e, url.geturl()))

        if not self.version_checked:
            # In PY2 we get back an HTTPResponse object but PY2 is returning an addinfourl
            # First try to get the headers in PY3 format and then drop down to PY2.
            try:
                controller_type = response.getheader('X-API-Product-Name', None)
                controller_version = response.getheader('X-API-Product-Version', None)
            except Exception:
                controller_type = response.info().getheader('X-API-Product-Name', None)
                controller_version = response.info().getheader('X-API-Product-Version', None)

            parsed_collection_version = Version(self._COLLECTION_VERSION).version
            if controller_version:
                parsed_controller_version = Version(controller_version).version
                if controller_type == 'AWX':
                    collection_compare_ver = parsed_collection_version[0]
                    controller_compare_ver = parsed_controller_version[0]
                else:
                    collection_compare_ver = "{0}.{1}".format(parsed_collection_version[0], parsed_collection_version[1])
                    controller_compare_ver = '{0}.{1}'.format(parsed_controller_version[0], parsed_controller_version[1])

                if self._COLLECTION_TYPE not in self.collection_to_version or self.collection_to_version[self._COLLECTION_TYPE] != controller_type:
                    self.warn("You are using the {0} version of this collection but connecting to {1}".format(self._COLLECTION_TYPE, controller_type))
                elif collection_compare_ver != controller_compare_ver:
                    self.warn(
                        "You are running collection version {0} but connecting to {2} version {1}".format(
                            self._COLLECTION_VERSION, controller_version, controller_type
                        )
                    )

            self.version_checked = True

        response_body = ''
        try:
            response_body = response.read()
        except (Exception) as e:
            self.fail_json(msg="Failed to read response body: {0}".format(e))

        response_json = {}
        if response_body and response_body != '':
            try:
                response_json = loads(response_body)
            except (Exception) as e:
                self.fail_json(msg="Failed to parse the response json: {0}".format(e))

        if PY2:
            status_code = response.getcode()
        else:
            status_code = response.status
        return {'status_code': status_code, 'json': response_json}

    def api_path(self, app_key=None):

        default_api_path = "/api/"
        if self._COLLECTION_TYPE != "awx" or app_key is not None:
            if app_key is None:
                app_key = "controller"

            default_api_path = "/api/{0}/".format(app_key)

        prefix = default_api_path
        if app_key is None or app_key == "controller":
            # if the env variable exists use it only when app is not defined or controller
            controller_base_path = getenv(CONTROLLER_BASE_PATH_ENV_VAR)
            if controller_base_path:
                self.warn(
                    "using controller base path from environment variable:"
                    " {0} = {1}".format(CONTROLLER_BASE_PATH_ENV_VAR, controller_base_path)
                )
                prefix = controller_base_path

        if not prefix.startswith('/'):
            prefix = "/{0}".format(prefix)

        if not prefix.endswith('/'):
            prefix = "{0}/".format(prefix)

        return prefix

    def _get_basic_authorization_header(self):
        basic_credentials = b64encode("{0}:{1}".format(self.username, self.password).encode()).decode()
        return "Basic {0}".format(basic_credentials)

    def _authenticate_with_basic_auth(self):
        if self.username and self.password:
            # use api url /api/v2/me to get current user info as a testing request
            me_url = self.build_url("me").geturl()
            self.session.open(
                "GET",
                me_url,
                validate_certs=self.verify_ssl,
                timeout=self.request_timeout,
                follow_redirects=True,
                headers={
                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
                    "Authorization": self._get_basic_authorization_header(),
                },
            )

    def authenticate(self, **kwargs):
        try:
            self._authenticate_with_basic_auth()
        except Exception as exp:
            self.fail_json(msg='Failed to get user info: {0}'.format(exp))

        self.authenticated = True

    def delete_if_needed(self, existing_item, item_type=None, on_delete=None, auto_exit=True):
        # This will exit from the module on its own.
        # If the method successfully deletes an item and on_delete param is defined,
        #   the on_delete parameter will be called as a method pasing in this object and the json from the response
        # This will return one of two things:
        #   1. None if the existing_item is not defined (so no delete needs to happen)
        #   2. The response from AWX from calling the delete on the endpont. It's up to you to process the response and exit from the module
        # Note: common error codes from the AWX API can cause the module to fail
        if existing_item:
            # If we have an item, we can try to delete it
            try:
                item_url = existing_item['url']
                item_id = existing_item['id']
                if not item_type:
                    item_type = existing_item['type']
                item_name = self.get_item_name(existing_item, allow_unknown=True)
            except KeyError as ke:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to process delete of item due to missing data {0}".format(ke))

            response = self.delete_endpoint(item_url)

            if response['status_code'] in [202, 204]:
                if on_delete:
                    on_delete(self, response['json'])
                self.json_output['changed'] = True
                self.json_output['id'] = item_id
                self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
                if auto_exit:
                    self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
                else:
                    return self.json_output
            else:
                if 'json' in response and '__all__' in response['json']:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['json']['__all__'][0]))
                elif 'json' in response:
                    # This is from a project delete (if there is an active job against it)
                    if 'error' in response['json']:
                        self.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['json']['error']))
                    else:
                        self.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['json']))
                else:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['status_code']))
        else:
            if auto_exit:
                self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
            else:
                return self.json_output

    def modify_associations(self, association_endpoint, new_association_list):
        # if we got None instead of [] we are not modifying the association_list
        if new_association_list is None:
            return

        # First get the existing associations
        response = self.get_all_endpoint(association_endpoint)
        existing_associated_ids = [association['id'] for association in response['json']['results']]

        # Some associations can be ordered (like galaxy credentials)
        if association_endpoint.strip('/').split('/')[-1] in self.ordered_associations:
            if existing_associated_ids == new_association_list:
                return  # If the current associations EXACTLY match the desired associations then we can return
            removal_list = existing_associated_ids  # because of ordering, we have to remove everything
            addition_list = new_association_list  # re-add everything back in-order
        else:
            if set(existing_associated_ids) == set(new_association_list):
                return
            removal_list = set(existing_associated_ids) - set(new_association_list)
            addition_list = set(new_association_list) - set(existing_associated_ids)

        for an_id in removal_list:
            response = self.post_endpoint(association_endpoint, **{'data': {'id': int(an_id), 'disassociate': True}})
            if response['status_code'] == 204:
                self.json_output['changed'] = True
            else:
                self.fail_json(msg="Failed to disassociate item {0}".format(response['json'].get('detail', response['json'])))

        for an_id in addition_list:
            response = self.post_endpoint(association_endpoint, **{'data': {'id': int(an_id)}})
            if response['status_code'] == 204:
                self.json_output['changed'] = True
            else:
                self.fail_json(msg="Failed to associate item {0}".format(response['json'].get('detail', response['json'])))

    def copy_item(self, existing_item, copy_from_name_or_id, new_item_name, endpoint=None, item_type='unknown', copy_lookup_data=None):

        if existing_item is not None:
            self.warn("A {0} with the name {1} already exists.".format(item_type, new_item_name))
            self.json_output['changed'] = False
            self.json_output['copied'] = False
            return existing_item

        # Lookup existing item to copy from
        copy_from_lookup = self.get_one(endpoint, name_or_id=copy_from_name_or_id, **{'data': copy_lookup_data})

        # Fail if the copy_from_lookup is empty
        if copy_from_lookup is None:
            self.fail_json(msg="A {0} with the name {1} was not able to be found.".format(item_type, copy_from_name_or_id))

        # Do checks for copy permisions if warrented
        if item_type == 'workflow_job_template':
            copy_get_check = self.get_endpoint(copy_from_lookup['related']['copy'])
            if copy_get_check['status_code'] in [200]:
                if (
                    copy_get_check['json']['can_copy']
                    and copy_get_check['json']['can_copy_without_user_input']
                    and not copy_get_check['json']['templates_unable_to_copy']
                    and not copy_get_check['json']['credentials_unable_to_copy']
                    and not copy_get_check['json']['inventories_unable_to_copy']
                ):
                    # Because checks have passed
                    self.json_output['copy_checks'] = 'passed'
                else:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to copy {0} {1} error: {2}".format(item_type, copy_from_name_or_id, copy_get_check))
            else:
                self.fail_json(msg="Error accessing {0} {1} error: {2} ".format(item_type, copy_from_name_or_id, copy_get_check))

        response = self.post_endpoint(copy_from_lookup['related']['copy'], **{'data': {'name': new_item_name}})

        if response['status_code'] in [201]:
            self.json_output['id'] = response['json']['id']
            self.json_output['changed'] = True
            self.json_output['copied'] = True
            new_existing_item = response['json']
        else:
            if 'json' in response and '__all__' in response['json']:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, new_item_name, response['json']['__all__'][0]))
            elif 'json' in response:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, new_item_name, response['json']))
            else:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, new_item_name, response['status_code']))
        return new_existing_item

    def create_if_needed(self, existing_item, new_item, endpoint, on_create=None, auto_exit=True, item_type='unknown', associations=None):

        # This will exit from the module on its own
        # If the method successfully creates an item and on_create param is defined,
        #    the on_create parameter will be called as a method pasing in this object and the json from the response
        # This will return one of two things:
        #    1. None if the existing_item is already defined (so no create needs to happen)
        #    2. The response from AWX from calling the patch on the endpont. It's up to you to process the response and exit from the module
        # Note: common error codes from the AWX API can cause the module to fail
        response = None
        if not endpoint:
            self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create new {0} due to missing endpoint".format(item_type))

        item_url = None
        if existing_item:
            try:
                item_url = existing_item['url']
            except KeyError as ke:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to process create of item due to missing data {0}".format(ke))
        else:
            # If we don't have an exisitng_item, we can try to create it

            # We have to rely on item_type being passed in since we don't have an existing item that declares its type
            # We will pull the item_name out from the new_item, if it exists
            item_name = self.get_item_name(new_item, allow_unknown=True)

            response = self.post_endpoint(endpoint, **{'data': new_item})

            # 200 is response from approval node creation on tower 3.7.3 or awx 15.0.0 or earlier.
            if response['status_code'] in [200, 201]:
                self.json_output['name'] = 'unknown'
                for key in ('name', 'username', 'identifier', 'hostname'):
                    if key in response['json']:
                        self.json_output['name'] = response['json'][key]
                self.json_output['id'] = response['json']['id']
                self.json_output['changed'] = True
                item_url = response['json']['url']
            else:
                if 'json' in response and '__all__' in response['json']:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['json']['__all__'][0]))
                elif 'json' in response:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['json']))
                else:
                    self.fail_json(msg="Unable to create {0} {1}: {2}".format(item_type, item_name, response['status_code']))

        # Process any associations with this item
        if associations is not None:
            for association_type in associations:
                sub_endpoint = '{0}{1}/'.format(item_url, association_type)
                self.modify_associations(sub_endpoint, associations[association_type])

        # If we have an on_create method and we actually changed something we can call on_create
        if on_create is not None and self.json_output['changed']:
            on_create(self, response['json'])
        elif auto_exit:
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
        else:
            if response is not None:
                last_data = response['json']
                return last_data
            else:
                return

    def _encrypted_changed_warning(self, field, old, warning=False):
        if not warning:
            return
        self.warn(
            'The field {0} of {1} {2} has encrypted data and may inaccurately report task is changed.'.format(
                field, old.get('type', 'unknown'), old.get('id', 'unknown')
            )
        )

    @staticmethod
    def has_encrypted_values(obj):
        """Returns True if JSON-like python content in obj has $encrypted$
        anywhere in the data as a value
        """
        if isinstance(obj, dict):
            for val in obj.values():
                if ControllerAPIModule.has_encrypted_values(val):
                    return True
        elif isinstance(obj, list):
            for val in obj:
                if ControllerAPIModule.has_encrypted_values(val):
                    return True
        elif obj == ControllerAPIModule.ENCRYPTED_STRING:
            return True
        return False

    @staticmethod
    def fields_could_be_same(old_field, new_field):
        """Treating $encrypted$ as a wild card,
        return False if the two values are KNOWN to be different
        return True if the two values are the same, or could potentially be the same,
        depending on the unknown $encrypted$ value or sub-values
        """
        if isinstance(old_field, dict) and isinstance(new_field, dict):
            if set(old_field.keys()) != set(new_field.keys()):
                return False
            for key in new_field.keys():
                if not ControllerAPIModule.fields_could_be_same(old_field[key], new_field[key]):
                    return False
            return True  # all sub-fields are either equal or could be equal
        else:
            if old_field == ControllerAPIModule.ENCRYPTED_STRING:
                return True
            return bool(new_field == old_field)

    def objects_could_be_different(self, old, new, field_set=None, warning=False):
        if field_set is None:
            field_set = set(fd for fd in new.keys() if fd not in ('modified', 'related', 'summary_fields'))
        for field in field_set:
            new_field = new.get(field, None)
            old_field = old.get(field, None)
            if old_field != new_field:
                if self.update_secrets or (not self.fields_could_be_same(old_field, new_field)):
                    return True  # Something doesn't match, or something might not match
            elif self.has_encrypted_values(new_field) or field not in new:
                if self.update_secrets or (not self.fields_could_be_same(old_field, new_field)):
                    # case of 'field not in new' - user password write-only field that API will not display
                    self._encrypted_changed_warning(field, old, warning=warning)
                    return True
        return False

    def update_if_needed(self, existing_item, new_item, item_type=None, on_update=None, auto_exit=True, associations=None):
        # This will exit from the module on its own
        # If the method successfully updates an item and on_update param is defined,
        #   the on_update parameter will be called as a method pasing in this object and the json from the response
        # This will return one of two things:
        #    1. None if the existing_item does not need to be updated
        #    2. The response from AWX from patching to the endpoint. It's up to you to process the response and exit from the module.
        # Note: common error codes from the AWX API can cause the module to fail
        response = None
        if existing_item:

            # If we have an item, we can see if it needs an update
            try:
                item_url = existing_item['url']
                if not item_type:
                    item_type = existing_item['type']
                if item_type == 'user':
                    item_name = existing_item['username']
                elif item_type == 'workflow_job_template_node':
                    item_name = existing_item['identifier']
                elif item_type == 'credential_input_source':
                    item_name = existing_item['id']
                elif item_type == 'instance':
                    item_name = existing_item['hostname']
                else:
                    item_name = existing_item['name']
                item_id = existing_item['id']
            except KeyError as ke:
                self.fail_json(msg="Unable to process update of item due to missing data {0}".format(ke))

            # Check to see if anything within the item requires the item to be updated
            needs_patch = self.objects_could_be_different(existing_item, new_item)

            # If we decided the item needs to be updated, update it
            self.json_output['id'] = item_id
            if needs_patch:
                response = self.patch_endpoint(item_url, **{'data': new_item})
                if response['status_code'] == 200:
                    # compare apples-to-apples, old API data to new API data
                    # but do so considering the fields given in parameters
                    self.json_output['changed'] |= self.objects_could_be_different(existing_item, response['json'], field_set=new_item.keys(), warning=True)
                elif 'json' in response and '__all__' in response['json']:
                    self.fail_json(msg=response['json']['__all__'])
                else:
                    self.fail_json(**{'msg': "Unable to update {0} {1}, see response".format(item_type, item_name), 'response': response})

        else:
            raise RuntimeError('update_if_needed called incorrectly without existing_item')

        # Process any associations with this item
        if associations is not None:
            for association_type, id_list in associations.items():
                endpoint = '{0}{1}/'.format(item_url, association_type)
                self.modify_associations(endpoint, id_list)

        # If we change something and have an on_change call it
        if on_update is not None and self.json_output['changed']:
            if response is None:
                last_data = existing_item
            else:
                last_data = response['json']
            on_update(self, last_data)
        elif auto_exit:
            self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
        else:
            if response is None:
                last_data = existing_item
            else:
                last_data = response['json']
            return last_data

    def create_or_update_if_needed(
        self, existing_item, new_item, endpoint=None, item_type='unknown', on_create=None, on_update=None, auto_exit=True, associations=None
    ):
        # Remove boolean values of certain specific types
        # this is needed so that boolean fields will not get a false value when not provided
        for key in list(new_item.keys()):
            if key in self.argument_spec:
                param_spec = self.argument_spec[key]
                if 'type' in param_spec and param_spec['type'] == 'bool':
                    if new_item[key] is None:
                        new_item.pop(key)

        if existing_item:
            return self.update_if_needed(existing_item, new_item, item_type=item_type, on_update=on_update, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations)
        else:
            return self.create_if_needed(
                existing_item, new_item, endpoint, on_create=on_create, item_type=item_type, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations
            )

    def logout(self):
        self.authenticated = False

    def is_job_done(self, job_status):
        if job_status in ['new', 'pending', 'waiting', 'running']:
            return False
        else:
            return True

    def wait_on_url(self, url, object_name, object_type, timeout=30, interval=2):
        # Grab our start time to compare against for the timeout
        start = time.time()
        result = self.get_endpoint(url)
        wait_on_field = 'event_processing_finished'
        if wait_on_field not in result['json']:
            wait_on_field = 'finished'
        while not result['json'][wait_on_field]:
            # If we are past our time out fail with a message
            if timeout and timeout < time.time() - start:
                # Account for Legacy messages
                if object_type == 'legacy_job_wait':
                    self.json_output['msg'] = 'Monitoring of Job - {0} aborted due to timeout'.format(object_name)
                else:
                    self.json_output['msg'] = 'Monitoring of {0} - {1} aborted due to timeout'.format(object_type, object_name)
                self.wait_output(result)
                self.fail_json(**self.json_output)

            # Put the process to sleep for our interval
            time.sleep(interval)

            result = self.get_endpoint(url)
            self.json_output['status'] = result['json']['status']

        # If the job has failed, we want to raise a task failure for that so we get a non-zero response.
        if result['json']['failed']:
            # Account for Legacy messages
            if object_type == 'legacy_job_wait':
                self.json_output['msg'] = 'Job with id {0} failed'.format(object_name)
            else:
                self.json_output['msg'] = 'The {0} - {1}, failed'.format(object_type, object_name)
                self.json_output["job_data"] = result["json"]
            self.wait_output(result)
            self.fail_json(**self.json_output)

        self.wait_output(result)

        return result

    def wait_output(self, response):
        for k in ('id', 'status', 'elapsed', 'started', 'finished'):
            self.json_output[k] = response['json'].get(k)

    def wait_on_workflow_node_url(self, url, object_name, object_type, timeout=30, interval=2, **kwargs):
        # Grab our start time to compare against for the timeout
        start = time.time()
        result = self.get_endpoint(url, **kwargs)

        while result["json"]["count"] == 0:
            # If we are past our time out fail with a message
            if timeout and timeout < time.time() - start:
                # Account for Legacy messages
                self.json_output["msg"] = "Monitoring of {0} - {1} aborted due to timeout, {2}".format(object_type, object_name, url)
                self.wait_output(result)
                self.fail_json(**self.json_output)

            # Put the process to sleep for our interval
            time.sleep(interval)
            result = self.get_endpoint(url, **kwargs)

        if object_type == "Workflow Approval":
            # Approval jobs have no elapsed time so return
            return result["json"]["results"][0]
        else:
            # Removed time so far from timeout.
            revised_timeout = timeout - (time.time() - start)
            # Now that Job has been found, wait for it to finish
            result = self.wait_on_url(
                url=result["json"]["results"][0]["related"]["job"],
                object_name=object_name,
                object_type=object_type,
                timeout=revised_timeout,
                interval=interval,
            )
        self.json_output["job_data"] = result["json"]
        return result