simple rest api for printing all facts from facter in json format.

facter-rest

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'facter'
require 'json'
require 'sinatra'

ipaddress="172.16.132.2"

# sinatra specific settings
set :sessions, false
set :logging, false
set :dump_errors, false
set :some_custom_option, false

# Print everything if they didn't ask for specific facts.
facts ||= Facter.to_hash

error 403 do
  "Access forbidden"
end

get '/api/facts', :provides => 'json' do
  if request.ip == ipaddress
    content_type :json
    JSON.dump(facts)
  else
    403
  end
end