An Ansible module miming the `apt-cache madison` command with YUM

yum_madison

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

DOCUMENTATION = """
---
module: yum_madison
short_description: Extract the available versions of a package from YUM.
description:
  - This module extracts the available versions of a package from YUM.
options:
  name:
    required: true
    description:
      - Name of the package.
    aliases: [ pkg, package ]
  update_cache:
    required: false
    default: no
    choices: [ no, yes ]
    description:
      - Force updating the cache.
requirements: [ yum ]
"""

def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec=dict(
            package=dict(required=True, aliases=['pkg', 'name'], type='str'),
            update_cache = dict(default=False, aliases=['update-cache'], type='bool')
        ))

    yumbin = module.get_bin_path('yum')
    pkg_name = module.params.get('package')
    yum_basecmd = [yumbin, '-d', '2', '-y']

    if module.params.get('update_cache'):
        module.run_command(yum_basecmd + ['makecache'])

    yum_madcmd = yum_basecmd + ['list', '--showduplicates', '--quiet', pkg_name ]
    rc, out, err = module.run_command(yum_madcmd)

    if rc != 0:
        module.fail_json(msg='Error from yum: %s: %s' % (yum_madcmd, err))
    out_lines = [ o for o in out.split('\n') if o.strip() ]

    retvals = []
    state = ""
    for l in out_lines:

        if l.startswith(pkg_name):
            p = l.split()
            retvals.append({
                "name": pkg_name,
                "version":  p[1],
                "architecture": p[0].split('.')[-1],
                "repo_name": p[2]
            })

    module.exit_json(changed=False, versions=retvals)

# import module snippets
from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()