requestor

requestfunction.py

from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
import json

def request_json(url, data=None, headers=None, method='GET', use_proxy=True,
            force=False, last_mod_time=None, timeout=10, validate_certs=True,
            url_username=None, url_password=None, http_agent=None, force_basic_auth=False, ignore_errors=False):
    try:
        r = open_url(url=url, data=data, headers=headers, method=method, use_proxy=use_proxy,
                     force=force, last_mod_time=last_mod_time, timeout=timeout, validate_certs=validate_certs,
                     url_username=url_username, url_password=url_password, http_agent=http_agent,
                     force_basic_auth=force_basic_auth)
    except urllib2.HTTPError, err:
        r = err.fp

    try:
        raw_data = r.read()
        data = json.loads(raw_data) if raw_data else None
    except:
        if ignore_errors:
            pass
        else:
            raise

    resp_code = r.getcode()

    if resp_code >= 400 and not ignore_errors:
        raise Exception(resp_code,data)
    else:
        return resp_code, data