gistfile1.txt

m@pop-os:~/git/myinv$ python3 myinv.py --list 
{"awslnx": {"hosts": ["10.115.4.119"], "vars": {"ansible_ssh_user": "ec2-user", "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"}}}
m@pop-os:~/git/myinv$ python3 myinv.py --list |jq '.'
{
  "awslnx": {
    "hosts": [
      "10.115.4.119"
    ],
    "vars": {
      "ansible_ssh_user": "ec2-user",
      "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"
    }
  }
}
m@pop-os:~/git/myinv$ ansible -i myinv.py awslnx -m ping
 [WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/m/git/myinv/myinv.py with script plugin: Invalid data from file, expected dictionary and got:  None

 [WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/m/git/myinv/myinv.py with ini plugin: /home/m/git/myinv/myinv.py:4: Expected key=value host variable assignment, got: json

 [WARNING]: Unable to parse /home/m/git/myinv/myinv.py as an inventory source

 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

10.115.4.119 | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}
m@pop-os:~/git/myinv$