ADD Ea definition support

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install ansible (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
         run: pip install pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.14, stable-2.15, stable-2.16, devel]
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17, devel]
         exclude:
           - ansible-version: devel
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.11'
+          - ansible-version: devel
+            python-version: '3.10'
           - ansible-version: devel
             python-version: '3.9'
-          - ansible-version: stable-2.16
-            python-version: '3.8'
+          - ansible-version: stable-2.17
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - ansible-version: stable-2.16
             python-version: '3.9'
           - ansible-version: stable-2.15
-            python-version: '3.8'
-          - ansible-version: stable-2.14
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.12'
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ansible-galaxy collection install .cache/collection-tarballs/*.tar.gz
           git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git -b ${{ matrix.ansible-version }}
-          if [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" != "devel" ]; then cp -rf ansible/test/units/compat /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/; fi
+          if [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" != "devel" ] && [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" != "stable-2.17" ]; then cp -rf ansible/test/units/compat /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/; fi
           cp -rf ansible/test/units/modules/utils.py /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/plugins/modules/
           sed -i 's/units/ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.tests.unit/' /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/plugins/modules/utils.py
           if [ -f /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infoblox/nios_modules/tests/unit/requirements.txt; fi
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate coverage report
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" == "stable-2.14" ]; then 
-            pip install coverage==6.5.0;
+          if [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" == "devel" ]; then 
+            pip install coverage==7.5.3;
           elif [ "${{ matrix.ansible-version }}" == "stable-2.15" ]; then
             pip install coverage==6.5.0;
           fi
@@ -114,21 +114,21 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.14, stable-2.15, stable-2.16, devel]
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17, devel]
         exclude:
           - ansible-version: devel
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.11'
+          - ansible-version: devel
+            python-version: '3.10'
           - ansible-version: devel
             python-version: '3.9'
-          - ansible-version: stable-2.16
-            python-version: '3.8'
+          - ansible-version: stable-2.17
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - ansible-version: stable-2.16
             python-version: '3.9'
           - ansible-version: stable-2.15
-            python-version: '3.8'
-          - ansible-version: stable-2.14
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.12'
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
@@ -186,15 +186,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.14, stable-2.15, stable-2.16, devel]
+        ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17, devel]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
           # it is just required to run that once as "ansible-test sanity" in the docker image
           # will run on all python versions it supports.
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install ansible (${{ matrix.ansible-version }}) version
         run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check

plugins/lookup/nios_next_ip.py

@@ -43,17 +43,22 @@
 EXAMPLES = """
 - name: return next available IP address for network 192.168.10.0/24
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
+    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24',
+                provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
 
 - name: return next available IP address for network 192.168.10.0/24 in a non-default network view
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', network_view='ansible', \
+    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', network_view='ansible',
                 provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
 
 - name: return the next 3 available IP addresses for network 192.168.10.0/24
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', num=3,
-                provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
+    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip',
+                       '192.168.10.0/24',
+                       num=3,
+                       provider={'host': 'nios01',
+                                 'username': 'admin',
+                                 'password': 'password'}) }}"
 
 - name: return the next 3 available IP addresses for network 192.168.10.0/24 excluding ip addresses - ['192.168.10.1', '192.168.10.2']
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -62,7 +67,8 @@
 
 - name: return next available IP address for network fd30:f52:2:12::/64
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', 'fd30:f52:2:12::/64', provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
+    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip', 'fd30:f52:2:12::/64',
+                provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"
 """
 
 RETURN = """

plugins/module_utils/api.py

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 NIOS_DTC_MONITOR_SNMP = 'dtc:monitor:snmp'
 NIOS_DTC_MONITOR_TCP = 'dtc:monitor:tcp'
 NIOS_DTC_TOPOLOGY = 'dtc:topology'
+NIOS_EXTENSIBLE_ATTRIBUTE = 'extensibleattributedef'
 
 NIOS_PROVIDER_SPEC = {
     'host': dict(fallback=(env_fallback, ['INFOBLOX_HOST'])),
@@ -214,6 +215,14 @@ def convert_members_to_struct(member_spec):
     return member_spec
 
 
+def convert_ea_list_to_struct(member_spec):
+    ''' Transforms the list of the values into a valid WAPI struct.
+    '''
+    if 'list_values' in member_spec.keys():
+        member_spec['list_values'] = [{'_struct': 'extensibleattributedef:listvalues', 'value': v} for v in member_spec['list_values']]
+    return member_spec
+
+
 def normalize_ib_spec(ib_spec):
     result = {}
     for arg in ib_spec:
@@ -381,6 +390,9 @@ def run(self, ib_obj_type, ib_spec):
                 proposed_object['end_addr'] = proposed_object.get('new_end_addr')
                 del proposed_object['new_end_addr']
 
+        if (ib_obj_type == NIOS_EXTENSIBLE_ATTRIBUTE):
+            proposed_object = convert_ea_list_to_struct(proposed_object)
+
         # checks if the 'text' field has to be updated for the TXT Record
         if (ib_obj_type == NIOS_TXT_RECORD):
             text_obj = proposed_object["text"]