File: //usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/pillar/cmd_json.py
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
Execute a command and read the output as JSON. The JSON data is then directly overlaid onto the minion's Pillar data.
'''
from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
# Don't "fix" the above docstring to put it on two lines, as the sphinx
# autosummary pulls only the first line for its description.
# Import Python libs
import logging
# Import Salt libs
import salt.utils.json
# Set up logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def ext_pillar(minion_id, # pylint: disable=W0613
pillar, # pylint: disable=W0613
command):
'''
Execute a command and read the output as JSON
'''
try:
command = command.replace('%s', minion_id)
return salt.utils.json.loads(__salt__['cmd.run'](command))
except Exception: # pylint: disable=broad-except
log.critical('JSON data from %s failed to parse', command)
return {}