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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: slurp
+version_added: historical
+short_description: Slurps a file from remote nodes
+description:
+     - This module works like M(ansible.builtin.fetch). It is used for fetching a base64-
+       encoded blob containing the data in a remote file.
+     - This module is also supported for Windows targets.
+options:
+  src:
+    description:
+      - The file on the remote system to fetch. This I(must) be a file, not a directory.
+    type: path
+    required: true
+    aliases: [ path ]
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - action_common_attributes
+attributes:
+  check_mode:
+    support: full
+  diff_mode:
+    support: none
+  platform:
+    platforms: posix, windows
+notes:
+   - This module returns an 'in memory' base64 encoded version of the file, take
+     into account that this will require at least twice the RAM as the original file size.
+seealso:
+- module: ansible.builtin.fetch
+author:
+    - Ansible Core Team
+    - Michael DeHaan (@mpdehaan)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Find out what the remote machine's mounts are
+  ansible.builtin.slurp:
+    src: /proc/mounts
+  register: mounts
+
+- name: Print returned information
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ mounts['content'] | b64decode }}"
+
+# From the commandline, find the pid of the remote machine's sshd
+# $ ansible host -m ansible.builtin.slurp -a 'src=/var/run/sshd.pid'
+# host | SUCCESS => {
+#     "changed": false,
+#     "content": "MjE3OQo=",
+#     "encoding": "base64",
+#     "source": "/var/run/sshd.pid"
+# }
+# $ echo MjE3OQo= | base64 -d
+# 2179
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+content:
+    description: Encoded file content
+    returned: success
+    type: str
+    sample: "MjE3OQo="
+encoding:
+    description: Type of encoding used for file
+    returned: success
+    type: str
+    sample: "base64"
+source:
+    description: Actual path of file slurped
+    returned: success
+    type: str
+    sample: "/var/run/sshd.pid"
+'''
+
+import base64
+import errno
+import os
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            src=dict(type='path', required=True, aliases=['path']),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+    source = module.params['src']
+
+    try:
+        with open(source, 'rb') as source_fh:
+            source_content = source_fh.read()
+    except (IOError, OSError) as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            msg = "file not found: %s" % source
+        elif e.errno == errno.EACCES:
+            msg = "file is not readable: %s" % source
+        elif e.errno == errno.EISDIR:
+            msg = "source is a directory and must be a file: %s" % source
+        else:
+            msg = "unable to slurp file: %s" % to_native(e, errors='surrogate_then_replace')
+
+        module.fail_json(msg)
+
+    data = base64.b64encode(source_content)
+
+    module.exit_json(content=data, source=source, encoding='base64')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()