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+# (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import json
+
+
+def jsonify(result, format=False):
+    ''' format JSON output (uncompressed or uncompressed) '''
+
+    if result is None:
+        return "{}"
+
+    indent = None
+    if format:
+        indent = 4
+
+    try:
+        return json.dumps(result, sort_keys=True, indent=indent, ensure_ascii=False)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        return json.dumps(result, sort_keys=True, indent=indent)