from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function) __metaclass__ = type import ansible.plugins.connection.local as ansible_local from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure from ansible.utils.display import Display display = Display() class Connection(ansible_local.Connection): def put_file(self, in_path, out_path): display.debug('Intercepted call to send data') raise AnsibleConnectionFailure('BADLOCAL Error: this is supposed to fail')