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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Serge van Ginderachter <serge@vanginderachter.be>
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+    name: flattened
+    author: Serge van Ginderachter (!UNKNOWN) <serge@vanginderachter.be>
+    short_description: return single list completely flattened
+    description:
+      - Given one or more lists, this lookup will flatten any list elements found recursively until only 1 list is left.
+    options:
+      _terms:
+        description: lists to flatten
+        type: list
+        elements: raw
+        required: true
+    notes:
+      - Unlike the R(items lookup,ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.items_lookup) which only flattens 1 level,
+        this plugin will continue to flatten until it cannot find lists anymore.
+      - Aka highlander plugin, there can only be one (list).
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: "'unnest' all elements into single list"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "all in one list {{lookup('community.general.flattened', [1,2,3,[5,6]], ['a','b','c'], [[5,6,1,3], [34,'a','b','c']])}}"
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+  _raw:
+    description:
+      - flattened list
+    type: list
+"""
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+from ansible.utils.listify import listify_lookup_plugin_terms
+
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+
+    def _check_list_of_one_list(self, term):
+        # make sure term is not a list of one (list of one..) item
+        # return the final non list item if so
+
+        if isinstance(term, list) and len(term) == 1:
+            term = term[0]
+            if isinstance(term, list):
+                term = self._check_list_of_one_list(term)
+
+        return term
+
+    def _do_flatten(self, terms, variables):
+
+        ret = []
+        for term in terms:
+            term = self._check_list_of_one_list(term)
+
+            if term == 'None' or term == 'null':
+                # ignore undefined items
+                break
+
+            if isinstance(term, string_types):
+                # convert a variable to a list
+                try:
+                    term2 = listify_lookup_plugin_terms(term, templar=self._templar)
+                except TypeError:
+                    # The loader argument is deprecated in ansible-core 2.14+. Fall back to
+                    # pre-2.14 behavior for older ansible-core versions.
+                    term2 = listify_lookup_plugin_terms(term, templar=self._templar, loader=self._loader)
+                # but avoid converting a plain string to a list of one string
+                if term2 != [term]:
+                    term = term2
+
+            if isinstance(term, list):
+                # if it's a list, check recursively for items that are a list
+                term = self._do_flatten(term, variables)
+                ret.extend(term)
+            else:
+                ret.append(term)
+
+        return ret
+
+    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(terms, list):
+            raise AnsibleError("with_flattened expects a list")
+
+        self.set_options(var_options=variables, direct=kwargs)
+
+        return self._do_flatten(terms, variables)