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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2015, Alejandro Guirao <lekumberri@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2012-17 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: shelvefile
+    author: Alejandro Guirao (!UNKNOWN) <lekumberri@gmail.com>
+    short_description: read keys from Python shelve file
+    description:
+      - Read keys from Python shelve file.
+    options:
+      _terms:
+        description: Sets of key value pairs of parameters.
+      key:
+        description: Key to query.
+        required: true
+      file:
+        description: Path to shelve file.
+        required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Retrieve a string value corresponding to a key inside a Python shelve file
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.shelvefile', 'file=path_to_some_shelve_file.db key=key_to_retrieve') }}"
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+_list:
+  description: Value(s) of key(s) in shelve file(s).
+  type: list
+  elements: str
+"""
+import shelve
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAssertionError
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
+
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+
+    def read_shelve(self, shelve_filename, key):
+        """
+        Read the value of "key" from a shelve file
+        """
+        d = shelve.open(to_bytes(shelve_filename))
+        res = d.get(key, None)
+        d.close()
+        return res
+
+    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(terms, list):
+            terms = [terms]
+
+        ret = []
+
+        for term in terms:
+            paramvals = {"file": None, "key": None}
+            params = term.split()
+
+            try:
+                for param in params:
+                    name, value = param.split('=')
+                    if name not in paramvals:
+                        raise AnsibleAssertionError('%s not in paramvals' % name)
+                    paramvals[name] = value
+
+            except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
+                # In case "file" or "key" are not present
+                raise AnsibleError(e)
+
+            key = paramvals['key']
+
+            # Search also in the role/files directory and in the playbook directory
+            shelvefile = self.find_file_in_search_path(variables, 'files', paramvals['file'])
+
+            if shelvefile:
+                res = self.read_shelve(shelvefile, key)
+                if res is None:
+                    raise AnsibleError("Key %s not found in shelve file %s" % (key, shelvefile))
+                # Convert the value read to string
+                ret.append(to_text(res))
+                break
+            else:
+                raise AnsibleError("Could not locate shelve file in lookup: %s" % paramvals['file'])
+
+        return ret