#!/usr/bin/python # Copyright (c) 2026, Tom Scholz # 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 annotations DOCUMENTATION = r""" module: google_chat short_description: Send Google Chat notifications version_added: "13.1.0" description: - Sends notifications to a Google Chat space using an incoming webhook. - Incoming webhooks are one-way. They send messages but cannot receive or respond to them. author: - Tom Scholz (@tomscholz) extends_documentation_fragment: - community.general._attributes attributes: check_mode: support: full diff_mode: support: none options: space: type: str required: true description: - The identifier of the Chat space to post to, taken from the incoming webhook URL. - For a webhook URL of the form C(https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/AAAA/messages?key=...&token=...), this is the C(AAAA) part. key: type: str required: true description: - The C(key) request parameter from the incoming webhook URL. - Keep this value secret as it grants the ability to post to the space. token: type: str required: true description: - The C(token) request parameter from the incoming webhook URL. - Keep this value secret as it grants the ability to post to the space. text: type: str required: true description: - The text of the message to send. - 'Emoji must be supplied as Unicode characters (for example V(🚀)). The Chat API does not render C(:shortcode:) style emoji in plain text messages as they appear as literal text.' thread_key: type: str description: - An arbitrary key used to start or reply to a message thread. - When set, O(create_new_thread) controls the behavior when the thread is not found. create_new_thread: type: bool default: true description: - Controls behavior when O(thread_key) is set but no matching thread exists. - When V(true), a new thread is started if no matching thread is found. - When V(false), the message is only posted if a matching thread already exists, otherwise it fails. - Only used when O(thread_key) is set. seealso: - name: Google Chat incoming webhooks description: Google's reference for sending messages to Chat with incoming webhooks. link: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/quickstart/webhooks """ EXAMPLES = r""" - name: Send a notification to Google Chat community.general.google_chat: space: SPACE_ID key: KEY token: TOKEN text: '{{ inventory_hostname }} completed' delegate_to: localhost - name: Start a thread community.general.google_chat: space: SPACE_ID key: KEY token: TOKEN text: 'Starting a thread' thread_key: 'deploy-2026-06-01' create_new_thread: true # Post each deploy step into a single thread. The first message creates the thread # with create_new_thread=true. Follow-ups use create_new_thread=false so they only # post if the opening message went through, rather than leaving orphan threads. # Note: webhooks are rate-limited to 1 request per second per space. - name: Announce deploy start (starts the thread) community.general.google_chat: space: "{{ chat_space }}" key: "{{ chat_key }}" token: "{{ chat_token }}" text: "🚀 Starting deploy of *{{ app_version | default('latest') }}* to {{ inventory_hostname }}" thread_key: "{{ deploy_thread }}" create_new_thread: true delegate_to: localhost run_once: true # deploy_thread is defined once for the play, for example: # deploy_thread: "deploy-{{ inventory_hostname }}-{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601_basic_short }}" - name: Report a step into the same thread community.general.google_chat: space: "{{ chat_space }}" key: "{{ chat_key }}" token: "{{ chat_token }}" text: "✅ Step 1/3 — code checked out" thread_key: "{{ deploy_thread }}" create_new_thread: false delegate_to: localhost run_once: true # Wrap risky tasks so a failure posts to the same thread before a play aborts. - name: Deploy with failure notification block: - name: Restart service ansible.builtin.systemd: name: app state: restarted - name: Report success community.general.google_chat: space: "{{ chat_space }}" key: "{{ chat_key }}" token: "{{ chat_token }}" text: "🎉 Deploy to {{ inventory_hostname }} complete" thread_key: "{{ deploy_thread }}" create_new_thread: false delegate_to: localhost run_once: true rescue: - name: Report failure into the thread community.general.google_chat: space: "{{ chat_space }}" key: "{{ chat_key }}" token: "{{ chat_token }}" text: "❌ Deploy to {{ inventory_hostname }} *failed* — {{ ansible_failed_task.name }}" thread_key: "{{ deploy_thread }}" create_new_thread: false delegate_to: localhost run_once: true - name: Re-raise the failure ansible.builtin.fail: msg: "Deploy failed at {{ ansible_failed_task.name }}" """ RETURN = r""" name: description: Resource name of the created message, returned by the Chat API. returned: success type: str sample: "spaces/AAAA/messages/BBBB.BBBB" thread_name: description: Resource name of the thread the message belongs to. returned: when the response includes a thread type: str sample: "spaces/AAAA/threads/CCCC" """ from urllib.parse import urlencode from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url BASE_URL = "https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces" def build_payload(text, thread_key): payload = {"text": text} if thread_key is not None: payload["thread"] = {"threadKey": thread_key} return payload def build_url(space, key, token, thread_key, create_new_thread): params = {"key": key, "token": token} if thread_key is not None: params["messageReplyOption"] = ( "REPLY_MESSAGE_FALLBACK_TO_NEW_THREAD" if create_new_thread else "REPLY_MESSAGE_OR_FAIL" ) return f"{BASE_URL}/{space}/messages?{urlencode(params)}" def do_notify(module, url, payload): headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8", "Accept": "application/json", } data = module.jsonify(payload) response, info = fetch_url(module=module, url=url, headers=headers, method="POST", data=data) if info["status"] != 200: body = info.get("body") if hasattr(body, "decode"): body = body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace") module.fail_json( msg=f"Failed to send message to Google Chat (HTTP {info['status']}): {body or info.get('msg')}" ) return module.from_json(response.read()) def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=dict( space=dict(type="str", required=True), key=dict(type="str", required=True, no_log=True), token=dict(type="str", required=True, no_log=True), text=dict(type="str", required=True), thread_key=dict(type="str", no_log=False), create_new_thread=dict(type="bool", default=True), ), supports_check_mode=True, ) if module.check_mode: module.exit_json(changed=True) payload = build_payload(module.params["text"], module.params["thread_key"]) url = build_url( module.params["space"], module.params["key"], module.params["token"], module.params["thread_key"], module.params["create_new_thread"], ) response = do_notify(module, url, payload) result = {"changed": True} if "name" in response: result["name"] = response["name"] if isinstance(response.get("thread"), dict) and "name" in response["thread"]: result["thread_name"] = response["thread"]["name"] module.exit_json(**result) if __name__ == "__main__": main()