Remove unneccessary imports (#5940)

* Remove unneccessary imports.

* Keep unnecessary imports in module_utils - for now.

* Make older sanity tests shut up.

* Also make flake8 happier.

changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "various plugins and modules - remove unnecessary imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5940)."

plugins/cache/memcached.py

@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@
 from multiprocessing import Lock
 from itertools import chain
 
-from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableSet
 from ansible.plugins.cache import BaseCacheModule
-from ansible.release import __version__ as ansible_base_version
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 try:

plugins/cache/redis.py

@@ -67,12 +67,10 @@
 import time
 import json
 
-from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder, AnsibleJSONDecoder
 from ansible.plugins.cache import BaseCacheModule
-from ansible.release import __version__ as ansible_base_version
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 try:

plugins/callback/counter_enabled.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 from ansible.utils.color import colorize, hostcolor
-from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.playbook.task_include import TaskInclude
 
 

plugins/callback/diy.py

@@ -786,10 +786,6 @@
 
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from ansible import constants as C
-from ansible.playbook.task_include import TaskInclude
-from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
-from ansible.utils.color import colorize, hostcolor
 from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
 from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default

plugins/callback/loganalytics.py

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import base64
-import logging
 import json
 import uuid
 import socket

plugins/callback/mail.py

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 import email.utils
 import smtplib
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase

plugins/callback/nrdp.py

@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
             type: string
 '''
 
-import os
-import json
-
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url

plugins/callback/syslog_json.py

@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
         version_added: 4.5.0
 '''
 
-import os
-import json
-
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 

plugins/callback/yaml.py

@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@
 import json
 import re
 import string
-import sys
 
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.dumper import AnsibleDumper
-from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase, strip_internal_keys, module_response_deepcopy
+from ansible.plugins.callback import strip_internal_keys, module_response_deepcopy
 from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default
 
 

plugins/filter/jc.py

@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
 import importlib
 
 try:
-    import jc
+    import jc  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_LIB = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_LIB = False
 
 
-def jc(data, parser, quiet=True, raw=False):
+def jc_filter(data, parser, quiet=True, raw=False):
     """Convert returned command output to JSON using the JC library
 
     Arguments:
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@ class FilterModule(object):
 
     def filters(self):
         return {
-            'jc': jc
+            'jc': jc_filter,
         }

plugins/filter/lists_mergeby.py

@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping, Sequence
 from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
-from ansible.release import __version__ as ansible_version
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from operator import itemgetter

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@
   ansible_host: "ipv4 | community.general.json_query('[?public==`false`].address') | first"
 '''
 
-import os
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
 

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -150,12 +150,10 @@
     attribute: internals
 '''
 
-import binascii
 import json
 import re
 import time
 import os
-import socket
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge

plugins/inventory/online.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 

plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
     type: dict
 """
 
-import os
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAssertionError
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase

plugins/lookup/credstash.py

@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@
     type: str
 """
 
-import os
-
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 

plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.parsing.splitter import parse_kv
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text, to_native
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 

plugins/lookup/etcd3.py

@@ -136,12 +136,11 @@
 
 import re
 
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleLookupError
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 try:
     import etcd3

plugins/lookup/hiera.py

@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
         elements: str
 """
 
-import os
-
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 from ansible.utils.cmd_functions import run_cmd
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text

plugins/lookup/manifold.py

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 from traceback import format_exception
 import json
 import sys
-import os
 
 display = Display()
 

plugins/lookup/redis.py

@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
   elements: str
 """
 
-import os
-
 HAVE_REDIS = False
 try:
     import redis

plugins/module_utils/dimensiondata.py

@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@
 import re
 import traceback
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
+# (TODO: remove AnsibleModule from next line!)
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser
 from os.path import expanduser
 from uuid import UUID
 
 LIBCLOUD_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
-    from libcloud.common.dimensiondata import API_ENDPOINTS, DimensionDataAPIException, DimensionDataStatus
-    from libcloud.compute.base import Node, NodeLocation
+    from libcloud.common.dimensiondata import API_ENDPOINTS, DimensionDataAPIException, DimensionDataStatus  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+    from libcloud.compute.base import Node, NodeLocation  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
     from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
 

plugins/module_utils/influxdb.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 REQUESTS_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
-    import requests.exceptions
+    import requests.exceptions  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_REQUESTS = True
 except ImportError:
     REQUESTS_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 try:
     from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
     from influxdb import __version__ as influxdb_version
-    from influxdb import exceptions
+    from influxdb import exceptions  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_INFLUXDB = True
 except ImportError:
     INFLUXDB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()

plugins/module_utils/mh/module_helper.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.base import ModuleHelperBase, AnsibleModule
+# (TODO: remove AnsibleModule!) pylint: disable-next-line=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.base import ModuleHelperBase, AnsibleModule  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyMixin

plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py

@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, CmdModuleHelper, CmdStateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
 )
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.deco import cause_changes, module_fails_on_exception
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars import VarMeta, VarDict
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+# pylint: disable-next-line=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.deco import cause_changes, module_fails_on_exception  # noqa: F401
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars import VarMeta, VarDict  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import

plugins/module_utils/oneview.py

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 import abc
 import collections
 import json
-import os
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+import os  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 import traceback
 
 HPE_ONEVIEW_IMP_ERR = None

plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py

@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 import logging.config
 import os
 import tempfile
-from datetime import datetime
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+from datetime import datetime  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from operator import eq
 
 import time
 
 try:
-    import yaml
+    import yaml  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 
     import oci
     from oci.constants import HEADER_NEXT_PAGE

plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py

@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-import atexit
-import time
-import re
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+import atexit  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+import time  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+import re  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 import traceback
 
 PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR = None
@@ -22,7 +25,8 @@
 
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 

plugins/module_utils/pure.py

@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
 
 HAS_PURITY_FB = True
 try:
-    from purity_fb import PurityFb, FileSystem, FileSystemSnapshot, SnapshotSuffix, rest
+    from purity_fb import PurityFb, FileSystem, FileSystemSnapshot, SnapshotSuffix, rest  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PURITY_FB = False
 
-from functools import wraps
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+from functools import wraps  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from os import environ
-from os import path
+# (TODO: remove next line!)
+from os import path  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 import platform
 
 VERSION = 1.2

plugins/module_utils/version.py

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 
 try:
-    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion
+    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 except ImportError:
     try:
-        from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+        from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     except ImportError as exc:
         msg = 'To use this plugin or module with ansible-core 2.11, you need to use Python < 3.12 with distutils.version present'
         raise_from(ImportError(msg), exc)

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_variable.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 
 GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
-    import gitlab
+    import gitlab  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = True
 except Exception:
     GITLAB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()