JQ plugin added for lookups.

lookup_plugins/jq.py

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+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+
+import json
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+try:
+    from __main__ import display
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.utils.display import Display
+    display = Display()
+
+
+UNDEFINED = object()
+
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+
+    def run(self, args, variables):
+        i = json.dumps(args[0])
+        c = ["jq", args[1]]
+        p = subprocess.Popen(c, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+        o, e = p.communicate(i)
+        r = p.wait()
+        if r != 0 or e:
+            assert 0, e
+            raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(r, c, o, e)
+        r = json.loads(o)
+        return r