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+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r"""
+    name: aci_inventory
+    short_description: Cisco ACI inventory plugin
+    extends_documentation_fragment:
+      - cisco.aci.aci
+      - constructed
+    description:
+        - Query details from APIC
+        - Gets details on all spines and leafs behind the controller.
+        - Requires a YAML configuration file whose name ends with 'cisco_aci.(yml|yaml)'
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+---
+# Generate dynamic inventory of every device
+plugin: cisco.aci.aci_inventory
+host: 192.168.1.90
+username: admin
+password: PASSWORD
+validate_certs: false
+
+# (Optional) Generate inventory and put devices into groups based on role: spine, leaf, controller
+keyed_groups:
+  - prefix: role
+    key: role
+
+# (Optional) Generate inventory and use the compose variables to define how we want to connect
+compose:
+  ansible_connection: "'ansible.netcommon.httpapi'"
+  ansible_network_os: "'cisco.aci.aci'"
+  ansible_host: "'192.168.1.90'"
+"""
+
+import atexit
+import time
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+import typing as t
+from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
+from ansible_collections.cisco.aci.plugins.module_utils.aci import (
+    ACIModule,
+    aci_argument_spec,
+)
+from ansible.module_utils.common.arg_spec import ArgumentSpecValidator
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+
+display = Display()
+
+
+class MockAnsibleModule(object):
+    def __init__(self, argument_spec, parameters):
+        """Mock AnsibleModule
+
+        This is needed in order to use the aci methods which assume to be working
+        with a module only.
+        """
+
+        self._socket_path = None
+        self._debug = False
+        self._diff = False
+        self._tmpdir = None
+        self.check_mode = False
+        self.params = dict()
+
+        validator = ArgumentSpecValidator(argument_spec)
+        result = validator.validate(parameters)
+
+        if result.error_messages:
+            display.vvv("Validation failed: {0}".format(", ".join(result.error_messages)))
+
+        self.params = result.validated_parameters
+
+    @property
+    def tmpdir(self):
+        if self._tmpdir is None:
+            basefile = "ansible-moduletmp-%s-" % time.time()
+            try:
+                tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=basefile)
+            except (OSError, IOError) as e:
+                self.fail_json(msg="Failed to create remote module tmp path with prefix %s: %s" % (basefile, to_native(e)))
+            atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, tmpdir)
+            self._tmpdir = tmpdir
+
+        return self._tmpdir
+
+    def warn(self, warning):
+        display.vvv(warning)
+
+    def fail_json(self, msg, **kwargs) -> t.NoReturn:
+        raise AnsibleError(msg)
+
+
+class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
+
+    NAME = "cisco.aci.aci_inventory"
+
+    def verify_file(self, path):
+        """return true/false if this is possibly a valid file for this plugin to consume"""
+        valid = False
+        if super(InventoryModule, self).verify_file(path):
+            # base class verifies that file exists and is readable by current user
+            if path.endswith(("cisco_aci.yaml", "cisco_aci.yml")):
+                valid = True
+        return valid
+
+    def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
+
+        # call base method to ensure properties are available for use with other helper methods
+        super(InventoryModule, self).parse(inventory, loader, path, cache)
+
+        # this method will parse 'common format' inventory sources and
+        # update any options declared in DOCUMENTATION as needed
+        config = self._read_config_data(path)
+
+        argument_spec = aci_argument_spec()
+
+        module = MockAnsibleModule(
+            argument_spec=argument_spec,
+            parameters=config,
+        )
+
+        aci = ACIModule(module)
+        aci.construct_url(root_class=dict(aci_class="topSystem"))
+
+        aci.get_existing()
+
+        # parse data and create inventory objects:
+        for device in aci.existing:
+            attributes = device.get("topSystem", {}).get("attributes", {})
+            if attributes.get("name"):
+                self.add_host(attributes.get("name"), attributes)
+
+    def add_host(self, hostname, host_vars):
+        self.inventory.add_host(hostname, group="all")
+
+        if host_vars.get("oobMgmtAddr", "0.0.0.0") != "0.0.0.0":
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", host_vars.get("oobMgmtAddr"))
+        elif host_vars.get("inbMgmtAddr", "0.0.0.0") != "0.0.0.0":
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", host_vars.get("inbMgmtAddr"))
+        else:
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", host_vars.get("address"))
+
+        for var_name, var_value in host_vars.items():
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, var_name, var_value)
+
+        strict = self.get_option("strict")
+
+        # Add variables created by the user's Jinja2 expressions to the host
+        self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option("compose"), host_vars, hostname, strict=True)
+
+        # Create user-defined groups using variables and Jinja2 conditionals
+        self._add_host_to_composed_groups(self.get_option("groups"), host_vars, hostname, strict=strict)
+        self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option("keyed_groups"), host_vars, hostname, strict=strict)