diff --git a/library/xostosca.py b/library/xostosca.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import json
+import os
+import requests
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+def main():
+
+    # args styled after the uri module
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            url       = dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            recipe    = dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            user      = dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            password  = dict(required=True, type='str'),
+        )
+    )
+
+    xos_auth=(module.params['user'], module.params['password'])
+
+    r = requests.post(module.params['url'], data={"recipe": module.params['recipe']}, auth=xos_auth)
+    if (r.status_code != 200):
+        try:
+            error_text=r.json()["error_text"]
+        except:
+            error_text="error while formatting the error: " + traceback.format_exc()
+        module.fail_json(msg=error_text, rc=r.status_code)
+
+    result = r.json()
+    if "log_msgs" in result:
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="\n".join(result["log_msgs"])+"\n")
+    else:
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="success")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()