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+#!/bin/env python
+# Quick and Dirty Python Pip DSC V3 Resource
+# MIT LIcense
+# Copyright 2025 Arthur Moore & Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA)
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import json
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+PACKAGE_SCHEMA = {
+        "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+        "additionalProperties": False,
+        "properties": {
+            "_exist": {
+                "description": "Indicates whether an instance should or does exist.",
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "name": {
+                "type": "string"
+            },
+            "version": {
+                "type": "string"
+            },
+            "useLatest": {
+              "default": "false",
+              "description": "Indicate that the latest available version of the package should be installed.",
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+        },
+        "required": [
+            "name"
+        ],
+        "title": "pip_package",
+        "type": "object",
+    }
+
+# See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/reference/schemas/overview?view=dsc-3.0
+# See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/reference/schemas/resource/stdout/?view=dsc-3.0
+DSCV3_MANIFEST = {
+#        "$schema": "https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/resource/manifest.json",
+        "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/v3/bundled/resource/manifest.json",
+        "type": "Python.Pip/Package",
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "description": "Manage Python packages via pip.",
+        "kind": "resource",
+        "tags": [
+            "windows",
+            "python",
+            "pip"
+        ],
+        "exitCodes": {
+            "0": "Success",
+            "1": "Generic error",
+            "2": "Argument(s) Invalid"
+        },
+        "schema": {
+            "embedded": PACKAGE_SCHEMA
+# Embed directly to work around this being called for every individual item exported.
+#            "command": {
+#                "executable": "python.exe",
+#                "args": [
+#                    "pip.dsc.py",
+#                    "schema"
+#                ]
+#            }
+        },
+        "get": {
+            "executable": "python.exe",
+            "args": [
+                "pip.dsc.py",
+                {
+                    "jsonInputArg": "get",
+                    "mandatory": True
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "set": {
+            "executable": "python.exe",
+            "args": [
+                "pip.dsc.py",
+                {
+                    "jsonInputArg": "set",
+                    "mandatory": True
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "delete": {
+            "executable": "python.exe",
+            "args": [
+                "pip.dsc.py",
+                {
+                    "jsonInputArg": "delete",
+                    "mandatory": True
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "export": {
+            "executable": "python.exe",
+            "args": [
+                "pip.dsc.py",
+                "export",
+                {
+                    "jsonInputArg": "ignored",
+                    "mandatory": False
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+def _install(name: str, version: Optional[str], upgrade: bool):
+    to_run = [
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        "pip",
+        "--no-input",
+        "--disable-pip-version-check",
+        "install"
+    ]
+    if upgrade:
+        to_run += ["--upgrade"]
+    final_command = to_run + [name if version==None else f"{name}=={version}"]
+    subprocess.check_call(final_command)
+
+def _list_installed():
+    return json.loads(subprocess.check_output([
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        "pip",
+        "--no-input",
+        "--disable-pip-version-check",
+        "list",
+        "--format=json"
+    ]))
+
+def manifest():
+    return json.dumps(DSCV3_MANIFEST)
+
+def set(data):
+    package = data["name"]
+    if "version" in data.keys():
+        package += "==" + data["version"]
+    _install(data["name"], data.get("version"), data.get("useLatest", False))
+
+def delete(name: str):
+    subprocess.check_call([
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        "pip",
+        "--no-input",
+        "--disable-pip-version-check",
+        "uninstall",
+        name
+    ])
+
+def get(name: str):
+    installed = _list_installed()
+    filtered = list(filter(lambda d: d["name"] == name, installed))
+    package_exists = len(filtered) > 0
+    package_data = filtered[0] if package_exists else {"name": name}
+    package_data["_exist"] = package_exists
+    return json.dumps(package_data)
+
+def export():
+    """Returns same as get, in JSONL (one JSON object per line)"""
+    installed = _list_installed()
+    return "\n".join(map(json.dumps, installed))
+
+def schema():
+    return json.dumps(PACKAGE_SCHEMA)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Must have at least one argument (get, set, delete, schema, export, manifest)!")
+        exit(2)
+    if sys.argv[1] == "manifest":
+        print(manifest())
+        exit(0)
+    if sys.argv[1] == "schema":
+        print(schema())
+        exit(0)
+    if sys.argv[1] == "export":
+        print(export())
+        exit(0)
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        print("Must have at least two arguments!")
+        exit(2)
+    in_json = json.loads(sys.argv[2])
+
+    if sys.argv[1] == "get":
+        print(get(in_json["name"]))
+    if sys.argv[1] == "set":
+        set(in_json)
+    if sys.argv[1] == "delete":
+        delete(in_json["name"])