New module - external_script

[frimdo]

I have written a new module. Do you want to add it to yours?
https://gist.github.com/frimdo/804b7d8737a0fe2ffcaa

[ultrabug]

Hi @frimdo

Thanks for this proposal, I think that this kind of module is indeed a good idea !

Maybe you could call this script external_script ? I have a few remarks wrt your code :

• 1 second cache_timeout is a bit short and would hammer machines, maybe a default of 15 would be better
• output_color could be called color, sounds simpler
• make sure it runs with both python2 and python3 please and that it is PEP8 compliant
• defaulting to whoami script sounds weird since there already is a whoami module available :) maybe provide no default and handle this properly on the code ?

[frimdo]

OK, here is external_script, everything should work and be ready to go ;-)
The only one problem is line 31, that is too long (PEP8). I don't know how to make it shorter.
Hope you like it.

[ultrabug]

this module was added in your PR, closing