Add eventlisten script to watch events on the master and minion

tests/eventlisten.py

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+'''
+Use this script to dump the event data out to the terminal. It needs to know
+what the sock_dir is.
+
+This script is a generic tool to test event output
+'''
+
+# Import Python libs
+import optparse
+import pprint
+import os
+import time
+import tempfile
+
+# Import Salt libs
+import salt.utils.event
+
+def parse():
+    '''
+    Parse the script command line inputs
+    '''
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+
+    parser.add_option('-s',
+            '--sock-dir',
+            dest='sock_dir',
+            default=os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '.salt-unix'),
+            help=('Staticly define the directory holding the salt unix '
+                  'sockets for communication'))
+    parser.add_option('-n',
+            '--node',
+            dest='node',
+            default='master',
+            help=('State if this listener will attach to a master or a '
+                  'minion daemon, pass "master" or "minion"'))
+
+    options, args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    opts = {}
+    
+    for k, v in options.__dict__.items():
+        if v is not None:
+            opts[k] = v
+
+    return opts
+
+
+def listen(sock_dir, node):
+    '''
+    Attach to the pub socket and grab messages
+    '''
+    event = salt.utils.event.SaltEvent(
+            sock_dir,
+            node
+            )
+    while True:
+        ret = event.get_event(full=True)
+        if ret is None:
+            continue
+        print('Event fired at {0}'.format(time.asctime()))
+        print('*'*25)
+        print('Tag: {0}'.format(ret['tag']))
+        print('Data:')
+        pprint.pprint(ret['data'])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    opts = parse()
+    listen(opts['sock_dir'], opts['node'])