Bugfix: Inventory - Prevent failing inventory on 403 and print warning messages (#354)

Author: FragmentedPacket

plugins/inventory/nb_inventory.py

@@ -277,6 +277,17 @@ def _fetch_information(self, url):
                 This is to help determine what might be the issue when encountering an error.
                 Please check issue #294 for more info.
                 """
+                # Prevent inventory from failing completely if the token does not have the proper permissions for specific URLs
+                if e.code == 403:
+                    self.display.display(
+                        "Permission denied: {0}. This may impair functionality of the inventory plugin.".format(
+                            url
+                        ),
+                        color="red",
+                    )
+                    # Need to return mock response data that is empty to prevent any failures downstream
+                    return {"results": [], "next": None}
+
                 raise AnsibleError(to_native(e.fp.read()))
 
             try: