Fixing issue with lookup plugin not able to load host, user, etc

awx_collection/plugins/lookup/tower_api.py

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         if len(terms) != 1:
             raise AnsibleError('You must pass exactly one endpoint to query')
 
+        self.set_options(direct=kwargs)
+
         # Defer processing of params to logic shared with the modules
         module_params = {}
         for plugin_param, module_param in TowerAPIModule.short_params.items():
@@ -144,8 +146,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             error_callback=self.handle_error, warn_callback=self.warn_callback
         )
 
-        self.set_options(direct=kwargs)
-
         response = module.get_endpoint(terms[0], data=self.get_option('query_params', {}))
 
         if 'status_code' not in response:

awx_collection/tests/integration/targets/tower_lookup_api_plugin/tasks/main.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
   register: user_creation_results
 
 - block:
+    - name: Specify the connection params
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ query(plugin_name, 'ping', host='DNE://junk.com', username='john', password='not_legit', verify_ssl=True) }}"
+      register: results
+      ignore_errors: True
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - "'DNE' in results.msg"
+
     - name: Create our hosts
       tower_host:
         name: "{{ item }}"