Removing recursive check, allowwing old pattern to commence

awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py

@@ -574,30 +574,6 @@ class TowerModule(AnsibleModule):
         else:
             self.exit_json(**self.json_output)
 
-    # We need to be able to recursevly step through fields in the case of inputs for credentials.
-    # They are dicts and we can't just compare them at the top level because the dict from the tower api may have more fields that we have.
-    # For example, say someone did:
-    #  - tower_credential:
-    #      name: 'a cred'
-    #      username: 'John'
-    # Our new dict would be like { 'username': 'new_name' }
-    # But the existing cred from tower might come back as: { 'username': 'new_name', 'password': '$encrypted$', 'field2': 'something else' }
-    @staticmethod
-    def compare_fields(new_item, existing_item):
-        needs_update = False
-        for field in new_item:
-            existing_field = existing_item.get(field, None)
-            new_field = new_item.get(field, None)
-            if type(existing_field) == dict and type(new_field) == dict:
-                needs_update = needs_update or TowerModule.compare_fields(new_field, existing_field)
-            # If the two items don't match and we are not comparing '' to None
-            # In the case of extra_vars in a job template, we have to pass in {} for nothing ('' is not valid)
-            # But when its returned from the API, instead of {} we get back ''.
-            elif existing_field != new_field and not (existing_field in (None, '') and new_field in ('', {})):
-                # Something doesn't match so let's update it
-                needs_update = True
-        return needs_update
-
     def update_if_needed(self, existing_item, new_item, on_update=None, associations=None):
         # This will exit from the module on its own
         # If the method successfully updates an item and on_update param is defined,
@@ -625,7 +601,15 @@ class TowerModule(AnsibleModule):
                 self.fail_json(msg="Unable to process update of item due to missing data {0}".format(ke))
 
             # Check to see if anything within the item requires the item to be updated
-            needs_update = TowerModule.compare_fields(new_item, existing_item)
+            needs_update = False
+            for field in new_item:
+                existing_field = existing_item.get(field, None)
+                new_field = new_item.get(field, None)
+                # If the two items don't match and we are not comparing '' to None
+                if existing_field != new_field and not (existing_field in (None, '') and new_field == ''):
+                    # Something doesn't match so let's update it
+                    needs_update = True
+                    break
 
             # If we decided the item needs to be updated, update it
             self.json_output['id'] = item_id