new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  '''
  System Profiler Module
  
  Interface with Mac OSX's command-line System Profiler utility to get
  information about package receipts and installed applications.
  
  '''
  
  import plistlib
  import subprocess
  import pprint
  import salt.utils.which
  
  PROFILER_BINARY = '/usr/sbin/system_profiler'
  
  def __virtual__():
      '''
      Check to see if the system_profiler binary is available
      '''
      PROFILER_BINARY =  salt.utils.which('system_profiler')
  
      if PROFILER_BINARY:
          return True
      else:
          return False
  
  
  def _call_system_profiler(datatype):
      '''
      Call out to system_profiler.  Return a dictionary
      of the stuff we are interested in.
      '''
  
      plist = plistlib.readPlistFromString(subprocess.check_output(
          [PROFILER_BINARY, '-detailLevel', 'full',
           '-xml', datatype]))
  
      try:
          apps = plist[0]['_items']
      except (IndexError, KeyError):
          apps = []
  
      return apps
  
  def receipts():
      '''
      Return the results of a call to 
      `system_profiler -xml -detail full
                       SPInstallHistoryDataType`
      as a dictionary.  Top-level keys of the dictionary
      are the names of each set of install receipts, since
      there can be multiple receipts with the same name.
      Contents of each key are a list of dicttionaries.
  
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' systemprofiler.receipts
      '''
  
      apps = _call_system_profiler('SPInstallHistoryDataType')
  
      appdict = {}
  
      for a in apps:
          details = dict(a)
          details.pop('_name')
          if 'install_date' in details:
              details['install_date'] = details['install_date'].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
          if 'info' in details:
              try:
                  details['info'] = '{0}: {1}'.format(details['info'][0],
                                                      details['info'][1].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
              except (IndexError, AttributeError):
                  pass
  
          if a['_name'] not in appdict:
              appdict[a['_name']] = []
  
          appdict[a['_name']].append(details)
  
      return appdict
  
  def applications():
      '''
      Return the results of a call to 
      `system_profiler -xml -detail full
                       SPApplicationsDataType`
      as a dictionary.  Top-level keys of the dictionary
      are the names of each set of install receipts, since
      there can be multiple receipts with the same name.
      Contents of each key are a list of dicttionaries.
  
      Note that this can take a long time depending on how many
      applications are installed on the target Mac.
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' systemprofiler.applications
      '''
  
      apps = _call_system_profiler('SPApplicationsDataType')
  
      appdict = {}
  
      for a in apps:
          details = dict(a)
          details.pop('_name')
          if 'lastModified' in details:
              details['lastModified'] = details['lastModified'].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
          if 'info' in details:
              try:
                  details['info'] = '{0}: {1}'.format(details['info'][0],
                                                      details['info'][1].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
              except (IndexError, AttributeError):
                  pass
  
          if a['_name'] not in appdict:
              appdict[a['_name']] = []
  
          appdict[a['_name']].append(details)
  
      return appdict
  
  
subject: Add module to support Mac OSX's System Profiler utility.