Running ansible-playbook using Python API

Question

How can I run a playbook in python script? What is the equivalent of the following using ansible module in python:

ansible -i hosts dbservers -m setup
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Answer 1

Based on vigilander's answer, I took the liberty to upload a pkg to pypi and now you can use this simple ansible runner:

Just pip install ansible-playbook-runner and run:

from ansible_playbook_runner import Runner

Runner(['inventory_path'], 'playbook_path').run()