Added support for hardcoded strings in hostgroups

modules/hostgroups.py

@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ class Hostgroup:
         for hg_item in hg_items:
             # Check if requested data is available as option for this host
             if hg_item not in self.format_options:
+                if hg_item.startswith(("'", '"')) and hg_item.endswith(("'", '"')):
+                    hg_item = hg_item.strip("\'")
+                    hg_item = hg_item.strip('\"')
+                    hg_output.append(hg_item)    
+                else:
                     # Check if a custom field exists with this name
                     cf_data = self.custom_field_lookup(hg_item)
                     # CF does not exist

modules/tools.py

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ def verify_hg_format(
         if (
             hg_object not in allowed_objects[hg_type]
             and hg_object not in allowed_objects["cfs"][hg_type]
+            and not hg_object.startswith(('"',"'"))
         ):
             e = (
                 f"Hostgroup item {hg_object} is not valid. Make sure you"