extracting a variable from json output then debug and register the outout with ansible
Don't use debug
to assign facts, use set_fact
instead:
- name: debug stdout
set_fact:
dataresult: "{{ result.stdout | from_json }}"
- name: debug fact
debug:
msg: "{{ dataresult.data[0].start_time_string }}"
yousef
Updated on June 26, 2022Comments
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yousef almost 2 years
Hi I have a problem of getting one of the variables extracted from a json output after doing a curl to be parsed and registered back to ansible
Playbook:
- name: debug stdout debug: msg: "{{ result.stdout | from_json }}" register: dataresult - name: debug fact debug: msg: "{{ dataresult.data.start_time_string }}"
output :
TASK [backup_api : debug stdout] *********************************************** task path: /home/ansible/cm-dha/roles/backup_api/tasks/main.yml:36 ok: [127.0.0.1] => { "msg": { "data": [ { "backup_id": 40362, "certified": null, "instance_id": 148, "start_time": 1506985211, "start_time_string": "10/03/2017 03:00:11 am" } ], "timestamp": 1507022232 }
}
error:
fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => { "failed": true, "msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'data'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/ansible/cm-dha/roles/backup_api/tasks/main.yml': line 48, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: debug fact\n ^ here\n"
The error is happening when trying to extract the value start_time_string
so how to do it probably as I tried too many things like using with_items, with_dict , simulating the data[] output to debug and even doing a json query but without success
so any help here?