(This is really a question for ansible-devel list)
In the argument_spec of the module that defines the argument, just do
type='dict'
It will accept complex arguments as well as quoted key=value pairs.
module_name:
foo:
x: 1
y: "bar"
baz: "glorp"
Is how complex args are passed
Or
module_name: 'foo="x=1 y=bar" baz="glorp"'
This is exactly how the ec2 module in 1.4/1.5 processes and passes instance
tags, if you want to take a look.
It also knows how to parse inline JSON, so it is very much a "do what you
mean" kind of input.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Giorgio Valoti <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I’m trying to extend the ZFS module to add support for user properties.
>
> My plan was to add a new module argument, called (guess what)
> `user_properties` which accepts a list of dictionaries:
>
> [{key: 'my.module.name:key-name', value: 'whatever'}, ...]
>
> However, I get this error message:
>
> > msg: this module requires key=value arguments
>
> Even though I can pass an empty list or a list with string items, like
> ['a', 'b', 'c'].
>
> Is there a way to do this?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
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