At least in any current versions of Ansible, if you are passing structured
args, like so:
module_name:
foo: "{{ x }}"
It will send JSON and keep types.
Otherwise, you can cast automatically in the module by using the variable
"type=" options in the argument_spec of the module, for instance, to
declare something should always be treated as an int.
Which you should be doing anyway, as that makes the playbooks cleaner by
not having to cast anything in the playbook.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Ayelet Goldin <[email protected]>
wrote:
> My problem is that when I look at thing['inty_var'] in the module it's a
> string. that is :
>
> - name: hard coded thingy
> parametered_module.py:
> thingy:
> stringy_var: 'asdf'
> inty_var: 3
> floaty_var: 123.21
>
> Is correctly interpreted by parametered_module as an int. But when I do
> this:
>
> - name: thingy with vars
> parametered_module.py:
> thingy:
> stringy_var: "{{ item['stringy'] }}"
> inty_var: "{{ item['inty'] }}"
> floaty_var: "{{ item['floaty'] }}"
> with_items:
> - {'stringy': 'asdf', 'inty': 3, 'floaty': 123.21}
>
> It sees thingy['inty_var'] as '3' and the module assumes it's a string. Is
> there a way to force inty_var to an int within ansible?
> I also tried: inty_var: "{{ item['inty'] | int }}" but that is still a
> string by the time it gets to parametered_module
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
> On Sunday, August 24, 2014 7:32:44 AM UTC-7, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>> Quick note - modules shouldn't end in ".py", either when saved or called.
>>
>> But what you have is fine, you can also do.
>>
>> - name: thingy with vars
>> parametered_module.py:
>> thingy:
>> stringy_var: "{{ item.stringy }}"
>> inty_var: "{{ item.inty }}"
>> floaty_var: "{{ item.floaty }}"
>> with_items:
>> - {'stringy': 'asdf', 'inty': 3, 'floaty': 123.21}
>>
>> You may also wish to do:
>>
>> - name: thingy with vars
>> parameterized_module:
>> thingy: "{{ item }}"
>> with_items:
>> - ...
>>
>> And just name your hash variables stringy_var vs stringy, etc.
>>
>> You can also pass variables into with_items, and define your hash
>> elsewhere like:
>>
>> with_items: my_items
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Ayelet Goldin <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to pass a non-string variable to a module
>>>
>>> https://gist.github.com/uncreative/adfe926267d0ee5b3de3
>>>
>>> Has anyone figured it out?
>>>
>>> turns inty_var and floaty_var within parametered module into strings:
>>>
>>> - name: thingy with vars
>>> parametered_module.py:
>>> thingy:
>>> stringy_var: "{{ item['stringy'] }}"
>>> inty_var: "{{ item['inty'] }}"
>>> floaty_var: "{{ item['floaty'] }}"
>>> with_items:
>>> - {'stringy': 'asdf', 'inty': 3, 'floaty': 123.21}
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>
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