You should be using the "to_json" filter to convert the python data
structure to JSON. Or potentially even the "to_nice_json" filter.
Such as:
- name: Write variable to json file
copy: content='{{ module|to_json }}' dest=/etc/ansible/facts.d/{{
module.name }}.fact
owner=root group=root mode=0644
Also note that I changed the double quotes to single quotes. JSON data
will use double quotes, and you could end up with the quotes breaking you
out of the value for content.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:31 AM, jack <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyone has clue for this question, we have same issue, we are doing
> something like:
>
> At one ansible playbook, to collect some local facts, and save those facts
> into a file (using copy content), the saved file looks like:
>
> {u'status': u'Installed', u'version': u'1.0.4', u'name': u'apache'}
>
>
> Later on, there is other ansible playbook will load those facts back in
> (using local_vars), even we replace the single quote, the facts file still
> cannot be loaded back, because there is leading "u" at each element,
>
> Thanks
> Jack
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 5:12:13 AM UTC-7, Marcin Prączko wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am working on some tasks related with local facts and not sure whether
>> followig issue is a bug or is designed.
>> Following ansible documentation localfacts can be in JSON or INI format.
>> I've choosen JSON format - is much more easier to write variables like this:
>>
>> module:
>> name: "apache"
>> version: "1.0.4"
>> status: "Installed"
>>
>> Saving this with following task brings result:
>> - name: Write variable to json file
>> copy: content="{{ module }}" dest=/etc/ansible/facts.d/{{ module.name
>> }}.fact
>> owner=root group=root mode=0644
>>
>> Result:
>> {'status': 'Installed', 'version': '1.0.4', 'name': 'apache'}
>>
>> However python is not able read this anymore - including ansible:
>>
>> ok: [IP-HERE] => {
>>
>> "msg": "work - variable: {u'apache': u'error loading fact - please
>> check content'}"
>> }
>>
>>
>> Command from python:
>> # cat apache.fact | python -mjson.tool
>> Expecting property name: line 1 column 1 (char 1)
>>
>> Converting this local facts with following task / command - automatically
>> allow read this file by python and ansible.
>>
>> - name: Fix wrong json format in local facts
>> shell: sed -i "s/'/\"/g" *.fact chdir=/etc/ansible/facts.d/
>>
>> Could you advice whether I should raise this on Github bug list or this
>> is working exectly as should?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Marcin Praczko
>>
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