Try using from_json filter http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_filters.html#filters-for-formatting-data https://gist.github.com/lxhunter/45fb119c0128600158d8
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 12:09:30 PM UTC-6, Andris Bjornson wrote: > > Hello - I have a question about looping over json data I’ve received from > calling a REST api using the URI module. I’ve been tearing my hair out > over the last several days trying to sort this out…and have googled > extensively - but haven’t gotten anywhere. I think it has to do with the > difference between a dict, and array, and a list…but i’m new-ish to ansible > and not understanding what i’m doing wrong. Any help greatly appreciated. > > Here is the data returned and registered by the URI module call. Lets say > I registered it in a variable called "registered_variable" > https://gist.github.com/andris/77dcdfd17eef0cdd3563 > > I can access individual items from the array by doing this: > registered_variable.json.data[1] > > I can access attributes of individual items from the array by doing this: > registered_variable.json.data[1].name > > But whenever I try to use with_dict or with_items to loop over > registered_variable.json.data....I just get an "item is undefined error" > (for example) > > - debug: > msg: "{{item.name}} is the name of the device" > with_dict: "{{registered_variable.json.data}}" > > I also tried first storing the object in a variable first: > > - set_fact: > devices: "{{ registered_variable.json.data }}" > - debug: > msg: "{{item.name}} is the device name" > with_dict: devices > > > I am running on the latest dev from checkout (2.0.0) > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d96a03d4-4964-46dc-bf1c-38f950314dbb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
