Hi, instead of using regexes, you might want to use the XML module (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/xml_module.html) with the xmlstring argument. That should allow you to do this in a much cleaner way.
Cheers, Felix > ansible 2.6.0 (devel da5cf72236) last updated 2018/02/14 14:29:49 > (GMT +200) > > The task seems obvious at first glance but it appears to be difficult > to implement in this context. > The string is: > host_meta: "<XRD > xmlns='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0'>\n <Link > rel='restconf' href='/restconf'/>\n</XRD>" > > I need to extract the values of rel and href into api_release and > api_root. I unsuccessfully tried the following: > - set_fact: api_release="{{ host_meta | regex_replace('^.* > rel=(.*) .*$', '\\1') }}" > when: host_meta is defined > > - set_fact: api_root="{{ host_meta | regex_replace('^.* > href=(.*)/>.*$', '\\1') }}" > when: host_meta is defined > > Both variables contain the whole string instead of the corresponding > substring, which should be: > api_release: 'restconf' > api_root: /restconf > > I have already successfully used this filter in other contexts. > What am I missing here? Is the filter confused by the string? > -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/20180214163823.3a305ebc%40utsjoki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
