Okay. I didn't put together that "ansible_facts" are host facts. Thanks.
--John On Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 10:47:34 AM UTC-4 Matt Martz wrote: > The documentation covers this: > > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable > > 1. `ansible_facts` are `host facts` which are #11 > 2. `set_fact` (without cacheable=yes) is #19 > > So `set_fact` via default use always wins. > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 9:39 AM [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I feel like this has to be a bug of some kind. I can use the exact code >> for the set_fact action plugin and I get no difference in the results. It >> certainly looks like I am doing exactly what ansible is doing internally, >> but getting different results. >> >> --John >> >> On Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 9:59:58 AM UTC-4 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I'm using action plugins to collect data from an internal API. We've >>> been setting the "ansible_facts" key of the results dictionary to return >>> values. Most of the time, this seems to work as if we had called set_fact. >>> But if we use set_fact on the same variable, ansible_facts doesn't >>> overwrite the value. Is this expected behavior? >>> >>> https://pastebin.com/553q7PNH -- playbook example >>> https://pastebin.com/aeAWyZhp -- set_contact_id.py action_plugin >>> https://pastebin.com/zrh2MLKZ - ansible results >>> >>> From the results, you can see that the contact_id is initially unset, so >>> the display is 0. >>> Then the action_plugin uses ansible_facts to set it to 15731, which is >>> displayed. >>> Then I call set_fact, which changes the value to 22124. >>> Finally, I try to update the value by calling the action_plugin again. >>> This time, I see ansible_facts has the contact_id value set to 11131, but >>> when I display it, I still see 22124. The ansible_facts from the action >>> plugin did not overwrite the value. Is this expected behavior, or am I >>> doing something wrong? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --John >>> >>> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/fd8170c9-dc56-4834-9867-d82fda8df6f2n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/fd8170c9-dc56-4834-9867-d82fda8df6f2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/386f8996-7396-499f-add0-75eada6fb999n%40googlegroups.com.
