# (c) 2014, Kent R. Spillner # (c) 2017 Ansible Project # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function) __metaclass__ = type DOCUMENTATION = """ name: dict version_added: "1.5" short_description: returns key/value pair items from dictionaries description: - Takes dictionaries as input and returns a list with each item in the list being a dictionary with 'key' and 'value' as keys to the previous dictionary's structure. options: _terms: description: - A list of dictionaries required: True """ EXAMPLES = """ vars: users: alice: name: Alice Appleworth telephone: 123-456-7890 bob: name: Bob Bananarama telephone: 987-654-3210 tasks: # with predefined vars - name: Print phone records ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "User {{ item.key }} is {{ item.value.name }} ({{ item.value.telephone }})" loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', users) }}" # with inline dictionary - name: show dictionary ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{item.key}}: {{item.value}}" with_dict: {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3} # Items from loop can be used in when: statements - name: set_fact when alice in key ansible.builtin.set_fact: alice_exists: true loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', users) }}" when: "'alice' in item.key" """ RETURN = """ _list: description: - list of composed dictonaries with key and value type: list """ from collections.abc import Mapping from ansible.errors import AnsibleError from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase class LookupModule(LookupBase): def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs): # NOTE: can remove if with_ is removed if not isinstance(terms, list): terms = [terms] results = [] for term in terms: # Expect any type of Mapping, notably hostvars if not isinstance(term, Mapping): raise AnsibleError("with_dict expects a dict") results.extend(self._flatten_hash_to_list(term)) return results