Parsing dictionary from VMware module - ansible

Question

I'm using ansible community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info.I only want to get the name of my several datacenter in vCenter.
Here is my play:
---
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: Gather information about all datacenters
community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info:
hostname: "{{ vCenter }}"
username: "{{ vCenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vCenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
register: result
Here is the output of my variable result:
TASK [Print the gateway for each host when defined] ********************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": {
"changed": false,
"datacenter_info": [
{
"config_status": "gray",
"moid": "datacenter-271",
"name": "Sample_DC_1",
"overall_status": "gray"
},
{
"config_status": "gray",
"moid": "datacenter-276",
"name": "Sample_DC_2",
"overall_status": "gray"
}
],
"failed": false
}
}
What I would like to get is only the name for both datacenter: Sample_DC_1 and Simple_DC_2 so I can use them in another play.
What I tried:
- name: Display datacenter name
debug:
msg:
- "{{ item.value.name }}"
loop: "{{ lookup('dict', result) }}"
Result:
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'bool object' has no attribute 'name
if I only try to display "Key: {{ item.key }}" & " Value: {{ item.value }}" I got this output:
"msg": [
"Key : datacenter_info Value : [{'name': 'Sample_DC_1', 'moid': 'datacenter-271', 'config_status': 'gray', 'overall_status': 'gray'}, {'name': 'Sample_DC_2', 'moid': 'datacenter-276', 'config_status': 'gray', 'overall_status': 'gray'}]"
]
How can I register my both datacenter's name in a var so I can re-use them later in the playbook?

Answer 1

Q: "Get the names of both datacenter."
A: Map the attribute
dc_names: "{{ result.datacenter_info|map(attribute='name')|list }}"
Example of a complete playbook for testing
- hosts: localhost
vars:
result:
changed: false
datacenter_info:
- config_status: gray
moid: datacenter-271
name: Sample_DC_1
overall_status: gray
- config_status: gray
moid: datacenter-276
name: Sample_DC_2
overall_status: gray
failed: false
dc_names: "{{ result.datacenter_info|map(attribute='name')|list }}"
tasks:
- debug:
var: dc_names
gives
dc_names:
- Sample_DC_1
- Sample_DC_2