Ansible: How to filter dict2items and run playbook only for the matched values - ansible

Question

I have a dict playbook which looks like this:
x_php_versions_installed:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
- pecl-memcached
- pecl-imagick
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
- pecl-imagick
I would like to filter them, to write me each item.value which contains 'ea' string but not everything else. My task looks like this:
- name: Write out only the ea packages
debug:
msg: '{{ item.value }}'
when: item.value | selectattr(item.value, 'contains', 'ea')
loop: '{{ x_php_versions_installed | dict2items }}
But it does not work, because it will list all of the packages, not only the ea ones. The expected answer should look like this:
...
"msg": [
"ea-php71-php-bcmath",
"ea-php71-php-xmlrpc",
"ea-php71-php-zip"
]
...
"msg": [
"ea-php72-php-cli",
"ea-php72-php-common",
"ea-php72-php-curl"
]
...
Another possibility is to filter out the 'pecl' string, it will gave me the same result and it also works fine.

Answer 1

Q: "Filter item.value which contains ea string."
A: The task below does the job
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match','^ea-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
gives (abridged)
msg:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
msg:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
Note: The test match by default "succeeds if it finds the pattern at the beginning of the string". The task below gives the same result
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match', 'ea-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
Q: "Filter out the pecl string."
A: Change the filter to reject and fit the regex. For example, the task below gives the same result
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','^pecl-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
Notes:
Select the lists without iteration. Declare the variables
x_php_versions_installed_keys: "{{ x_php_versions_installed.keys()|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items|
map(attribute='value')|
map('select', 'match', 'ea-')|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea: "{{ dict(x_php_versions_installed_keys|
zip(x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals)) }}"
gives
x_php_versions_installed_ea:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
Example of a complete playbook for testing
- hosts: localhost
vars:
x_php_versions_installed:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
- pecl-memcached
- pecl-imagick
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
- pecl-imagick
x_php_versions_installed_keys: "{{ x_php_versions_installed.keys()|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items|
map(attribute='value')|
map('select', 'match', 'ea-')|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea: "{{ dict(x_php_versions_installed_keys|
zip(x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals)) }}"
tasks:
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match','^ea-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match', 'ea-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','^pecl-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','pecl-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
var: x_php_versions_installed_ea