Ansible | The conditional check 'item.stat.exists' failed - ansible

Question

**Getting an error like :**
"msg": "The conditional check 'item.stat.exists' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (item.stat.exists): 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object' has no attribute 'stat'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/Ansible/roles/test/tasks/test1.yml': line 16, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- debug:\n ^ here\n"
I have the following code:
**Inventory File :**
[test]
192.168.0.61 serverid=2
192.168.0.60 serverid=1
**Variable File :**
devangtest:
- ['1','adsdsdasd']
- ['2','kafka2sda']
- ['2','fggfdfgdf']
**Task File:**
- name: Check directory exists or not.
stat:
path: "/tmp/{{ item[1] }}"
register: alarm_details
when: "{{ serverid }} == {{ item[0] }}"
with_items:
- "{{ devangtest }}"
ignore_errors: yes
- debug:
msg: "{{ alarm_details.results }}"
- debug:
msg: "The file or directory exists"
when: item.stat.exists
with_items:
- alarm_details.results
# when: item.stat.isdir
ignore_errors: yes
- name: Create a directory if it does not exist
file:
path: "/tmp/{{ item[1] }}/test2"
state: directory
when:
- item.stat.exists == true
- "{{ serverid }} == {{ item[0] }}"
with_items:
- "{{ alarm_details.results }}"
- "{{ devangtest }}"
What I'm trying to do is check for the folders and if they don't exist or exist
Where am I wrong? Is it possible to use not stat.exists with a list of variables?
Thanks for the answer!

Answer 1

Given the inventory
shell> cat hosts
[test]
10.1.0.51 serverid='1'
10.1.0.52 serverid='2'
The playbook
shell> cat pb.yml
- hosts: test
vars:
devangtest:
- ['1','adsdsdasd']
- ['2','kafka2sda']
- ['2','fggfdfgdf']
tasks:
- name: Check directory exists or not.
stat:
path: "/tmp/{{ item.1 }}"
register: alarm_details
when: serverid|int == item.0|int
loop: "{{ devangtest }}"
- set_fact:
dir_stat: "{{ alarm_details.results|
json_query('[].{dir: item[1], stat: stat.exists}') }}"
- debug:
msg: "/tmp/{{ item }} exists"
loop: "{{ dir_stat|json_query('[?stat].dir') }}"
- name: Create a directory if it does not exist
file:
path: "/tmp/{{ item }}/test2"
state: directory
loop: "{{ dir_stat|json_query('[?stat].dir') }}"
gives when none of the directories exists
shell> ansible-playbook pb.yml
PLAY [test] ***
TASK [Check directory exists or not.] ***
skipping: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'1', u'adsdsdasd'])
ok: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'1', u'adsdsdasd'])
skipping: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'2', u'kafka2sda'])
skipping: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'2', u'fggfdfgdf'])
ok: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'2', u'kafka2sda'])
ok: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'2', u'fggfdfgdf'])
TASK [set_fact] ***
ok: [10.1.0.51]
ok: [10.1.0.52]
TASK [debug] ***
TASK [Create a directory if it does not exist] ***
PLAY RECAP ***
10.1.0.51: ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=2 rescued=0 ignored=0
10.1.0.52: ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=2 rescued=0 ignored=0
With existing directory /tmp/adsdsdasd at host test_01 the playbook gives
shell> ansible-playbook pb.yml
PLAY [test] ***
TASK [Check directory exists or not.] ***
skipping: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'1', u'adsdsdasd'])
ok: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'2', u'kafka2sda'])
ok: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'1', u'adsdsdasd'])
skipping: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'2', u'kafka2sda'])
skipping: [10.1.0.51] => (item=[u'2', u'fggfdfgdf'])
ok: [10.1.0.52] => (item=[u'2', u'fggfdfgdf'])
TASK [set_fact] ***
ok: [10.1.0.51]
ok: [10.1.0.52]
TASK [debug] ***
ok: [10.1.0.51] => (item=adsdsdasd) => {
"msg": "/tmp/adsdsdasd exists"
}
TASK [Create a directory if it does not exist] ***
changed: [10.1.0.51] => (item=adsdsdasd)
PLAY RECAP ***
10.1.0.51: ok=4 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
10.1.0.52: ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=2 rescued=0 ignored=0

Answer 2

You could use :
- name: Create a directory if it does not exist
file:
path: "/tmp/{{ item.1[1] }}/test2"
state: directory
when:
# - item.0.stat.exists = True
- item.0.stat.exists
- "{{ serverid }} == {{ item.1[0] }}"
with_together:
- '{{ alarm_details.results }}'
- '{{ devangtest }}'