Ansible - Iterate through array using with items - ansible

Question

I do have a simple json file, where i need to pull a set of value from EACH array item, but during iteration it fails.
My playbook looks like:
code:
---
- name: direct - this works like charm
set_fact:
bb: "{{ pr_json.json.issues[0].fields.customfield_11756.value }}"
- debug:
var: bb
- name: via array - this is not working since iteration is not happening
set_fact:
dd_branch: "{{ pr_json.json.issues[{{ item }}].fields.customfield_11756.value }}"
register: mass
- debug:
var: mass
Getting output as:
TASK [jira_update : direct - this works like charm] ********************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/test/ansible_jira/roles/jira_update/tasks/call.yml:3
ok: [localhost] => {
"ansible_facts": {
"bb": "R4.19"
},
"changed": false
}
TASK [jira_update : debug] *********************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/test/ansible_jira/roles/jira_update/tasks/call.yml:7
ok: [localhost] => {
"bb": "R4.19"
}
TASK [jira_update : via array - this is not working since iteratoin is not happening] **********************************************************************************
task path: /home/test/ansible_jira/roles/jira_update/tasks/call.yml:10
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"msg": "template error while templating string: expected token ':', got '}'. String: {{ pr_json.json.issues[{{ item }}].fields.customfield_11756.value }}"
}
Please do let us know how can I iterate through an array variable value on every sequence.
tried this too, but can somebody help to iterate the array values, please.
- name: Create PR request in TEMS JIRA
jira:
uri: "{{ tems_jira }}"
username: "{{ user }}"
password: "{{ pass }}"
operation: create
project: PR
issuetype: 'PR-Form'
summary: "{{ pr_json.json| json_query('issues[].fields.summary') }}"
description: "{{ pr_json.json | json_query('issues[].fields.description') }}"
args:
fields:
customfield_10303:
value: "{{ pr_json.json | json_query('issues[].fields.customfield_11756.value') }}"

Answer 1

Youy need to feed your list into a with_items iterator. Thats what sets the item variable for looping purposes.
- name: via array - this is not working since iteration is not happening
set_fact:
dd_branch: "{{ pr_json.json.issues[ item ].fields.customfield_11756.value }}"
register: mass
with_items:
- 0
- 1
That will iterate through all of the list items of pr_json.json.issues which will let you dive deeper into the variable structure like you are looking for. There are a lot of other factors that you can feed into the loop that might interest you that you can find detailed here.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html