Check for Value for a Key in Dict within Ansible - ansible

Question

I want to run a Ansible Task in a string(vlan) is found within a keys (name) value. i.e
dict
interfaces_l3:
- name: vlan101
ipv4: 192.168.1.100/24
state: present
task
- name: Enable Features
nxos_feature:
feature: interface-vlan
state: enabled
when: vlan in interfaces_l3.values()
This is what I have but currently, this is not working.

Answer 1

There are a few problems with your expression:
interfaces_l3.values() should just blow up, because interfaces_l3 is a list, and lists don't have a .values() method.
You are referring to a variable named vlan rather than a string "vlan".
You are asking if any item in the interfaces_l3 list contains the string "vlan" in the value of the name attribute. You could do something like this:
---
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
vars:
interfaces_l3_with_vlan:
- name: vlan101
ipv4: 192.168.1.100/24
state: present
interfaces_l3_without_vlan:
- name: something else
ipv4: 192.168.1.100/24
state: present
tasks:
- name: this should run
debug:
msg: "enabling features"
when: "interfaces_l3_with_vlan|selectattr('name', 'match', 'vlan')|list"
- name: this should be skipped
debug:
msg: "enabling features"
when: "interfaces_l3_without_vlan|selectattr('name', 'match', 'vlan')|list"
Which produces the following output:
PLAY [localhost] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [this should run] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "enabling features"
}
TASK [this should be skipped] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
PLAY RECAP ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0