Register Ansible variable property - ansible

Question

Using Ansible I'm having a problem registering a variable the way I want. Using the implementation below I will always have to call .stdout on the variable - is there a way I can do better?
My playbook:
Note the unwanted use of .stdout - I just want to be able to use the variable directly without calling a propery...?
---
- name: prepare for new deployment
hosts: all
user: ser85
tasks:
- name: init deploy dir
shell: echo ansible-deploy-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%N)
# http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html
register: deploy_dir
- debug: var=deploy_dir
- debug: var=deploy_dir.stdout
- name: init scripts dir
shell: echo {{ deploy_dir.stdout }}/scripts
register: scripts_dir
- debug: var=scripts_dir.stdout
The output when I execute the playbook:
TASK [init deploy dir] *********************************************************
changed: [123.123.123.123]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [123.123.123.123] => {
"deploy_dir": {
"changed": true,
"cmd": "echo ansible-deploy-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%N)",
"delta": "0:00:00.002898",
"end": "2016-05-27 10:53:38.122217",
"rc": 0,
"start": "2016-05-27 10:53:38.119319",
"stderr": "",
"stdout": "ansible-deploy-20160527-105338-121888719",
"stdout_lines": [
"ansible-deploy-20160527-105338-121888719"
],
"warnings": []
}
}
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [123.123.123.123] => {
"deploy_dir.stdout": "ansible-deploy-20160527-105338-121888719"
}
TASK [init scripts dir] ********************************************************
changed: [123.123.123.123]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [123.123.123.123] => {
"scripts_dir.stdout": "ansible-deploy-20160527-105338-121888719/scripts"
}
Any help or insights appreciated - thank you :)

Answer 1

If I understood it right you want to assign deploy_dir.stdout to a variable that you can use without stdout key. It can be done with set_fact module:
tasks:
- name: init deploy dir
shell: echo ansible-deploy-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%N)
# http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html
register: deploy_dir
- set_fact: my_deploy_dir="{{ deploy_dir.stdout }}"
- debug: var=my_deploy_dir