Parsing var created with loop

[John Harmon]

I have the following output from a variable called directories.  It was created using a loop that would run stat against two different paths.  What is the proper way to reference the "stat: exists: boolean" sections of the output?  I need to check for both directories for both item.paths.  I have tried and tried, but I must be doing something wrong.

    "directories.results": [
        {
            "_ansible_ignore_errors": null,
            "_ansible_item_result": true,
            "_ansible_no_log": false,
            "_ansible_parsed": true,
            "changed": false,
            "failed": false,
            "invocation": {
                "module_args": {
                    "checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
                    "follow": false,
                    "get_attributes": true,
                    "get_checksum": true,
                    "get_md5": true,
                    "get_mime": true,
                    "path": "/home/applmgr/Scripts"
                }
            },
            "item": {
                "path": "/home/applmgr/Scripts"
            },
            "stat": {
                "atime": 1519330068.2478893,
                "attr_flags": "e",
                "attributes": [
                    "extents"
                ],
                ......lots of stuff
                 "exists": true,
                ......lots of stuff
            }
        },
        {
            "_ansible_ignore_errors": null,
            "_ansible_item_result": true,
            "_ansible_no_log": false,
            "_ansible_parsed": true,
            "changed": false,
            "failed": false,
            "invocation": {
                "module_args": {
                    "checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
                    "follow": false,
                    "get_attributes": true,
                    "get_checksum": true,
                    "get_md5": true,
                    "get_mime": true,
                    "path": "/home/oracle/Scripts"
                }
            },
            "item": {
                "path": "/home/oracle/Scripts"
            },
            "stat": {
                "exists": false
            }
        }
    ]
}

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Thursday, 22 February 2018 22.26.01 CET John Harmon wrote:
> I have the following output from a variable called directories. It was
> created using a loop that would run stat against two different paths. What
> is the proper way to reference the "stat: exists: boolean" sections of the
> output? I need to check for both directories for both item.paths. I have
> tried and tried, but I must be doing something wrong.
> "directories.results": [
> {
> "_ansible_ignore_errors": null,
> "_ansible_item_result": true,
> "_ansible_no_log": false,
> "_ansible_parsed": true,
> "changed": false,
> "failed": false,
> "invocation": {
> "module_args": {
> "checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
> "follow": false,
> "get_attributes": true,
> "get_checksum": true,
> "get_md5": true,
> "get_mime": true,
> "path": "/home/applmgr/Scripts"
> }
> },
>

> *"item": { "path": "/home/applmgr/Scripts"*

> },
> "stat": {
> "atime": 1519330068.2478893,
> "attr_flags": "e",
> "attributes": [
> "extents"
> ],
> ......lots of stuff

> * "exists": true,*

> ......lots of stuff
> }
> },
> {
> "_ansible_ignore_errors": null,
> "_ansible_item_result": true,
> "_ansible_no_log": false,
> "_ansible_parsed": true,
> "changed": false,
> "failed": false,
> "invocation": {
> "module_args": {
> "checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
> "follow": false,
> "get_attributes": true,
> "get_checksum": true,
> "get_md5": true,
> "get_mime": true,
> "path": "/home/oracle/Scripts"
> }
> },
>
>
>
>

> * "item": { "path": "/home/oracle/Scripts" },
> "stat": { "exists": false*
> }
> }
> ]
> }


It depends on what you want to do next.
The fist one is
{{ directories.results.0.stats.exists }}
and the second one is
{{ directories.results.1.stats.exists }}

If you need both to be true before running a task that would be

when: directories.results.0.stats.exists and directories.results.1.stats.exists

since they are bools.


--
Kai Stian Olstad

[John Harmon]

Thanks Kai.  I still see a problem:

    - name: debug
      debug:
        var: directories.results.0.stats.exists



Result:
TASK [debug] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [labebs-apps1] => {
    "directories.results.0.stats.exists": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"
}

Is there any way to reference it by something more descriptive, like a name?

[John Harmon]

Sorry, syntax error.  Had stats not stat.