Looping through data/vars file turns number into a string when creating a site in Cisco DNA Center

[Paul Bauer]

When using the task below with the yaml data that is shown below I end up getting an error indicating that my latitude number is not a number. If I just hard code a number in the latitude value the task works as expected. Any suggestions on how to get this to work?

Ansible task

# DNA Center Site Creation

- name: Create building

cisco.dnac.site_create:

dnac_host: "{{ ansible_host }}"

dnac_username: "{{ username }}"

dnac_password: "{{ password }}"

dnac_verify: false

dnac_port: 443

dnac_version: "2.3.3.0"

site:

building:

address: "{{ item.address }}"

country: "{{ item.country }}"

latitude: "{{ (item.latitude | float) }}"

longitude: "{{ (item.longitude | float) }}"

name: "{{ item.name }}"

parentName: "{{ item.parent_name }}"

type: "{{ item.site_type }}"

loop: "{{ sites }}"

when: item.site_type == 'building'

YAML Data

# vars file for dnac-create-site-hierarchy

sites:

# North America

- name: "US"

site_type: "area"

parent_name: "Global"

- name: "Big Campus"

site_type: "area"

parent_name: "Global/US"

- name: "Big_bldg"

site_type: "building"

address: "2222 Big Dr."

country: "United States"

latitude: 44.22222

longitude: -111.11111

parent_name: "Global/US/Big Campus"

Error Message returned from the Cisco DNAC SDK which is required for the Cisco.DNAC Ansible Module

raise MalformedRequest(

dnacentersdk.exceptions.MalformedRequest: {'type': 'building', 'site': {'building': {'address': '2222 Big Dr.', 'country': 'United States', 'latitude': '44.22222', 'longitude': '-111.11111', 'name': 'Big_bldg', 'parentName': 'Global/US/Big Campus'}}} is invalid. Reason: data.site.building.latitude must be number

failed: [dna-center-lab] (item={'name': 'Big_bldg', 'site_type': 'building', 'address': '2222 Big Dr.', 'country': 'United States', 'latitude': 44.22222, 'longitude': -111.11111, 'parent_name': 'Global/US/Big Campus'}) => {

"ansible_loop_var": "item",

"item": {

"address": "2222 Big Dr.",

"country": "United States",

"latitude": 44.22222,

"longitude": -111.11111,

"name": "Big_bldg",

"parent_name": "Global/US/Big Campus",

"site_type": "building"

},

"msg": "An error occured when executing operation. The error was: {'type': 'building', 'site': {'building': {'address': '2222 Big Dr.', 'country': 'United States', 'latitude': '44.22222', 'longitude': '-111.11111', 'name': 'Big_bldg', 'parentName': 'Global/US/Big Campus'}}} is invalid. Reason: data.site.building.latitude must be number"

}

Thank you,

Paul

[Todd Lewis]

It seems like a bug to me, but according to https://github.com/cisco-en-programmability/dnacenter-ansible/blob/main/plugins/modules/site_create.py latitude and longitude are both type int, not float.

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[Paul Bauer]

Thank you for the input. Agreed on the variable type, but it will take a float if hard coded. You won't get very accurate location without some decimal places. 0.1 is about 9 miles. I'll see about submitting a bug report. 

Paul