Adding single quotes when I use regex_search('[^=]*$')

[Pravin V]

Hello Everyone,
When I use the regex_search in tasks, it is adding single quotes in the starting and end.
Like for this - 
  - sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
when I use regex_search-

  - name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1 

    set_fact:

      speeds: "{{ item.0 | regex_search('[^=]*$') | regex_replace(' ', '') }}"

Converting above value to -

ok: [localhost] => (item=['sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000'])

My goal is fetch the value after '='
sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
to

 1000000000

please advise.

[Roberto Paz]

Maybe you can use split.

item.split("=")[1]

should refer to what is at the right of "=".

[Pravin V]

Thank you,
This is how I wrote-

  - name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1 

    set_fact:

      speed_list1: "{{ item.split('=')[1] | default(omit) }}"

    with_items:

      - '{{ speed_list }}'

  - name: Debug Speed

    debug: msg="{{ speed_list1  }}"

Still the output is same-

TASK [Debug Speed] **************************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [localhost] => 

  msg: ' 0'

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

The regex_search filter is superfluous in this case, try:

regex_replace('^.*=(.*)$', '\\1')

\\1 references the part of the string matched by (.*).

Regards
Racke

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[Pravin V]

Thank you so much, Racke. 
It worked like a charm. I was using it with rest API in JSON format. When I debug, it was adding single quotes(') but when I passed the command in URI module as you advised, it was not adding single quotes (').

Thanks once again!!!

[Pravin V]

Hello Racke,

I'm trying to pass the numeric values of an variable into JSON.

- name: Device ID

  set_fact:

    "device_id": "{{ device_item_netbox.id }}"

- name: DEBUG - DEVICE ID

  debug: msg="{{ device_id }}"

Output - 

TASK [DEBUG - DEVICE ID] ********************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [localhost] => 

  msg: '3483'

When I try to pass the same into JSON body-

- name: Create Interface - Netbox

  uri:

    url: "{{ netbox_url }}/api/dcim/interfaces/"

    return_content: yes

    method: POST

    validate_certs: false

    status_code: 200,201

    headers:

      Authorization: "Token {{ netbox_server_token }}"

    body_format: json

    body:

      {

        "device": "{{ device_id }}",

        "name": "GigabitEthernet0/0",

        "mac_address": "0001e896655b",

        "type": "10gbase-t",

        "enabled": "true",

        "description": "GigabitEthernet0/0"

      }

Verbose output -

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false 

  allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE

  api_version: '2.8'

  content: '{"non_field_errors":["The fields device, name must make a unique set."]}'

  content_length: '72'

  content_type: application/json

  elapsed: 0

  invocation:

    module_args:

      attributes: null

      body:

        description: GigabitEthernet0/0

        device: '3483'

        enabled: 'true'

        mac_address: 0001e896655b

        name: GigabitEthernet0/0

        type: 10gbase-t

But when I add something with variables like below, it removes adding quotes -

    body:

      {

        "device": "{{ device_id }} m",

Verbose output -

   module_args:

      attributes: null

      body:

        description: GigabitEthernet0/0

        device: 3483 m

Please advise how can I fetch/pass only numeric digits without quotes.

[Rajthecomputerguy]

Try something like this

"device": "{{ device_id   |  int }}"

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