Unable to pass dict as a parameter in the ansible module

[Dheeraj Panyam]

I am trying to pass a dict as a parameter in the Ansible Module but it is giving me error "{"msg": "unable to evaluate dictionary for devices", "failed": true}"

Devices is the parameter below which i am trying to pass, please help

ansible/hacking/test-module -m /usr/share/ansible/monitoring/my_maintenance.py -a "schedule_type="One-Time" devices="{"hostName":"HYDLPT326"}" start_time=2015-06-01T16:00:00+0000 end_time=2015-06-01T16:30:00+0000 timezone="Asia/Calcutta" client_id=client_2655"

O/p is below

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RAW OUTPUT

{"msg": "unable to evaluate dictionary for devices", "failed": true}

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PARSED OUTPUT

{

    "failed": true,

    "msg": "unable to evaluate dictionary for devices"

}

[Lowell Alleman]

I was running into the same issue, and your post helped me out.

Looks like a quoting issue.  I've escaped some of the double-quotes and switched to single quotes inside the dictionary.  Maybe try this:

test-module -m /usr/share/ansible/monitoring/my_maintenance.py -a "schedule_type=One-Time devices=\"{'hostName':'HYDLPT326'}\" start_time=2015-06-01T16:00:00+0000 end_time=2015-06-01T16:30:00+0000 timezone='Asia/Calcutta' client_id=client_2655"

I was missing the double-quotes around the dictionary.

Good luck!