How to have a space in a variable from a JSON payload returned by uri module

[Rasmus Sjørslev]

Im using the uri module to call a REST endpoint but the JSON structure returns contains a space which im not sure how to escape.

First the call i make and register:

    - name: Get subnet information (DNS, gateway, netmask etc.)

      uri:

        url: "{{ phpipam_url }}/subnets/7/"

        method: GET

        headers:

          token: "{{ ipam_login.json.data.token }}"

        status_code: 200

      register: subnet_info

subnet_info then contains the JSON payload:

"json": {

            "code": 200, 

            "data": {

                "DNSrecords": "1", 

                "DNSrecursive": "1", 

                "allowRequests": "1", 

                "calculation": {

                    "Broadcast": "192.168.111.255", 

                    "IP address": "/", 

                    "Max host IP": "192.168.111.254", 

                    "Min host IP": "192.168.111.1", 

                    "Network": "192.168.111.0", 

                    "Number of hosts": 254, 

                    "Subnet Class": "private C", 

                    "Subnet bitmask": "24", 

                    "Subnet netmask": "255.255.255.0", 

                    "Subnet wildcard": "0.0.0.255", 

                    "Type": "IPv4"

...

what i am after here is the Subnet netmask in the data.calculation but when i reference it like this:

"'{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}'"

or

'{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}'

or

"{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}"

i get the following error:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {

    "failed": true, 

    "msg": "template error while templating string: expected token 'end of print statement', got 'Netmask'. String: '{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}'"

}

how can i get to that JSON data that contains a space and reference that as a variable?

[Kai Stian Olstad]

You can't use the dot notation when there are spaces, use square
brackets instead.

"{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation['Subnet netmask'] }}"

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Kai Stian Olstad