output json variable to file

[Khuong Dinh Pham]

Hi

I have this:

  - some_action: ....

    register: jsonformat

  - debug: var=jsonformat

  - local_action: shell echo {{ jsonformat }} > output

The json in console is displayed fine from debug action but the output file is not a valid json. It has some escape and unicode values. How can i output a valid json document to a file from a variable?

thx in advance.

[James Cammarata]

Use "{{ jsonformat|to_json }}" to force the format to json.

Sample test:

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  vars:

    foo: '{"a": [1,2,"3"]}'

  tasks:

  - shell: echo "{{ foo|to_json }}" > /tmp/output

After running: 

$ cat /tmp/output:

{"a": [1,2,"3"]}

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[Khuong Dinh Pham]

Hi

It's working fine. Thanks a lot.

[Brian Coca]

the issue was probably the lack of quotes as unquoted json and shell don't mix well​, you can probably ignore the to_json.