find element with dictionary in Ansible and return value

[maulik patel]

hi ,

i'm trying to value of one yaml file1 with another file2 which has list of dict and if element if file1 matched with key/value of file2 then need to use value of file1 need to use as a key of file2 and return value of it...

not sure how we can leverage "when" condition or might any other way around it...

file1.yaml: 

site: CL1

file2.yaml:

site_int:
  -
    CL1:
      as: 6500X
      int: ethernet1/1
      peer_ip: X.X.X.X/X
    EL1:
      as: 65063
      int: loopback.66
      peer_ip: Y.Y.Y.Y/Y

playbook: 

     - name: site_facts
           set_fact:
                   sites: "{{item}}"
           loop: "{{ site_int) }}"


         - name: debug
           debug:
                   msg: "{{sites['site']}}"
           when: "site in sites.key"

error: 

fatal: [CL1]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check 'site in sites.key()' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (site in sites.key()): 'dict object' has no attribute 'key'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/aws/test_site.yaml': 

[Abhijeet Kasurde]

The last task should be -

```

- debug:

msg: "{{ sites[site] }}"

when: "site in sites.keys()"

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Thanks,

Abhijeet Kasurde

[Brian Coca]

First you conflate site as both a variable and a string, showing both
examples below to make the distinction clear.

You don't need key/keys() nor quotes if 'site' is a variable

when: site in sites

You seem to use site as both var and string, if site is a string, you
need quotes

when: "'site' in sites"

also you can do this

msg: "{{ sites.get(site)}}" if variable or msg: "{{
sites.get('site')}}" if string

Avoids error and shows 'none' if missing.


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Brian Coca