Ansible: access json field and use it as variable -

i have send put requests server, @ url: https://xxxx.com/id, , passing body json files (item1.json, item2.json ...).

   - name: invoke service                                                   uri:         url: "https://xxxx.com/{{ item.id }}"         method: put         return_content: yes         body_format: json         headers:           content-type: "application/json"           x-auth-token: "xxxxxx"         body: "{{ lookup('file', item) }}"       with_items:         - item1.json         - item2.json         - item3.json 

the id parameter of url within respective json file. structure of json files following:

{   "address": "163.111.111.111",   "id": "ajsaljlsaaj",   "server": "dnnwqkwnlqkwnldkwqldn" } 

the code have written seems not work, , 'ansible.vars.unsafe_proxy.ansibleunsafetext object' has no attribute 'id'. how can field been accessed?

the issue in following line:

url: "https://xxxx.com/{{ item.id }}" 

the value of item json file name defined in with_items, not content of json file.

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the quickest fix open , parse json file same way in body: declaration:

- name: invoke service   uri:     url: "https://xxxx.com/{{ ( lookup('file', item)|from_json ).id }}"     method: put     return_content: yes     body_format: json     headers:       content-type: "application/json"       x-auth-token: "xxxxxx"     body: "{{ lookup('file', item) }}"   with_items:     - item1.json     - item2.json     - item3.json 

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one nicer solution use with_file: directive instead of with_items.

with_file automatically open , read file content, no need call lookup anymore:

- name: provision docker swarm managers    hosts: localhost   tags: provision   gather_facts: false   become: true   tasks:    - name: invoke service      uri:        url: "https://xxxx.com/{{ (item|from_json).id }}"        method: put        return_content: yes        body_format: json        headers:          content-type: "application/json"          x-auth-token: "xxxxxx"        body: "{{ item }}"      with_file:       - item1.json       - item2.json       - item3.json