# Accessing playbook variables in external script

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-playbook-variables-in-external-script/34470>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-playbook-variables-in-external-script/34470 "2021-01-19T15:34:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-playbook-variables-in-external-script/34470/1 "2021-01-19T15:34:14Z")

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I am doing data validation of all the variables defined in ansible using a python script. How do you access ansible variables in the external python script?