Adding single quotes when I use regex_search('[^=]*$')

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Hello Everyone,
When I use the regex_search in tasks, it is adding single quotes in the starting and end.
Like for this -

  • sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
    when I use regex_search-

  • name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1
    set_fact:
    speeds: “{{ item.0 | regex_search(‘[^=]*$’) | regex_replace(’ ', ‘’) }}”

Converting above value to -

ok: [localhost] => (item=[‘sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000’])

My goal is fetch the value after ‘=’
sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
to
1000000000

please advise.

2

Maybe you can use split.

item.split(“=”)[1]

should refer to what is at the right of “=”.

3

Thank you,
This is how I wrote-

  • name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1
    set_fact:
    speed_list1: “{{ item.split(‘=’)[1] | default(omit) }}”
    with_items:

  • ‘{{ speed_list }}’

  • name: Debug Speed
    debug: msg=“{{ speed_list1 }}”

Still the output is same-

TASK [Debug Speed] **************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] =>
msg: ’ 0’

4

Hello Everyone,
When I use the regex_search in tasks, it is adding single quotes in the starting and end.
Like for this -
- sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
when I use regex_search-
- name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1
set_fact:
speeds: "{{ item.0 | regex_search('[^=]*$') | regex_replace(' ', '') }}"

Converting above value to -
ok: [localhost] => (item=['sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000'])

My goal is fetch the value after '='
sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000
to
1000000000

please advise.

The regex_search filter is superfluous in this case, try:

   regex_replace('^.*=(.*)$', '\\1')

\\1 references the part of the string matched by (.*).

Regards
         Racke

5

Thank you so much, Racke.
It worked like a charm. I was using it with rest API in JSON format. When I debug, it was adding single quotes(‘) but when I passed the command in URI module as you advised, it was not adding single quotes (’).

Thanks once again!!!

6

Hello Racke,
I’m trying to pass the numeric values of an variable into JSON.

  • name: Device ID
    set_fact:
    “device_id”: “{{ device_item_netbox.id }}”

  • name: DEBUG - DEVICE ID
    debug: msg=“{{ device_id }}”

Output -

TASK [DEBUG - DEVICE ID] ********************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] =>
msg: ‘3483’

When I try to pass the same into JSON body-

  • name: Create Interface - Netbox
    uri:
    url: “{{ netbox_url }}/api/dcim/interfaces/”
    return_content: yes
    method: POST
    validate_certs: false
    status_code: 200,201
    headers:
    Authorization: “Token {{ netbox_server_token }}”
    body_format: json
    body:
    {
    “device”: “{{ device_id }}”,
    “name”: “GigabitEthernet0/0”,
    “mac_address”: “0001e896655b”,
    “type”: “10gbase-t”,
    “enabled”: “true”,
    “description”: “GigabitEthernet0/0”
    }

Verbose output -

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false
allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE
api_version: ‘2.8’
content: ‘{“non_field_errors”:[“The fields device, name must make a unique set.”]}’
content_length: ‘72’
content_type: application/json
elapsed: 0
invocation:
module_args:
attributes: null
body:
description: GigabitEthernet0/0
device: ‘3483’
enabled: ‘true’
mac_address: 0001e896655b
name: GigabitEthernet0/0
type: 10gbase-t

But when I add something with variables like below, it removes adding quotes -

body:
{
“device”: “{{ device_id }} m”,

Verbose output -

module_args:
attributes: null
body:
description: GigabitEthernet0/0
device: 3483 m

Please advise how can I fetch/pass only numeric digits without quotes.

7

Try something like this
“device”: “{{ device_id | int }}”