Anisble output specific key pair value from local json file

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I am new to Anisble and I have been trying to get Anisble to take the output of a local json file and read it, store the information and then output the data. I think I was successful because it does output the data in the file. What I am having trouble with is getting just a specific piece of data to display so I know Anisble is parsing the right section of the json file so I can pass it to a variable in the playbook. I feel I have tried almost everything but with no success.

JSON EXAMPLE

}, “receiving_dns_records”: [ { “cached”: , “priority”: “10”, “record_type”: “MX”, “valid”: “unknown”, “value”: “mxa.domain.org” },

Playbook:

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Hope this helps

server]$ ansible-playbook test-json-output.yml
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’

PLAY [Ansible connection] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

PLAY [Read local Mailgun JSON file] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Create dictionary] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Print variable JSON data] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
“jsondata”: {

},
“receiving_dns_records”: [
{
“cached”: ,
“priority”: “10”,
“record_type”: “MX”,
“valid”: “unknown”,
“value”: “mxa.mailgun.org”
},

TASK [Output specific JSON data] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“msg”: "Error in jmespath.search in json_query filter plugin:\n’dict object’ has no attribute ’

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I am able to get the output.json to display but looking only to display the record type and priority from the json file then take that output to a variable in the playbook.