# Ansible API how to use "get\_config" in Ansible 2.5.0

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**Created:** [March 23, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-api-how-to-use-get-config-in-ansible-2-5-0/27098 "2018-03-23T17:48:10Z")\
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You don't use get\_config, you use self.get\_option('optoinname'), see  
shipped plugins for how to define options inside the DOCUMENTATION=  
variable for the config system to automatically recognize them.