Create a file, if not exist, inside a loop

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Hi,

I’m trying to achieve something basic (v1.8.2): create a sitemap.xml if not exist for prestahsop projects.

`

  • name: Check if sitemap is present
    stat: path={{ ansible_www_home }}/{{ item.dest }}/sitemap.xml
    with_items: repositories
    when: item.type == “prestashop”
    register: sitemap

  • debug: var=sitemap

  • name: Create sitemap.xml if necessary
    file: >
    path={{ ansible_www_home }}/{{ item.dest }}/sitemap.xml
    owner=www-data
    group=www-data
    mode=0644
    with_items: repositories
    when: item.type == “prestashop” and sitemap.results.item is defined and sitemap.results.stat.exists == False

`

The debug statement gives me

`

“sitemap”: {
“changed”: false,
“msg”: “All items completed”,
“results”: [
{
“changed”: false,
“skipped”: true
},
{
“changed”: false,
“skipped”: true
},
{
“changed”: false,
“invocation”: {
“module_args”: “path=/home/yprox/ansible-www/project/sitemap.xml”,
“module_name”: “stat”
},
“item”: {
“dest”: “top-kids”,
“repo”: “git@github.com:Organisation/project.git”,
“type”: “prestashop”,
“version”: “master”
},
“stat”: {
“exists”: false,
}

},
…

`

I have at least one node which has “exists” false. But it does not create the file. It just goes “Skipped”.

Why ? Thanks :slight_smile:

2

Remember **s**itemap is a list. So you need to loop over that.

You should be able to do something like:

`
- name: Create sitemap.xml if necessary
file: >
path={{ ansible_www_home }}/{{ item.dest }}/sitemap.xml
owner=www-data
group=www-data
mode=0644
with_items: sitemap.results
when: item.item.type is defined and item.item.type == "prestashop" and item.stat.exists == False
`

`
3

Oh great, but sitemap.results doesn’t know the item.dest which was contained in the first array (repositories).

Is there a way to cross arrays in order to avoid loosing the reference to item.dest (because I want to know where to create the sitemap, and right now with your solution, it doesn’t know)

4

Ok nvm, there were a small error, but it works like a charm with :

`

  • name: Create sitemap.xml if necessary
    file: >
    path={{ ansible_www_home }}/{{ item.item.dest }}/sitemap.xml
    owner=www-data
    group=www-data
    mode=0644
    file=touch

`

Thanks very much sir :wink: