Deleting an element in namespace xml based on value

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Hi, I am trying to delete an element in a namespace xml based on element value ; without namespace, deletion is working fine (as posted in ansible documentation of xml module)… Can someone help, please

Example 1: xml with no namespace


Tasty Hot Coffee
<key_name>
cold brew
cappuccino
mochai
</key_name>
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http://tastyhotcoffee.com

---------- It worked ------------
ansible localhost -m xml -a “path=xml_example.xml xpath=‘/business/key_name/type[text()="mocha"]’ state=absent”
localhost | CHANGED => {
“actions”: {
“namespaces”: {},
“state”: “absent”,
“xpath”: “/business/key_name/type[text()="mocha"]”
},
“changed”: true
}
---------- It worked ------------

Example 1: xml with namespace

Tasty Hot Coffee
<key_name>
cold brew
cappuccino
mochai
</key_name>
10

http://tastyhotcoffee.com


---------- It did not work------------
ansible localhost -m xml -a “path=xml_example.xml xpath=‘x:/business/x:key_name/x:type[text()="mochai"]’ namespaces=‘x="https://coffee.com"’”
localhost | FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“msg”: “Syntax error in xpath expression: x:/business/x:key_name/x:type[text()="mochai"] (Invalid expression)”
}

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As the docs say the namespaces need to be supplied as a dict.

3

Something like this:

ansible localhost -m xml -a 'path=xml_example.xml
xpath=/x:business/x:key_name/x:type[text()="mochai"] state=absent
namespaces={"x":"https://coffee.com"}'

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Thanks Dick, It worked