# error: with\_dict expects a dict

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-with-dict-expects-a-dict/16611>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 25, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-with-dict-expects-a-dict/16611 "2014-10-25T20:50:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Angus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Paul\_Angus1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Angus1)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-with-dict-expects-a-dict/16611/1 "2014-10-25T20:50:31Z")

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I have this in my group\_vars:

hotfixes-6\_2\_0:  
XS62ESP1003:  
dl\_file: XS62ESP1003.zip  
dl\_path: “[http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/9031/](http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/9031/)”  
XS62ESP1005:  
dl\_file: XS62E005.zip  
dl\_path: “[http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8197/](http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8197/)”  
XS62ESP1009:  
dl\_file: XS62E009.zip  
dl\_path: “[http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8452/](http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8452/)”

My play says:

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-with-dict-expects-a-dict/16611/2 "2014-10-26T05:02:10Z")

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Can you rename hotfixes to avoid the dash?(-) and try again?