# Help needed regarding when condition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480 "2020-07-24T06:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/1 "2020-07-24T06:59:00Z")
Hi Ansible Gurus, I have this output: (1, ‘\r\n{“msg”: “service[component] - [https://myip/myrest/v1/](https://myip/myrest/v1/) fails to due to error 501 - None”, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“url\_password”: null, “tasks”: [{“name”: null, “hostname”: “myapp”, “timeout”: “60”, “my\_post\_action”: “component”, “operation”: "shut, “instance”: “abc”}], “force”: false, “homedir”: null, “service”: null, “url”: null, “force\_basic\_auth”: false, “http\_agent”: “ansible-httpget”, “cluster”: “homedir”, “state”: “present”, “BaseUrl”: “[https://myapp/myrest/api/v1](https://myapp/myrest/api/v1)”, “url\_username”: null, “client\_key”: null, “validate\_certs”: false, “client\_cert”: null, “use\_proxy”: true}}}\r\n’, ‘Shared connection to myapp closed.\r\n’) But when i put condition on a registered variable when : result is not failed , it says : The ‘failed’ test expects a dictionary\n Error how can i put this condition then ? Rahul ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/2 "2020-07-24T07:04:22Z")
> Hi Ansible Gurus, > I have this output: > \ (1, '\r\n{"msg": "service[component] - [https://myip/myrest/v1/](https://myip/myrest/v1/) fails to due to error 501 - None", "failed": > true, "invocation": {"module\_args": {"url\_password": null, "tasks": [{"name": null, "hostname": "myapp", "timeout": > "60", "my\_post\_action": "component", "operation": "shut, "instance": "abc"}], "force": false, "homedir": null, > "service": null, "url": null, "force\_basic\_auth": false, "http\_agent": "ansible-httpget", "cluster": "homedir", "state": > "present", "BaseUrl": "[https://myapp/myrest/api/v1"](https://myapp/myrest/api/v1"), "url\_username": null, "client\_key": null, "validate\_certs": false, > "client\_cert": null, "use\_proxy": true}}}\r\n', 'Shared connection to myapp closed.\r\n') > > But when i put condition on a registered variable > when : result is not failed , > it says : > The 'failed' test expects a dictionary\n Error how can i put this condition then ? > > Rahul Please share the relevant details about your playbook / task / inventory. Regards          Racke ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/3 "2020-07-24T07:07:45Z")
Here it is : - name: my service shut my\_service: baseUrl: “{{ base\_rest\_url }}” tasks: - action: service\_shut operation: shut hostname: “{{ ansible\_fqdn }}” instance: “{{ item.instance }}” state: present register: result with\_items: “{{ my\_instances\_config }}” when: result is not failed here my\_service is custom python module ! ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/4 "2020-07-24T07:11:36Z")
> Here it is : > - name: my service shut > my\_service: > baseUrl: "{{ base\_rest\_url }}" > tasks: > - action: service\_shut > operation: shut > hostname: "{{ ansible\_fqdn }}" > instance: "{{ item.instance }}" > state: present > register: result > with\_items: "{{ my\_instances\_config }}" > when: result is not failed > > here my\_service is custom python module ! Hello Rahul, the condition is check for each item in "my\_instances\_config" \*before\* running the task. So it doesn't make sense to use "result" there as it is registered \*after\* running the task. What is the idea behind your condition? Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/5 "2020-07-24T07:14:00Z")
my idea is: i don’t want to stop the execution if this rest call is failed ! what i want that if this task failed , it should be skipped rather than failing entire execution ! Notice i dont want to use ignore\_error kind of then , i want something conditional ! ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/6 "2020-07-24T07:34:30Z")
> my idea is: i don't want to stop the execution if this rest call is failed ! what i want that if this task failed , it > should be skipped rather than failing entire execution ! > Notice i dont want to use ignore\_error kind of then , i want something conditional ! Hello Rahul, you can override the failed state with failed\_when instead of when, e.g. failed\_when: false However that doesn't make sense. You should fix the problem in your API / in calling your API. Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/7 "2020-07-24T12:22:44Z")
ok thanks ! I need one more help: suppose i have a statement like : until: result.failed == False and result is succeeded and result.content.allstarted in a task ! But i get error saying dict has no attribute allstarted ! Actually that is true also because this attribute comes only when result.failed == false ! But here until is trying to evaluate all 3 conditions together ! Is there any ways in which we can say that evaluate result.content.allstarted only when result.failed== false in until clause ! ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/8 "2020-07-24T12:25:07Z")
sorry evaluate result.content.allstarted only when result.failed == true ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-regarding-when-condition/33480/9 "2020-07-24T13:46:47Z")
> sorry evaluate result.content.allstarted only when result.failed == true As I said, fix the API problems instead of going into a series of rabbit holes with these conditions on the Ansible side. Regards        Racke