# How can i retrieve playbook name, play name and task name in a playbook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 20, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-retrieve-playbook-name-play-name-and-task-name-in-a-playbook/30373 "2019-05-20T07:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankit2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ankit2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ankit2)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-retrieve-playbook-name-play-name-and-task-name-in-a-playbook/30373/1 "2019-05-20T07:17:23Z")
Is there a way i can retrieve the currently used playbook name, currently running play and task name using playbook rules? I need these 3 info to send them as a parameter for an external python script which would print a message using these 3 values so that the end users are aware of what task, playbook and play has resulted in that particular message. Is there a way i can retrieve these info during runtime in a playbook? Regards, Ankit ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-retrieve-playbook-name-play-name-and-task-name-in-a-playbook/30373/2 "2019-05-20T17:58:51Z")
This information is not available for a task in a play. But I belive you have access to all this information inside a callback plugin, maybe you can write your own plugin to do what you want. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-retrieve-playbook-name-play-name-and-task-name-in-a-playbook/30373/3 "2019-05-21T18:12:41Z")
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