How to have a space in a variable from a JSON payload returned by uri module

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Im using the uri module to call a REST endpoint but the JSON structure returns contains a space which im not sure how to escape.

First the call i make and register:

  • name: Get subnet information (DNS, gateway, netmask etc.)
    uri:
    url: “{{ phpipam_url }}/subnets/7/”
    method: GET
    headers:
    token: “{{ ipam_login.json.data.token }}”
    status_code: 200
    register: subnet_info

subnet_info then contains the JSON payload:

“json”: {
“code”: 200,
“data”: {
“DNSrecords”: “1”,
“DNSrecursive”: “1”,
“allowRequests”: “1”,
“calculation”: {
“Broadcast”: “192.168.111.255”,
“IP address”: “/”,
“Max host IP”: “192.168.111.254”,
“Min host IP”: “192.168.111.1”,
“Network”: “192.168.111.0”,
“Number of hosts”: 254,
“Subnet Class”: “private C”,
“Subnet bitmask”: “24”,
“Subnet netmask”: “255.255.255.0”,
“Subnet wildcard”: “0.0.0.255”,
“Type”: “IPv4”

…

what i am after here is the Subnet netmask in the data.calculation but when i reference it like this:

“‘{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}’”

or
‘{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}’

or
“{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}”

i get the following error:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
“failed”: true,
“msg”: “template error while templating string: expected token ‘end of print statement’, got ‘Netmask’. String: ‘{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation.Subnet Netmask }}’”
}

how can i get to that JSON data that contains a space and reference that as a variable?

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You can't use the dot notation when there are spaces, use square brackets instead.

"{{ subnet_info.json.data.calculation['Subnet netmask'] }}"