# Problem using fetch and with\_items

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-using-fetch-and-with-items/18192>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 8, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-using-fetch-and-with-items/18192 "2015-05-08T15:59:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Potts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@Jeff\_Potts](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Potts)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-using-fetch-and-with-items/18192/1 "2015-05-08T15:59:24Z")

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I can successfully fetch a file with an explicit src. However, when I try to use with\_items, I am getting a “remote file does not exist” error.

It doesn’t matter whether I use a hard-coded list for with\_items or a variable.

Here is the playbook:

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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:** [May 8, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-using-fetch-and-with-items/18192/2 "2015-05-08T16:11:39Z")

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try  
src={{item}}

$var was removed from ansible several versions back.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Potts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@Jeff\_Potts](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Potts)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-using-fetch-and-with-items/18192/3 "2015-05-08T16:23:20Z")

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That worked, thanks.