# Trying run playbook on fortigate firewalls, getting api error

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**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-run-playbook-on-fortigate-firewalls-getting-api-error/8304 "2024-09-06T19:46:39Z")\
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Hi Experts,

i am new to anisble, i am trying to run playbook against fortigate firewall to get the list of policies which are having zero hits.

ansible - 2.17.1  
python 2.11.9

Below mentioned are my host file and playbook, when i run it i am getting error  
fatal: [FW1]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “unable to load API plugin for platform type fortinet.fortios”}

[fortigates]  
FW1 ansible\_host=10.10.10.10 ansible\_user=“test” ansible\_password=“Aa123123”

- hosts: FW1  
connection: httpapi  
vars:  
ansible\_httpapi\_use\_ssl: yes  
ansible\_httpapi\_validate\_certs: no  
ansible\_network\_os: fortinet.fortios  
tasks: