# Unable to get json/yaml file to parse appropriately in jinja2

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-get-json-yaml-file-to-parse-appropriately-in-jinja2/21500>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-get-json-yaml-file-to-parse-appropriately-in-jinja2/21500 "2016-05-20T01:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_Brown1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bob\_Brown1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Brown1)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-get-json-yaml-file-to-parse-appropriately-in-jinja2/21500/1 "2016-05-20T01:01:55Z")

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I have a structure that looks like this:

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Brown1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bob\_Brown1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Brown1)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-get-json-yaml-file-to-parse-appropriately-in-jinja2/21500/2 "2016-05-20T04:35:17Z")

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Aha! Thanks Benjamin for letting me know what’s wrong.

{% for item in {{ Volumes }} %}

should be

{% for item in Volumes %}