URI modul / json body / variable with "-" returned

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Hi,

I’m using the URI module with a REST/json API. First I’m logging on, to get a token, wich I want to use in further requests. Its seems that the returnded token contains a “-” (minus sign) in its key name. I know that “-” ist not a valide ansible variable. And this seems to be a problem:

  • name: REST logon
    uri: url=“http://XXXXXXX/rest/logon” method=“POST” HEADER_Content-Type=“application/json” user=“XXXXXX” password=“XXXXXX”
    register: logon

  • debug: msg=“{{ logon.json.Dcnm-Token }}”

$ ansible-playbook -v play.yml
PLAY [test] *******************************************************************

TASK: [REST logon] ************************************************************
ok: [XXXXXXX] => {“changed”: false, “content_length”: “61”, “content_type”: “application/json”, “date”: “Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:46:54 GMT”, “json”: {“Dcnm-Token”: “/isIApYCIM12Ms50gfjlX/ppLkNeuCp1wZHKQKHB2N8=”}, “redirected”: false, “server”: “Apache”, “status”: 200}

TASK: [debug msg=“{{logon.json.Dcnm-Token}}”] *********************************
fatal: [XXXXXX] => unable to look up a name or access an attribute in template string

In other places (i.e. facts) “-” is convertet to “_”. This seems not to be the case here (ansible 1.4.4). Are there any options?

Thanks, Sascha.

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Use array syntax:

  • debug: msg=“{{ logon.json[‘Dcnm-Token’] }}”
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Thanks, this did the trick. Sascha.