cant use fo query json because of \" in variables - json

Question

I have this result from ansible:
{
"count": 745,
"next": "/api/v2/inventories/xxxx/hosts/?page=160",
"previous": "/api/v2/inventories/xxxx/hosts/?page=14",
"results": [
{
"id": 3932944,
"type": "host",
"url": "/api/v2/hosts/39329/",
"created": "2021-02-16T20:21:58.104406Z",
"modified": "2021-03-16T23:59:28.688226Z",
"name": "machine1",
"description": "imported",
"enabled": true,
"instance_id": "",
"variables": "{\"VirtualMachine\": \"100\", \"CloneFrom\": \"mrzzzzz\", \"BuildingMachine\": \"*\", , \"__DailyCost\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"TimeRate\\\",\\\"cost\\\":{\\\"type\\\":\\\"money\\\",\\\"currencyCode\\\":\\\"dz\\\",\\\"amount\\\":1.274599998125},\\\"basis\\\":{\\\"type\\\":\\\"timeSpan\\\",\\\"unit\\\":\\\"DAYS\\\",\\\"amount\\\":1}}\", \"virtualMachineState\": \"On\", \"vmDescription\": \"testj\"}",
"has_active_failures": false,
"has_inventory_sources": true,
"last_job": 862532,
"last_job_host_summary": 6309369,
},
{
"id": 3932945,
"type": "host",
"url": "/api/v2/hosts/39329/",
"created": "2021-02-16T20:21:58.104406Z",
"modified": "2021-03-16T23:59:28.688226Z",
"name": "machine2",
"description": "imported",
"enabled": true,
"instance_id": "",
"variables": "{\"VirtualMachine\": \"100\", \"CloneFrom\": \"mrzzzzz\", \"BuildingMachine\": \"*\", , \"__DailyCost\": \"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"TimeRate\\\",\\\"cost\\\":{\\\"type\\\":\\\"money\\\",\\\"currencyCode\\\":\\\"dz\\\",\\\"amount\\\":1.274599998125},\\\"basis\\\":{\\\"type\\\":\\\"timeSpan\\\",\\\"unit\\\":\\\"DAYS\\\",\\\"amount\\\":1}}\", \"virtualMachineState\": \"On\", \"vmDescription\": \"testj\"}",
"has_active_failures": false,
"has_inventory_sources": true,
"last_job": 862532,
"last_job_host_summary": 6309369,
},
]
}
I can get the value of results.name when use json_query, but I can't get value of results.varaibles.VirtualMachine for example using json,query because of '"' , so How can I format variables to be a json format , In other world I want someting like :
...
"variables": {
"VirtualMachine": "100",
"CloneFrom": "mrzzzzz",
"BuildingMachine": "*",
"DailyCost": "{"type":"TimeRate","cost":
{"type":"money","currencyCode":"dz","amount":1.274599998125},
"basis":{"type":"timeSpan","unit":"DAYS","amount":1}}",
"virtualMachineState": "On",
"vmDescription": "testj"
}
...
thank for your help at advance.
Update:
I used this Idea posted by #mdaniel (thanks a lot):
{{whatever.results | map(attribute='variables') | map('from_json') | list}}
Iget output that I need, but when I tried to filter like that:
- name: get id, name, hq_os, hq_site and hq_zone
debug:
var: dictresult_format | json_query(jmesquery)
vars:
jmesquery: "[?VirtualMachine: `100`].{From: CloneFrom, description: vmDescription}"
it output nothing :
TASK [task1t : get data from variables*********
Wednesday 17 March 2021 11:28:53 -0400 (0:00:00.049) 0:00:06.842 *******
ok: [hosttower] => {
"dictresult_format | json_query(jmesquery)": ""
}
Can I missed somting, because that "{{whatever.results | map(attribute='variables') | map('from_json') | list}}" return a list not a json?