Ansible pretty print json - json

Question

when I'm running my playbook I get the debug output in the correct json format I would want it
"ansible_facts": {
"routes": [
{
"subnet": "10.0.0.0/24"
},
{
"subnet": "10.0.1.0/24"
}
]
},
but when I export it to a file using the local_action directive it displays like this
[{"subnet": "10.0.0.0/24"}, {"subnet": "10.0.1.0/24"}
Is there any working pretty print module or in Ansible which would export my file in the same way as I see it in the debug messages?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Not exactly the output you get on screen, but you could use a template task to print the variable, after passing it through a to_nice_json filter. Example:
---
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
vars:
my_ansible_facts:
routes:
- subnet: 10.0.0.0/24
- subnet: 10.0.1.0/24
tasks:
- template: src=nice_yaml_filter.j2 dest=/tmp/nice_yaml_filter.out
Please note that i am not using the same variable as you are, just a my_ansible_facts variable that i populated.
And the template file's contents, nice_yaml_filter.j2:
{{ my_ansible_facts | to_nice_json }}
Result:
[http_offline#greenhat-32 ANSIBLE_TESTS]$ cat /tmp/nice_yaml_filter.out
{
"routes": [
{
"subnet": "10.0.0.0/24"
},
{
"subnet": "10.0.1.0/24"
}
]
}[http_offline#greenhat-32 ANSIBLE_TESTS]$
cheers