Ansible: Get Particular value from JSON - json

Question

I am getting following output in Ansible JSON Format and need to fetch Request ID from it please help
ok: [localhost] => {
"op.content": {
"_links": {
"self": [
{
"href": "url123"
}
]
},
"entries": [
{
"_links": {
"self": [
{
"href": "url456"
}
]
},
"values": {
"Request ID": "abc|abc",
"Status": "Assigned"
}
}
]
}
}

Answer 1

You can use the json_query filter to get the Request ID value of your JSON object. Here is an example of how you could parse it. In my example, I am getting the JSON object from a file, and storing it in a variable called op_request. On the json_query task, take notice of how you can escape a key that has a dot (.) inside:
---
- name: Get "Request ID" from JSON
hosts: all
connection: local
gather_facts: no
vars_files:
- ./secret.yml
vars:
op_content_file: ./files/op_content.json
tasks:
- name: Read JSON file
set_fact:
op_content: '{{ lookup("file", op_content_file) }}'
- name: Get RequestID from op_content variable
set_fact:
request_id: "{{ op_content | json_query('\"op.content\".entries[0].values.\"Request ID\"') }}"
I hope it helps