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@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ Square root, or the 5th::
Note that jinja2 already provides some like abs() and round().
.. _query_filter:
.. json_query_filter:
Query json filter
JSON Query Filter
-----------------
Sometimes you end up with complex data structure in json format and you need to extract only a small set of data within it. **json_query** filter let you query a complexe json structure in order to iterate over it using a with_items for example.
Sometimes you end up with complex data structure in JSON format and you need to extract only a small set of data within it. A **json_query** filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a with_items structure.
.. note:: This filter is build upon **jmespath**. You can use the same syntax and have a look at this `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
.. note:: This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
Now, let's take the following data structure::
@ -246,31 +246,31 @@ Now, let's take the following data structure::
- name: "lib2"
target: "cluster2"
You wan't to extract all clusters from this structure. you can do this using the following query::
To extract all clusters from this structure, you can use the following query::
- name: "Display all clusters name"
- name: "Display all cluster names"
debug: var=item
with_items: "{{domain_definition|json_query('domain.cluster[*].name')}}"
Same things for all server's name::
Same things for all server names::
- name: "Display all servers name"
- name: "Display all server names"
debug: var=item
with_items: "{{domain_definition|json_query('domain.server[*].name')}}"
Another little example where we only show ports from cluster1::
This example shows ports from cluster1::
- name: "Display all servers name from cluster1"
- name: "Display all server names from cluster1"
debug: var=item
with_items: "{{domain_definition|json_query(server_name_cluster1_query)}}"
vars:
server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster1'].port"
.. note:: We must use a variable in order to use quote in our query.
.. note:: You must use a variable in order to use quotes in your query.
And a last example where we get a hash map with port and name of cluster's members::
In this example, we get a hash map with all ports and names of a cluster::
- name: "Display all servers port and name from cluster1"
- name: "Display all server ports and names from cluster1"
debug: var=item
with_items: "{{domain_definition|json_query(server_name_cluster1_query)}}"
vars: