to_xml

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.utils collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.utils

Added in version 2.0.2.

Synopsis

• This plugin converts the JSON string to XML.
• Using the parameters below- C(data|ansible.utils.to_xml)

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
data dict required		The input JSON string . This option represents the JSON value that is passed to the filter plugin in pipe format. For example C(config_data|ansible.utils.to_xml), in this case C(config_data) represents this option.
engine str	Default: xmltodict	Conversion library to use within the filter plugin.
full_document bool	Default: True	The option to disable xml declaration(defaults to True).
indent str	Default: tabs Choices: tabs, spaces	The character used for indentation (defaults to tabs).
indent_width int	Default: 4	The number of spaces to use to indent output data. This option is only used when indent="spaces", otherwise it is ignored. When indent="tabs", a single tab is always used for indentation.

Examples

#### Simple examples with out any engine. plugin will use default value as xmltodict

- name: Define JSON data
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      data:
          "interface-configurations":
              "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"
              "interface-configuration":
- debug:
      msg: "{{ data | ansible.utils.to_xml }}"

# TASK [Define JSON data ] *************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:5
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": {
#             "interface-configurations": {
#                 "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
#                 "interface-configuration": null
#             }
#         }
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
#
# TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:13
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<interface-configurations xmlns=\"http://cisco.com/ns/yang/
#     Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg\">\n\t<interface-configuration></interface-configuration>\n</interface-configurations>"
# }

#### example2 with engine=xmltodict

- name: Define JSON data
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      data:
          "interface-configurations":
              "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"
              "interface-configuration":
- debug:
      msg: "{{ data | ansible.utils.to_xml('xmltodict') }}"

# TASK [Define JSON data ] *************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:5
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": {
#             "interface-configurations": {
#                 "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
#                 "interface-configuration": null
#             }
#         }
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
# TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:13
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<interface-configurations xmlns=\"http://cisco.com/ns/yang/
#     Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg\">\n\t<interface-configuration></interface-configuration>\n</interface-configurations>"
# }

#### example3 with indent='spaces' and indent_width=2

- name: Define JSON data
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      data:
          "interface-configurations":
              "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"
              "interface-configuration":
- debug:
      msg: "{{ data | ansible.utils.to_xml(indent='spaces', indent_width=2) }}"

# TASK [Define JSON data ] *************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:5
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": {
#             "interface-configurations": {
#                 "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
#                 "interface-configuration": null
#             }
#         }
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
# TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_utils_json_to_xml.yaml:13
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<interface-configurations xmlns=\"http://cisco.com/ns/yang/
#     Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg\">\n  <interface-configuration></interface-configuration>\n</interface-configurations>"
# }

Authors

• Ashwini Mhatre (@amhatre)