Ansible filter to extract specific keys from a dict into another dict - dictionary

Question

Using the nios lookup modules, I can get a list of dicts of records
- set_fact:
records: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'record:a', filter={'name~': 'abc.com'}) }}"
This returns something like
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.4
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: def.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.5
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: ghi.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.6
view: default
I want to convert this into a dict of dicts of {name}: a: {ipv4addr}
abc.com:
a: 1.2.3.4
def.abc.com:
a: 1.2.3.5
ghi.abc.com:
a: 1.2.3.6
So that I can then run a similar lookup to get other record types (e.g. cname) and combine them into the same dict. The items2dict filter seems halfway there, but I want the added a: key underneath.

Answer 1

If you just wanted a dictionary that maps name to an ipv4 address, like:
{
"abc.com": "1.2.3.4",
...
}
You could use a simple json_query expression. Take a look at the
set_fact task in the following example:
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
vars:
data:
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.4
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: def.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.5
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: ghi.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.6
view: default
tasks:
- set_fact:
name_map: "{{ dict(data|json_query('[].[name, ipv4addr]')) }}"
- debug:
var: name_map
Running that playbook will output:
PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************
TASK [set_fact] ****************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"name_map": {
"abc.com": "1.2.3.4",
"def.abc.com": "1.2.3.5",
"ghi.abc.com": "1.2.3.6"
}
}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
You could use a similar structure to extract other data (e.g. cname records). This would get you dictionary per type of data, rather than merging everything together in a single dictionary as you've requested, but this might end up being easier to work with.
To get exactly the structure you want, you can use set_fact in a loop, like this:
- hosts: localhost
vars:
data:
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.4
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: def.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.5
view: default
- ref: record:a/someBase64:name/view
name: ghi.abc.com
ipv4addr: 1.2.3.6
view: default
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- set_fact:
name_map: "{{ name_map|combine({item.name: {'a': item.ipv4addr}}) }}"
loop: "{{ data }}"
vars:
name_map: {}
- debug:
var: name_map
This will produce:
PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************
TASK [set_fact] ****************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item={'ref': 'record:a/someBase64:name/view', 'name': 'abc.com', 'ipv4addr': '1.2.3.4', 'view': 'default'})
ok: [localhost] => (item={'ref': 'record:a/someBase64:name/view', 'name': 'def.abc.com', 'ipv4addr': '1.2.3.5', 'view': 'default'})
ok: [localhost] => (item={'ref': 'record:a/someBase64:name/view', 'name': 'ghi.abc.com', 'ipv4addr': '1.2.3.6', 'view': 'default'})
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"name_map": {
"abc.com": {
"a": "1.2.3.4"
},
"def.abc.com": {
"a": "1.2.3.5"
},
"ghi.abc.com": {
"a": "1.2.3.6"
}
}
}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0