How to convert a string to dict in Ansible?

I want to convert the simple output of python, and I tried to follow the post here.
But it doesn't seem to work in my sample code. data is a string coming from the output of a shell task.

How do I make minio_list1['test'] legitimate?

---
- name: data test hosts: localhost vars: data: "test: something" tasks: - name: get the list set_fact: minio_list1: "{{ minio_list1 | default({}) | combine ( { item.split(':')[0]: item.split(':')[1] } ) }}" with_items: - data - name: print debug: msg: "{{ minio_list1 }}" - name: print debug: msg: "{{ minio_list1['test'] }}"

1 Answer

Since test: something is a valid YAML snippet, why not using the YAML capabilities of Ansible, and so the filter from_yaml?

Given the playbook:

- hosts: localhost gather_facts: no vars: data: "test: something" tasks: - set_fact: minio_list1: "{{ data | from_yaml }}" - debug: var: minio_list1['test'] # or minio_list1.test

This yields:

TASK [set_fact] *************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [debug] ****************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => minio_list1['test']: something