When working with the Rundeck key storage API you have a limited set of calls to work the tree with. I had a use case where I need to clear out a given path before syncing. This recursive ansible task walks the Rundeck key storag tree and deletes all items. Ansible will complain loudly about having to reuse the item loop_var, but you can safely …

DeleteKeyStorageItems.yml

- name: Calling out current path
  debug:
    msg: "Deleting path: {{ deleting_storage_path }}"

- name: Get path content
  vars:
    query_uri: "/api/{{ rundeck_api_version }}/storage/{{ deleting_storage_path }}/"
  uri:
    url: "{{ rundeck_url + (query_uri | urlencode) }}"
    method: GET
    headers:
      X-Rundeck-Auth-Token: "{{ rundeck_token }}"
    status_code:
      - 200
  register: deleting_storage_result

- name: Delete items in current folder
  when: item.type != "directory"
  vars:
    query_uri: "/api/{{ rundeck_api_version }}/storage/{{ item.path }}/"
  uri:
    url: "{{ rundeck_url + (query_uri | urlencode) }}"
    method: DELETE
    headers:
      X-Rundeck-Auth-Token: "{{ rundeck_token }}"
    status_code:
      - 204
  loop: "{{ deleting_storage_result.json.resources }}"

- name: Recurse into every directory
  when: item.type == "directory"
  vars:
    deleting_storage_path: "{{ item.path }}"
  include_tasks: DeleteKeyStorageItems.yml
  loop: "{{ deleting_storage_result.json.resources }}"

playbook.yml

- name: "Delete Rundeck Key Storage trees"
  hosts: localhost
  vars:
    rundeck_key_storage_path: "keys/delete_root_path"
    rundeck_api_version: "45"
    rundeck_url: "https://rundeck.example.com:8080"
    rundeck_token: "<some rundeck token with key storage or admin access>"

  tasks:
    # Note! Recursive function
    - name: "Clean out Rundeck key storage path"
      vars:
        deleting_storage_path: "{{ rundeck_key_storage_path }}"
      include_tasks: DeleteKeyStorageItems.yml