post elasticsearch index mapping with ansible

stored-query.mapping.json

---
- uri:
    url: http://localhost:9200/stored-query
    method: HEAD
    status_code: 200,404
  register: index_status
- debug: var=index_status
- debug: msg="{{ lookup('file','stored-query.mapping.json') }}"
- uri:
    url: http://localhost:9200/stored-query
    method: PUT
    body: "{{ lookup('file','stored-query.mapping.json') }}"
    HEADER_Content-Type: "application/json"
    body_format: json
    register: index_status
  when: index_status.status == 404
- debug: var=index_status

Don't forget use body_format: json when sending http request with json