https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68626025/ansible-tower-extra-variables-regex

gistfile1.txt

#### 1 - var is a dict inside the playbook #####
$ cat test.yml 

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  vars:
    impactedEntities: {"type":"HOST","name":"xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx","entity":"HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5"}

  tasks:
      - debug:
          var: impactedEntities
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ impactedEntities | type_debug }}"
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ impactedEntities.name }}"
          

$ ansible-playbook test.yml 

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "impactedEntities": {
        "entity": "HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5",
        "name": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx",
        "type": "HOST"
    }
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "dict"
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx"
}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   


##### 2 - var is a dict passed as pure json in extra vars
$ cat test1.yml 

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
      - debug:
          var: impactedEntities
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ impactedEntities | type_debug }}"
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ impactedEntities.name }}"


$ ansible-playbook test1.yml -e '{"impactedEntities":{"type":"HOST","name":"xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx","entity":"HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5"}}'

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "impactedEntities": {
        "entity": "HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5",
        "name": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx",
        "type": "HOST"
    }
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "dict"
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx"
}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

#### 3- var is passed as a string in extra var but representing a json dict
$ cat test2.yml 

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
      - debug:
          var: impactedEntities
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ impactedEntities | type_debug }}"
      - debug:
          msg: "{{ (impactedEntities | from_json).name }}"


$ ansible-playbook test2.yml -e 'impactedEntities={"type":"HOST","name":"xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx","entity":"HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5"}'

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "impactedEntities": {
        "entity": "HOST-053BD6D9938F01C5",
        "name": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx",
        "type": "HOST"
    }
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "str"
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxx.xx"
}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0 


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