This is hard for me to follow where you have defined these variables, how about sharing everything in a gist?
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, RobL <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > I'm trying to use the template module to create a JSON file. > > I'm hitting an issue where some of my double-quotes are converting to > single quotes. Is there a way to ensure that Jinja2 won't do this > conversion? Notice how output.json has double-quotes for the first > variable but single-quotes for the second variable. I've tried various > ways of quoting, both in the template and in values.json. > > Sample hitting the issue: > > output.json: > { > "keepDoubleQuotes": [ {"name": "value"} ], > "loseDoubleQuotes": [{'name2': 'value2nestedValue'}] > } > > test/tasks/main.yml: > --- > - name: dbg > debug: var=keepDoubleQuotes > > - name: dbg2 > debug: var=loseDoubleQuotes > > - name: template > template: src="test.j2" > dest="/var/tmp/output.json" > > test/templates/test.j2: > { > "keepDoubleQuotes": {{ keepDoubleQuotes}}, > "loseDoubleQuotes": {{ loseDoubleQuotes}} > } > > test/values.json: > { > keepDoubleQuotes: '[ > {"name": "value"} > ]', > "nestedVar": "nestedValue", > loseDoubleQuotes: '[ > { "name2": "value2{{ nestedVar }}" } > ]', > } > > command line: > ansible-playbook -e "@test/values.json" -vvvv ./test.yml > > Output: > TASK: [test | dbg] > ************************************************************ > ok: [...] => { > "item": "", > "keepDoubleQuotes": [ > { > "name": "value" > } > ] > } > > TASK: [test | dbg2] > *********************************************************** > ok: [...] => { > "item": "", > "loseDoubleQuotes": [ > { > "name2": "value2nestedValue" > } > ] > } > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1ee39758-80a7-48fe-a2ca-059b11a6c000%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1ee39758-80a7-48fe-a2ca-059b11a6c000%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwrCwgvxFFo8foSZW%3DE7r%3DER_gGzDqChhCGfoiHKkCisQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
