Curl request to ansible playbook

Question

Sample curl request.

curl -X POST \
  --data '"test connection"' \
  -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic asdfasdf' \
  dns.com/end

Now, I'd like to send exactly the same message using curl ansible playbook.

---
- name: "Send test"
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Send test
      uri:
        url: dns.com/end
        method: POST
        src: '"test connection"'
        body_format: json
        headers:
          Content-type: "application/json"
          Authorization: "Basic asdfasdf"

I'm getting an error.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '20 at 23:29

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You should be using the body parameter instead of src. Also, the header should be Content-Type instead of Content-type.

answered Mar 01 '20 at 23:29

d4nyll

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 05:51

Just to add src is used when you want to submit the data from a file. Solution will look something like

tasks:
    - name: Send test
      uri:
        url: dns.com/end
        method: POST
        body: "test connection"
        headers:
          Content-Type: "application/json"
          Authorization: "Basic asdfasdf"

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 05:52

0

You have mentioned body format as json and you are not passing any body to it. You body.json file should contain something like this:

{
"name": "test connection"
}

and also you can mention status_code=201 for POST method.

answered Mar 02 '20 at 05:52

Sakar Mehra

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/7487892/3966682 - a string is also valid JSON. – d4nyll Mar 02 '20 at 18:00

Curl request to ansible playbook

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