ansible.netcommon.parse_xml filter – The parse_xml filter plugin.

Note

This filter plugin is part of the ansible.netcommon collection (version 7.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.netcommon.parse_xml.

New in ansible.netcommon 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This filter will load the spec file and pass the command output through it, returning JSON output.

  • The YAML spec file defines how to parse the CLI output.

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the filter. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following example: input | ansible.netcommon.parse_xml(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

output

any / required

This source xml on which parse_xml invokes.

tmpl

string

The spec file should be valid formatted YAML. It defines how to parse the XML output and return JSON data.

For example xml_data | ansible.netcommon.parse_xml(template.yml), in this case xml_data represents xml data option.

Notes

Note

  • To convert the XML output of a network device command into structured JSON output.

Examples

# Using parse_xml

# example_output.xml

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <rpc-reply message-id="urn:uuid:0cadb4e8-5bba-47f4-986e-72906227007f">
#   <data>
#           <ntp>
#                   <nodes>
#                           <node>
#                                   <node>0/0/CPU0</node>
#                                   <associations>
#                                           <is-ntp-enabled>true</is-ntp-enabled>
#                                           <sys-leap>ntp-leap-no-warning</sys-leap>
#                                           <peer-summary-info>
#                                                   <peer-info-common>
#                                                           <host-mode>ntp-mode-client</host-mode>
#                                                           <is-configured>true</is-configured>
#                                                           <address>10.1.1.1</address>
#                                                           <reachability>0</reachability>
#                                                   </peer-info-common>
#                                                   <time-since>-1</time-since>
#                                           </peer-summary-info>
#                                           <peer-summary-info>
#                                                   <peer-info-common>
#                                                           <host-mode>ntp-mode-client</host-mode>
#                                                           <is-configured>true</is-configured>
#                                                           <address>172.16.252.29</address>
#                                                           <reachability>255</reachability>
#                                                   </peer-info-common>
#                                                   <time-since>991</time-since>
#                                           </peer-summary-info>
#                                   </associations>
#                           </node>
#                   </nodes>
#           </ntp>
#   </data>
# </rpc-reply>

# parse_xml.yml

# ---
# vars:
#   ntp_peers:
#     address: "{{ item.address }}"
#     reachability: "{{ item.reachability}}"
# keys:
#   result:
#     value: "{{ ntp_peers }}"
#     top: data/ntp/nodes/node/associations
#     items:
#       address: peer-summary-info/peer-info-common/address
#       reachability: peer-summary-info/peer-info-common/reachability


- name: Facts setup
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    xml: "{{ lookup('file', 'example_output.xml') }}"

- name: Parse xml invocation
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ xml | ansible.netcommon.parse_xml('parse_xml.yml') }}"


# Task Output
# -----------
#
# TASK [set xml Data]
# ok: [host] => changed=false
#   ansible_facts:
#     xml: |-
#       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
#       <rpc-reply message-id="urn:uuid:0cadb4e8-5bba-47f4-986e-72906227007f">
#               <data>
#                       <ntp>
#                               <nodes>
#                                       <node>
#                                               <node>0/0/CPU0</node>
#                                               <associations>
#                                                       <is-ntp-enabled>true</is-ntp-enabled>
#                                                       <sys-leap>ntp-leap-no-warning</sys-leap>
#                                                       <peer-summary-info>
#                                                               <peer-info-common>
#                                                                       <host-mode>ntp-mode-client</host-mode>
#                                                                       <is-configured>true</is-configured>
#                                                                       <address>10.1.1.1</address>
#                                                                       <reachability>0</reachability>
#                                                               </peer-info-common>
#                                                               <time-since>-1</time-since>
#                                                       </peer-summary-info>
#                                                       <peer-summary-info>
#                                                               <peer-info-common>
#                                                                       <host-mode>ntp-mode-client</host-mode>
#                                                                       <is-configured>true</is-configured>
#                                                                       <address>172.16.252.29</address>
#                                                                       <reachability>255</reachability>
#                                                               </peer-info-common>
#                                                               <time-since>991</time-since>
#                                                       </peer-summary-info>
#                                               </associations>
#                                       </node>
#                               </nodes>
#                       </ntp>
#               </data>
#       </rpc-reply>

# TASK [Parse Data]
# ok: [host] => changed=false
#   ansible_facts:
#     output:
#       result:
#       - address:
#         - 10.1.1.1
#         - 172.16.252.29
#         reachability:
#         - '0'
#         - '255'

Authors

  • Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.