community.general.cisco_webex module – Send a message to a Cisco Webex Teams Room or Individual

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.cisco_webex.

Synopsis

  • Send a message to a Cisco Webex Teams Room or Individual with options to control the formatting.

Aliases: cisco_spark

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

msg

string / required

The message you would like to send.

msg_type

aliases: message_type

string

Specifies how you would like the message formatted.

Choices:

  • "text" ← (default)

  • "markdown"

personal_token

aliases: token

string / required

Your personal access token required to validate the Webex Teams API.

recipient_id

string / required

The unique identifier associated with the supplied recipient_type.

recipient_type

string / required

The request parameter you would like to send the message to.

Messages can be sent to either a room or individual (by ID or E-Mail).

Choices:

  • "roomId"

  • "toPersonEmail"

  • "toPersonId"

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

Examples

# Note: The following examples assume a variable file has been imported
# that contains the appropriate information.

- name: Cisco Webex Teams - Markdown Message to a Room
  community.general.cisco_webex:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    msg_type: markdown
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    msg: "**Cisco Webex Teams Ansible Module - Room Message in Markdown**"

- name: Cisco Webex Teams - Text Message to a Room
  community.general.cisco_webex:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    msg_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    msg: "Cisco Webex Teams Ansible Module - Room Message in Text"

- name: Cisco Webex Teams - Text Message by an Individuals ID
  community.general.cisco_webex:
    recipient_type: toPersonId
    recipient_id: "{{ person_id}}"
    msg_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    msg: "Cisco Webex Teams Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by ID"

- name: Cisco Webex Teams - Text Message by an Individuals E-Mail Address
  community.general.cisco_webex:
    recipient_type: toPersonEmail
    recipient_id: "{{ person_email }}"
    msg_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    msg: "Cisco Webex Teams Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by E-Mail"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

message

string

The Response Message returned by the Webex Teams API.

Full Response Code explanations can be found at https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/basics.

Returned: always

Sample: "OK (585 bytes)"

status_code

integer

The Response Code returned by the Webex Teams API.

Full Response Code explanations can be found at https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/basics.

Returned: always

Sample: 200

Authors

  • Drew Rusell (@drew-russell)