community.general.reveal_ansible_type filter – Return input type
Note
This filter plugin 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.reveal_ansible_type.
New in community.general 9.2.0
Synopsis
This filter returns input type.
Input
This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.reveal_ansible_type.
Parameter |
Comments |
|---|---|
Input data. |
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 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
Parameter |
Comments |
|---|---|
Data type aliases. Default: |
Examples
# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode
# -------------------------------------------
# String. AnsibleUnicode.
data: "abc"
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => AnsibleUnicode
# String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
data: "abc"
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
# result => str
# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode.
data: ["a", "b", "c"]
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => list[AnsibleUnicode]
# Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]
# No substitution and no alias. Type of strings is str
# ----------------------------------------------------
# String
result: '{{ "abc" | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => str
# Integer
result: '{{ 123 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => int
# Float
result: '{{ 123.45 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => float
# Boolean
result: '{{ true | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => bool
# List. All items are strings.
result: '{{ ["a", "b", "c"] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => list[str]
# List of dictionaries.
result: '{{ [{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => list[dict]
# Dictionary. All keys are strings. All values are integers.
result: '{{ {"a": 1} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => dict[str, int]
# Dictionary. All keys are strings. All values are integers.
result: '{{ {"a": 1, "b": 2} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
# result => dict[str, int]
# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode or str
# ----------------------------------------
# Dictionary. The keys are integers or strings. All values are strings.
alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
# result => dict[int|str, str]
# Dictionary. All keys are integers. All values are keys.
alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
# result => dict[int, str]
# Dictionary. All keys are strings. Multiple types values.
alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': True, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
# result => dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
# List. Multiple types items.
alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', True, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
# result => list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
Return Value
Key |
Description |
|---|---|
Type of the data. Returned: success |