community.routeros.list_to_dict filter – Convert a list of arguments to a dictionary

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.routeros collection (version 2.18.0).

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.routeros.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.routeros.list_to_dict.

New in community.routeros 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Convert a list of arguments to a dictionary.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.routeros.list_to_dict.

Parameter

Comments

Input

list / elements=string / required

A list of assignments. Can be the result of the community.routeros.split filter.

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.routeros.list_to_dict(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

require_assignment

boolean

Allows to accept arguments without values when set to false.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

skip_empty_values

boolean

Allows to skip arguments whose value is empty when set to true.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Examples

- name: Convert a list to a dictionary
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    dictionary: "{{ ['foo=bar', 'comment=foo is bar'] | community.routeros.list_to_dict }}"
    # dictionary == {'foo': 'bar', 'comment': 'foo is bar'}

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

dictionary

A dictionary representation of the input data.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

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.