url – return contents from URL

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Returns the content of the URL requested to be used as data in play.

Parameters

Examples

- name: url lookup splits lines by default
  debug: msg="{{item}}"
  loop: "{{ lookup('url', 'https://github.com/gremlin.keys', wantlist=True) }}"

- name: display ip ranges
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('url', 'https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json', split_lines=False) }}"

- name: url lookup using authentication
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('url', 'https://some.private.site.com/file.txt', username='bob', password='hunter2') }}"

Return Values

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

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Brian Coca (@bcoca)