Ansible 'uri' module with multipart/mixed?

Question

I'm trying to use the Ansible uri module to replicate the below curl statement, but I'm getting nowhere fast.

Is multipart/mixed supported, and if so how. Any thoughts?

curl "http://server_address" \
     -X POST \ 
     -H "Auth: blahblahblah" \ 
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;" \
     -F "request_payload=@pay_file.xml" \ 
     -F "workbook=@file.twb"

Answer 1

Your request actually seems contradictory, as pointed by the cURL documentation:

-F, --form <name=content>

(HTTP SMTP IMAP) For HTTP protocol family, this lets curl emulate a filled-in form in which a user has pressed the submit button. This causes curl to POST data using the Content-Type multipart/form-data according to RFC 2388.

^{Source: https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html#-F, emphasis mine}

So I guess you don't really end up with a Content-Type: multipart/mixed.

So from what it seems here is what you are looking at:

- uri:
    url: http://example.org
    ## -X POST
    method: POST     
    ## -H "Auth: blahblahblah"                                  
    url_username: some_user
    url_password: some_password
    ## You might also need this one
    # force_basic_auth: true
    ## Content-type as forced by cURL when using -F
    body_format: form-multipart
    body:
      ## -F "request_payload=@pay_file.xml"
      request_payload: 
        content: "{{ lookup('file', 'pay_file.xml') }}"
        filename: pay_file.xml
        mime_type: application/xml
      ## -F "workbook=@file.twb"
      workbook: 
        content: "{{ lookup('file', 'file.twb') }}"
        filename: file.twb
        mime_type: application/twb

Also see:

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/uri_module.html#parameter-force_basic_auth
• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/uri_module.html#parameters
• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/uri_module.html#examples