Ansible template error while templating string : unexpected char '@' in email

Question

I'm using Ansible to get a list of user emails from an API and I want to loop over them.

This is the json response I get from the API:

"users": [
{
    "email": "email1@email.com",
    "id": 1,
    "is_admin": true
},
{
    "email": "email2@email.com",
    "id": 2,
    "is_admin": false
},
]

edit: the task after that which I need the email for:

- name: Send emails
      register: result
      uri:
        url: http://api
        method: GET
        body_format: json
        return_content: yes
        body:
          email: "{{ item.email }}"
          scope: SCOPE
      loop: "{{ users.json['users'] }}"

- name: Print result
  debug:
    var: result

the error I get:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "template error while templating string: unexpected char '@' at 16. String: {{ email@email.com }}"}

If I use email: item.email the json request body will be "body": {"email": "item.email"} instead of the email value

How Can I get the full email of each user?

larsks · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-25T13:35:29.943

You need to remove the {{ and }} markers from your var: directive. The value of var is implicitly evaluated in a Jinja template context so you don't need those markers:

- name: Print returned json dictionary
  debug:
    var: item.email
  loop: "{{ users.json['users'] }}"

(Updated based on edits to your question)

The example you've shown doesn't generate the error you're asking about. Here's a complete reproducer with just the uri changed:

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    users:
      json:
        users:
          - email: email1@email.com
            id: 1
            is_admin: true
          - email: email2@email.com
            id: 2
            is_admin: false

  tasks:
    - name: Send emails
      register: result
      uri:
        url: https://eny1tdcqj6ghp.x.pipedream.net
        method: GET
        body_format: json
        return_content: true
        body:
          email: "{{ item.email }}"
          scope: SCOPE
      loop: "{{ users.json['users'] }}"

This runs without errors (although note that I'm suspicious about the use of a GET request with a JSON body; typically you would expect that to be a POST request).

You can see the result of running this playbook here, which shows that the values being sent in the request are exactly what we expect from the data.

I just tried this, but when I try to use the item.email in another API request it ends up looking like this: ` "body": {"email": "item.email" } ` instead of getting the actual email — RabbitG, Mar 25 '22 at 13:16
My mistake @larsks, I didn't explain how I will use the item.email well. I edited the post to fix that — RabbitG, Mar 25 '22 at 13:27

Ansible template error while templating string : unexpected char '@' in email

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