win_uri – Interacts with webservices
Synopsis
- Interacts with FTP, HTTP and HTTPS web services.
- Supports Digest, Basic and WSSE HTTP authentication mechanisms.
- For non-Windows targets, use the uri module instead.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| body
raw
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The body of the HTTP request/response to the web service.
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| client_cert
string
added in 2.4
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The path to the client certificate (.pfx) that is used for X509 authentication. This path can either be the path to the
pfx on the filesystem or the PowerShell certificate path Cert:\CurrentUser\My\<thumbprint>.
The WinRM connection must be authenticated with
CredSSP or become is used on the task if the certificate file is not password protected.
Other authentication types can set client_cert_password when the cert is password protected.
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| client_cert_password
string
added in 2.5
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The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.
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| content_type
string
|
Sets the "Content-Type" header.
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| creates
path
added in 2.4
|
A filename, when it already exists, this step will be skipped.
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| dest
path
|
Output the response body to a file.
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| follow_redirects
string
added in 2.4
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|
Whether or the module should follow redirects.
all will follow all redirect.
none will not follow any redirect.
safe will follow only "safe" redirects, where "safe" means that the client is only doing a GET or HEAD on the URI to which it is being redirected.
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| force_basic_auth
boolean
added in 2.5
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By default the authentication header is only sent when a webservice responses to an initial request with a 401 status. Since some basic auth services do not properly send a 401, logins will fail.
This option forces the sending of the Basic authentication header upon the original request.
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| headers
dictionary
|
Extra headers to set on the request.
This should be a dictionary where the key is the header name and the value is the value for that header.
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| http_agent
string
added in 2.9
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Default:
"ansible-httpget"
|
Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.
This is set to the User-Agent header on a HTTP request.
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| maximum_redirection
integer
added in 2.4
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Default:
50
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Specify how many times the module will redirect a connection to an alternative URI before the connection fails.
If set to 0 or follow_redirects is set to none, or safe when not doing a GET or HEAD it prevents all redirection.
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| method
string
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Default:
"GET"
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The HTTP Method of the request or response.
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| proxy_password
string
added in 2.9
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The password for proxy_username.
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| proxy_url
string
added in 2.9
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An explicit proxy to use for the request.
By default, the request will use the IE defined proxy unless use_proxy is set to no.
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| proxy_use_default_credential
boolean
added in 2.9
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Uses the current user's credentials when authenticating with a proxy host protected with
NTLM, Kerberos, or Negotiate authentication.
Proxies that use
Basic auth will still require explicit credentials through the proxy_username and proxy_password options.
The module will only have access to the user's credentials if using
become with a password, you are connecting with SSH using a password, or connecting with WinRM using CredSSP or Kerberos with delegation.
If not using become or a different auth method to the ones stated above, there will be no default credentials available and no proxy authentication will occur.
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| proxy_username
string
added in 2.9
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The username to use for proxy authentication.
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| removes
path
added in 2.4
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A filename, when it does not exist, this step will be skipped.
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| return_content
boolean
added in 2.4
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Whether or not to return the body of the response as a "content" key in the dictionary result. If the reported Content-type is "application/json", then the JSON is additionally loaded into a key called json in the dictionary results.
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| status_code
list
added in 2.4
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Default:
[200]
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A valid, numeric, HTTP status code that signifies success of the request.
Can also be comma separated list of status codes.
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| timeout
integer
added in 2.4
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Default:
30
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Specifies how long the request can be pending before it times out (in seconds).
Set to 0 to specify an infinite timeout.
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| url
string / required
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Supports FTP, HTTP or HTTPS URLs in the form of (ftp|http|https)://host.domain:port/path.
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| url_password
string
added in 2.4
|
The password for url_username.
Was originally called password but was changed to url_password in Ansible 2.9.
aliases: password |
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| url_username
string
added in 2.4
|
The username to use for authentication.
Was originally called user but was changed to url_username in Ansible 2.9.
aliases: user, username |
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| use_default_credential
boolean
added in 2.9
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|
Uses the current user's credentials when authenticating with a server protected with
NTLM, Kerberos, or Negotiate authentication.
Sites that use
Basic auth will still require explicit credentials through the url_username and url_password options.
The module will only have access to the user's credentials if using
become with a password, you are connecting with SSH using a password, or connecting with WinRM using CredSSP or Kerberos with delegation.
If not using become or a different auth method to the ones stated above, there will be no default credentials available and no authentication will occur.
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| use_proxy
boolean
added in 2.9
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If no, it will not use the proxy defined in IE for the current user.
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| validate_certs
boolean
added in 2.4
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If
no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
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See Also
See also
- uri – Interacts with webservices
- The official documentation on the uri module.
- win_get_url – Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node
- The official documentation on the win_get_url module.
- win_inet_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinINet and Internet Explorer
- The official documentation on the win_inet_proxy module.
Examples
- name: Perform a GET and Store Output
win_uri:
url: http://example.com/endpoint
register: http_output
# Set a HOST header to hit an internal webserver:
- name: Hit a Specific Host on the Server
win_uri:
url: http://example.com/
method: GET
headers:
host: www.somesite.com
- name: Perform a HEAD on an Endpoint
win_uri:
url: http://www.example.com/
method: HEAD
- name: POST a Body to an Endpoint
win_uri:
url: http://www.somesite.com/
method: POST
body: "{ 'some': 'json' }"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| content
string
|
success and return_content is True |
The raw content of the HTTP response.
Sample:
{"foo": "bar"}
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| content_length
integer
|
success |
The byte size of the response.
Sample:
54447
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| elapsed
float
|
always |
The number of seconds that elapsed while performing the download.
Sample:
23.2
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| json
dictionary
|
success and Content-Type is "application/json" or "application/javascript" and return_content is True |
The json structure returned under content as a dictionary.
Sample:
{'this-is-dependent': 'on the actual return content'}
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| status_code
integer
|
success |
The HTTP Status Code of the response.
Sample:
200
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| status_description
string
|
success |
A summary of the status.
Sample:
OK
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| url
string
|
always |
The Target URL.
Sample:
https://www.ansible.com
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Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Corwin Brown (@blakfeld)
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/win_uri_module.html