community.general.hashids_decode filter – Decodes a sequence of numbers from a YouTube-like hash

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.hashids_decode.

New in community.general 3.0.0

Synopsis

  • Decodes a sequence of numbers from a YouTube-like hash.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.hashids_decode.

Parameter

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Input

string / required

A YouTube-like hash.

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.general.hashids_decode(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

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alphabet

list / elements=string

String of 16 or more unique characters to produce a hash.

min_length

integer

Minimum length of hash produced.

salt

string

String to use as salt when hashing.

Default: "excel"

Examples

- name: Convert hash to list of integers
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ 'o2fXhV' | community.general.hashids_decode }}"
    # Produces: [1, 2, 3]

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=integer

A list of integers.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Andrew Pantuso (@Ajpantuso)

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.