pip_package_info – pip package information¶
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis¶
Return information about installed pip packages
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
The requested pip executables must be installed on the target.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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clients
list
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Default: ["pip"]
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A list of the pip executables that will be used to get the packages. They can be supplied with the full path or just the executable name, i.e `pip3.7`.
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Examples¶
- name: Just get the list from default pip
pip_package_info:
- name: get the facts for default pip, pip2 and pip3.6
pip_package_info:
clients: ['pip', 'pip2', 'pip3.6']
- name: get from specific paths (virtualenvs?)
pip_package_info:
clients: '/home/me/projec42/python/pip3.5'
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |
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packages
dictionary
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always |
a dictionary of installed package data
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python
dictionary
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always |
A dictionary with each pip client which then contains a list of dicts with python package information
Sample:
{'packages': {'pip': {'Babel': [{'name': 'Babel', 'source': 'pip', 'version': '2.6.0'}], 'Flask': [{'name': 'Flask', 'source': 'pip', 'version': '1.0.2'}], 'Flask-SQLAlchemy': [{'name': 'Flask-SQLAlchemy', 'source': 'pip', 'version': '2.3.2'}], 'Jinja2': [{'name': 'Jinja2', 'source': 'pip', 'version': '2.10'}]}}}
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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]