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		The body of the HTTP request/response to the web service.
client_cert string added in 2.4		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.
client_cert_password string added in 2.5		The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.
content_type string		Sets the "Content-Type" header.
creates path added in 2.4		A filename, when it already exists, this step will be skipped.
dest path		Output the response body to a file.
follow_redirects string added in 2.4	Choices: all none safe ←	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.
force_basic_auth boolean added in 2.5	Choices: no ← yes	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.
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.
http_agent string added in 2.9	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.
maximum_redirection integer added in 2.4	Default: 50	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.
method string	Default: "GET"	The HTTP Method of the request or response.
proxy_password string added in 2.9		The password for proxy_username.
proxy_url string added in 2.9		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.
proxy_use_default_credential boolean added in 2.9	Choices: no ← yes	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.
proxy_username string added in 2.9		The username to use for proxy authentication.
removes path added in 2.4		A filename, when it does not exist, this step will be skipped.
return_content boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no ← yes	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.
status_code list added in 2.4	Default: [200]	A valid, numeric, HTTP status code that signifies success of the request. Can also be comma separated list of status codes.
timeout integer added in 2.4	Default: 30	Specifies how long the request can be pending before it times out (in seconds). Set to 0 to specify an infinite timeout.
url string / required		Supports FTP, HTTP or HTTPS URLs in the form of (ftp|http|https)://host.domain:port/path.
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
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
use_default_credential boolean added in 2.9	Choices: no ← yes	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.
use_proxy boolean added in 2.9	Choices: no yes ←	If no, it will not use the proxy defined in IE for the current user.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

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"}
content_length integer	success	The byte size of the response. Sample: 54447
elapsed float	always	The number of seconds that elapsed while performing the download. Sample: 23.2
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'}
status_code integer	success	The HTTP Status Code of the response. Sample: 200
status_description string	success	A summary of the status. Sample: OK
url string	always	The Target URL. Sample: https://www.ansible.com

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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