win_get_url – Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node

Synopsis

  • Downloads files from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to the remote server.
  • The remote server must have direct access to the remote resource.
  • For non-Windows targets, use the get_url module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
checksum
string
added in 2.8
If a checksum is passed to this parameter, the digest of the destination file will be calculated after it is downloaded to ensure its integrity and verify that the transfer completed successfully.
This option cannot be set with checksum_url.
checksum_algorithm
string
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • md5
  • sha1 ←
  • sha256
  • sha384
  • sha512
Specifies the hashing algorithm used when calculating the checksum of the remote and destination file.
checksum_url
string
added in 2.8
Specifies a URL that contains the checksum values for the resource at url.
Like checksum, this is used to verify the integrity of the remote transfer.
This option cannot be set with checksum.
client_cert
string
added in 2.9
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 2.9
The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.
dest
path / required
The location to save the file at the URL.
Be sure to include a filename and extension as appropriate.
follow_redirects
string
added in 2.9
    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
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If yes, will download the file every time and replace the file if the contents change. If no, will only download the file if it does not exist or the remote file has been modified more recently than the local file.
This works by sending an http HEAD request to retrieve last modified time of the requested resource, so for this to work, the remote web server must support HEAD requests.
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
added in 2.4
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 2.9
 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
added in 2.9
This option is not for use with win_get_url and should be ignored.
proxy_password
string
The password for proxy_username.
proxy_url
string
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
The username to use for proxy authentication.
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
The full URL of a file to download.
url_password
string
The password for url_username.

aliases: password
url_username
string
The username to use for authentication.

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 2.4
    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.

Notes

Note

  • If your URL includes an escaped slash character (%2F) this module will convert it to a real slash. This is a result of the behaviour of the System.Uri class as described in the documentation.
  • Since Ansible 2.8, the module will skip reporting a change if the remote checksum is the same as the local local even when force=yes. This is to better align with get_url.

See Also

See also

get_url – Downloads files from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node
The official documentation on the get_url module.
uri – Interacts with webservices
The official documentation on the uri module.
win_uri – Interacts with webservices
The official documentation on the win_uri module.
win_inet_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinINet and Internet Explorer
The official documentation on the win_inet_proxy module.

Examples

- name: Download earthrise.jpg to specified path
  win_get_url:
    url: http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg
    dest: C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg

- name: Download earthrise.jpg to specified path only if modified
  win_get_url:
    url: http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg
    dest: C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg
    force: no

- name: Download earthrise.jpg to specified path through a proxy server.
  win_get_url:
    url: http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg
    dest: C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg
    proxy_url: http://10.0.0.1:8080
    proxy_username: username
    proxy_password: password

- name: Download file from FTP with authentication
  win_get_url:
    url: ftp://server/file.txt
    dest: '%TEMP%\ftp-file.txt'
    url_username: ftp-user
    url_password: ftp-password

- name: Download src with sha256 checksum url
  win_get_url:
    url: http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg
    dest: C:\temp\earthrise.jpg
    checksum_url: http://www.example.com/sha256sum.txt
    checksum_algorithm: sha256
    force: True

- name: Download src with sha256 checksum url
  win_get_url:
    url: http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg
    dest: C:\temp\earthrise.jpg
    checksum: a97e6837f60cec6da4491bab387296bbcd72bdba
    checksum_algorithm: sha1
    force: True

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
checksum_dest
string
success and dest has been downloaded
<algorithm> checksum of the file after the download

Sample:
6e642bb8dd5c2e027bf21dd923337cbb4214f827
checksum_src
string
force=yes or dest did not exist
<algorithm> checksum of the remote resource

Sample:
6e642bb8dd5c2e027bf21dd923337cbb4214f827
dest
string
always
destination file/path

Sample:
C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg
elapsed
float
always
The elapsed seconds between the start of poll and the end of the module.

Sample:
2.1406487
msg
string
always
Error message, or HTTP status message from web-server

Sample:
OK
size
integer
success
size of the dest file

Sample:
1220
status_code
integer
always
HTTP status code

Sample:
200
url
string
always
requested url

Sample:
http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg


Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Paul Durivage (@angstwad)
  • Takeshi Kuramochi (@tksarah)

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