community.general.shelvefile lookup – read keys from Python shelve file

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 4.8.3).

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.shelvefile.

Synopsis

  • Read keys from Python shelve file.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

_terms

string

sets of key value pairs of parameters

file

string / required

path to shelve file

key

string / required

key to query

Examples

- name: retrieve a string value corresponding to a key inside a Python shelve file
  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('community.general.shelvefile', 'file=path_to_some_shelve_file.db key=key_to_retrieve') }}

Return Values

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

Key

Description

_list

list / elements=string

value(s) of key(s) in shelve file(s)

Returned: success

Authors

  • Alejandro Guirao

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.