community.general.pip_package_info module – Pip package information
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.7).
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
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.pip_package_info
.
Synopsis
Return information about installed pip packages
Aliases: packaging.language.pip_package_info
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
pip >= 20.3b1 (necessary for the
--format
option)The requested pip executables must be installed on the target.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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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, for example Default: |
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
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Support: full This action does not modify state. |
Can run in |
|
Support: N/A This action does not modify state. |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Examples
- name: Just get the list from default pip
community.general.pip_package_info:
- name: Get the facts for default pip, pip2 and pip3.6
community.general.pip_package_info:
clients: ['pip', 'pip2', 'pip3.6']
- name: Get from specific paths (virtualenvs?)
community.general.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 |
Description |
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a dictionary of installed package data Returned: always |
|
A dictionary with each pip client which then contains a list of dicts with python package information Returned: always Sample: |