ansible.builtin.type_debug filter – show input data type

Note

This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name type_debug. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.type_debug for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Returns the equivalent of Python’s type function.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.type_debug.

Parameter

Comments

Input

any / required

Variable or expression of which you want to determine type.

Examples

# get type of 'myvar'
{{ myvar | type_debug }}

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The Python ‘type’ of the _input provided.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Adrian Likins (@alikins)

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.