ansible.windows.win_uri module – Interacts with webservices

Note

This module is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 2.5.0).

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 ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_uri.

Synopsis

• Interacts with FTP, HTTP and HTTPS web services.

• Supports Digest, Basic and WSSE HTTP authentication mechanisms.

• For non-Windows targets, use the ansible.builtin.uri module instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
body any	The body of the HTTP request/response to the web service.
client_cert string	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	The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.
content_type string	Sets the “Content-Type” header.
creates path	A filename, when it already exists, this step will be skipped.
dest path	Output the response body to a file.
follow_redirects string	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. When following a redirected URL, the Authorization header and any credentials set will be dropped and not redirected. Choices: "all" "none" "safe" ← (default)
force_basic_auth boolean	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. Choices: false ← (default) true
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	Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs. This is set to the User-Agent header on a HTTP request. Default: "ansible-httpget"
maximum_redirection integer	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. Default: 50
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	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. Choices: false ← (default) true
proxy_username string	The username to use for proxy authentication.
removes path	A filename, when it does not exist, this step will be skipped.
return_content boolean	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. Choices: false ← (default) true
status_code list / elements=integer	A valid, numeric, HTTP status code that signifies success of the request. Can also be comma separated list of status codes. Default: [200]
url string / required	Supports FTP, HTTP or HTTPS URLs in the form of (ftp|http|https)://host.domain:port/path.
url_method aliases: method string	The HTTP Method of the request. Default: "GET"
url_password string	The password for url_username.
url_timeout aliases: timeout integer	Specifies how long the request can be pending before it times out (in seconds). Set to 0 to specify an infinite timeout. Default: 30
url_username string	The username to use for authentication.
use_default_credential boolean	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. Choices: false ← (default) true
use_proxy boolean	If no, it will not use the proxy defined in IE for the current user. Choices: false true ← (default)
validate_certs boolean	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: false true ← (default)

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.uri

Interacts with webservices.

ansible.windows.win_get_url

Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node.

community.windows.win_inet_proxy

Manages proxy settings for WinINet and Internet Explorer.

Examples

- name: Perform a GET and Store Output
  ansible.windows.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
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://example.com/
    method: GET
    headers:
      host: www.somesite.com

- name: Perform a HEAD on an Endpoint
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://www.example.com/
    method: HEAD

- name: POST a Body to an Endpoint
  ansible.windows.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	Description
content string	The raw content of the HTTP response. Returned: success and return_content is True Sample: "{\"foo\": \"bar\"}"
content_length integer	The byte size of the response. Returned: success Sample: 54447
elapsed float	The number of seconds that elapsed while performing the download. Returned: always Sample: 23.2
json dictionary	The json structure returned under content as a dictionary. Returned: success and Content-Type is “application/json” or “application/javascript” and return_content is True Sample: {"this-is-dependent": "on the actual return content"}
status_code integer	The HTTP Status Code of the response. Returned: success Sample: 200
status_description string	A summary of the status. Returned: success Sample: "OK"
url string	The Target URL. Returned: always Sample: "https://www.ansible.com"

Authors

• Corwin Brown (@blakfeld)

• Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

Collection links

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