You need to install "jmespath" prior to running json_query filter

Package:

ansible

49704

Exception Class:

AnsibleError

Raise code

on_query(data, expr):
    '''Query data using jmespath query language ( http://jmespath.org ). Example:
    - debug: msg="{{ instance | json_query(tagged_instances[*].block_device_mapping.*.volume_id') }}"
    '''
    if not HAS_LIB:
        raise AnsibleError('You need to install "jmespath" prior to running '
                           'json_query filter')

    try:
        return jmespath.search(expr, data)
    except jmespath.exceptions.JMESPathError as e:
        raise AnsibleFilterError('JMESPathError in json_query filter plugin:\n%s' % e)
    except Exception as e:

Links to the raise (1)

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/015331518dff60f31a7d8ce24fc315e3ac9e86f8/test/support/integration/plugins/filter/json_query.py#L35

Ways to fix

This Exception just means that the Jmespath package is not installed, Ansible attempts to import it then stores if that worked as a boolean. meaning if the import fails the exception is raised. the way to fix this is to make sure that Jmespath is installed.

install using pip :

pip install jmespath

or with pip3:

pip3 install jmespath

Jun 23, 2021

huffnagledean 3

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