DOCUMENTATION: name: dict2items author: Ansible core team version_added: "2.6" short_description: Convert a dictionary into an itemized list of dictionaries positional: _input, key_name, value_name description: - Takes a dictionary and transforms it into a list of dictionaries, with each having a C(key) and C(value) keys that correspond to the keys and values of the original. options: _input: description: - The dictionary to transform type: dict required: true key_name: description: The name of the property on the item representing the dictionary's keys. type: str default: key version_added: "2.8" value_name: description: The name of the property on the item representing the dictionary's values. type: str default: value version_added: "2.8" seealso: - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.items2dict EXAMPLES: | # items => [ { "key": "a", "value": 1 }, { "key": "b", "value": 2 } ] items: "{{ {'a': 1, 'b': 2}| dict2items}}" vars: files: users: /etc/passwd groups: /etc/group files_dicts: "{{ files | dict2items(key_name='file', value_name='path') }}" RETURN: _value: description: A list of dictionaries. type: list elements: dict