- hosts: localhost gather_facts: false tasks: - name: ensures we got the list we expected block: - name: initialize plugin debug: msg={{ lookup('types', 'starting test') }} - set_fact: valid: '{{ lookup("config", "valid", plugin_type="lookup", plugin_name="types") }}' mustunquote: '{{ lookup("config", "mustunquote", plugin_type="lookup", plugin_name="types") }}' notvalid: '{{ lookup("config", "notvalid", plugin_type="lookup", plugin_name="types") }}' totallynotvalid: '{{ lookup("config", "totallynotvalid", plugin_type="lookup", plugin_name="types") }}' - assert: that: - 'valid|type_debug == "list"' - 'mustunquote|type_debug == "list"' - 'notvalid|type_debug == "list"' - 'totallynotvalid|type_debug == "list"' - valid[0]|int == 1 - mustunquote[0]|int == 1 - "notvalid[0] == '[1'" # using 'and true' to avoid quote hell - totallynotvalid[0] == "['1'" and True