ansible - example of using from_json

output

PLAY [localhost] ************************************************************** 

GATHERING FACTS *************************************************************** 
ok: [localhost]

TASK: [shell cat '/tmp/file.json'] ******************************************** 
changed: [localhost]

TASK: [debug var=result] ****************************************************** 
ok: [localhost] => {
    "var": {
        "result": {
            "changed": true, 
            "cmd": "cat '/tmp/file.json'", 
            "delta": "0:00:00.003907", 
            "end": "2015-08-03 12:25:29.650127", 
            "invocation": {
                "module_args": "cat '/tmp/file.json'", 
                "module_name": "shell"
            }, 
            "rc": 0, 
            "start": "2015-08-03 12:25:29.646220", 
            "stderr": "", 
            "stdout": "{\n  \"foo\": \"bar\",\n  \"bob\": [\n    \"one\",\n    \"two\"\n  ],\n  \"fox\": {\n    \"jumped\": \"over\",\n    \"the\": \"lazy\"\n  }\n}", 
            "stdout_lines": [
                "{", 
                "  \"foo\": \"bar\",", 
                "  \"bob\": [", 
                "    \"one\",", 
                "    \"two\"", 
                "  ],", 
                "  \"fox\": {", 
                "    \"jumped\": \"over\",", 
                "    \"the\": \"lazy\"", 
                "  }", 
                "}"
            ], 
            "warnings": []
        }
    }
}

TASK: [set_fact myvar="{{ result.stdout | from_json }}"] ********************** 
ok: [localhost]

TASK: [debug var=myvar] ******************************************************* 
ok: [localhost] => {
    "var": {
        "myvar": {
            "bob": [
                "one", 
                "two"
            ], 
            "foo": "bar", 
            "fox": {
                "jumped": "over", 
                "the": "lazy"
            }
        }
    }
}

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** 
localhost                  : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

play.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - shell: cat '/tmp/file.json'
      register: result

    - debug: var=result

    - set_fact: myvar="{{ result.stdout | from_json }}"

    - debug: var=myvar

tmp_file.json

{
  "foo": "bar",
  "bob": [
    "one",
    "two"
  ],
  "fox": {
    "jumped": "over",
    "the": "lazy"
  }
}

This helped me, thank you!