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ansible - example of parsing html table into dict
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htmlfile.html
<html><title>Find Location of an IP</title>
<body><font face=\"Arial\">
<H1>Please provide an IP or a LOCATION :</H1>
<p>Search Location, DS site code, Country, Network types or Comments</p>
<form method=\"GET\" action=\"launch_search_IP.pl\">
<p> <input name=\"ip_to_search\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" ></p>
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\"></form>
<p> Here are results for your search of <b> 192.168.0.1 </b> :
<br>
<br>
<table border=2 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0>
<tr ALIGN=left>
<th>Network</th>
<th>Network Name</th>
<th>LOCATION</th>
<th>COUNTRY</th>
<th>Comments</th></b> </tr>
<tr>
<td>192.168.0.0/24</td>
<td> WIFI</td>
<td>0001 Berlin</td>
<td>GERMANY</td>
<td>WIFI</td>
</tr></table></body></html>" parse this!
<html><title>Find Location of an IP</title>
<body><font face=\"Arial\">
<H1>Please provide an IP or a LOCATION :</H1>
<p>Search Location, DS site code, Country, Network types or Comments</p>
<form method=\"GET\" action=\"launch_search_IP.pl\">
<p> <input name=\"ip_to_search\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" ></p>
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\"></form>
<p> Here are results for your search of <b> 192.168.0.1 </b> :
<br>
<br>
<table border=2 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0>
<tr ALIGN=left>
<th>Network</th>
<th>Network Name</th>
<th>LOCATION</th>
<th>COUNTRY</th>
<th>Comments</th></b> </tr>
<tr>
<td>192.168.0.0/24</td>
<td> WIFI</td>
<td>0001 Berlin</td>
<td>GERMANY</td>
<td>WIFI</td>
</tr></table></body></html>"
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output
PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [read the html file] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
TASK [get relevant list items] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
TASK [create the dict] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"title_values": {
"COUNTRY": "GERMANY",
"Comments</b> </tr>": "WIFI",
"LOCATION": "0001 Berlin",
"Network": "192.168.0.0/24",
"Network Name": " WIFI"
}
}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
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play.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
connection: local
tasks:
- name: read the html file
set_fact:
file_lines: "{{ lookup('file', 'htmlfile.html').split('\n') }}"
- debug:
var: file_lines
verbosity: 1
- name: get relevant list items
set_fact:
titles: "{{ file_lines|select('search', '<th>')|map('regex_replace', '<th>(.*)</th>', '\\1')|list }}"
values: "{{ file_lines|select('search', '<td>')|map('regex_replace', '<td>(.*)</td>', '\\1')|list }}"
- debug:
var: titles
verbosity: 1
- debug:
var: values
verbosity: 1
- name: create the dict
set_fact:
title_values: "{{ dict(titles|zip(values)) }}"
- debug:
var: title_values
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I am using this example to parse a html table. However, it is only outputting the first row in the title_values dictionary.
How do you get the full table to print in the debug?

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