ansible.windows.win_uri module – Interacts with webservices

Note

This module is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 2.5.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_uri.

Synopsis

  • Interacts with FTP, HTTP and HTTPS web services.

  • Supports Digest, Basic and WSSE HTTP authentication mechanisms.

  • For non-Windows targets, use the ansible.builtin.uri module instead.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

body

any

The body of the HTTP request/response to the web service.

client_cert

string

The path to the client certificate (.pfx) that is used for X509 authentication. This path can either be the path to the pfx on the filesystem or the PowerShell certificate path Cert:\CurrentUser\My\<thumbprint>.

The WinRM connection must be authenticated with CredSSP or become is used on the task if the certificate file is not password protected.

Other authentication types can set client_cert_password when the cert is password protected.

client_cert_password

string

The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.

content_type

string

Sets the “Content-Type” header.

creates

path

A filename, when it already exists, this step will be skipped.

dest

path

Output the response body to a file.

follow_redirects

string

Whether or the module should follow redirects.

all will follow all redirect.

none will not follow any redirect.

safe will follow only “safe” redirects, where “safe” means that the client is only doing a GET or HEAD on the URI to which it is being redirected.

When following a redirected URL, the Authorization header and any credentials set will be dropped and not redirected.

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "none"

  • "safe" ← (default)

force_basic_auth

boolean

By default the authentication header is only sent when a webservice responses to an initial request with a 401 status. Since some basic auth services do not properly send a 401, logins will fail.

This option forces the sending of the Basic authentication header upon the original request.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

headers

dictionary

Extra headers to set on the request.

This should be a dictionary where the key is the header name and the value is the value for that header.

http_agent

string

Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.

This is set to the User-Agent header on a HTTP request.

Default: "ansible-httpget"

maximum_redirection

integer

Specify how many times the module will redirect a connection to an alternative URI before the connection fails.

If set to 0 or follow_redirects is set to none, or safe when not doing a GET or HEAD it prevents all redirection.

Default: 50

proxy_password

string

The password for proxy_username.

proxy_url

string

An explicit proxy to use for the request.

By default, the request will use the IE defined proxy unless use_proxy is set to no.

proxy_use_default_credential

boolean

Uses the current user’s credentials when authenticating with a proxy host protected with NTLM, Kerberos, or Negotiate authentication.

Proxies that use Basic auth will still require explicit credentials through the proxy_username and proxy_password options.

The module will only have access to the user’s credentials if using become with a password, you are connecting with SSH using a password, or connecting with WinRM using CredSSP or Kerberos with delegation.

If not using become or a different auth method to the ones stated above, there will be no default credentials available and no proxy authentication will occur.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

proxy_username

string

The username to use for proxy authentication.

removes

path

A filename, when it does not exist, this step will be skipped.

return_content

boolean

Whether or not to return the body of the response as a “content” key in the dictionary result. If the reported Content-type is “application/json”, then the JSON is additionally loaded into a key called json in the dictionary results.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

status_code

list / elements=integer

A valid, numeric, HTTP status code that signifies success of the request.

Can also be comma separated list of status codes.

Default: [200]

url

string / required

Supports FTP, HTTP or HTTPS URLs in the form of (ftp|http|https)://host.domain:port/path.

url_method

aliases: method

string

The HTTP Method of the request.

Default: "GET"

url_password

string

The password for url_username.

url_timeout

aliases: timeout

integer

Specifies how long the request can be pending before it times out (in seconds).

Set to 0 to specify an infinite timeout.

Default: 30

url_username

string

The username to use for authentication.

use_default_credential

boolean

Uses the current user’s credentials when authenticating with a server protected with NTLM, Kerberos, or Negotiate authentication.

Sites that use Basic auth will still require explicit credentials through the url_username and url_password options.

The module will only have access to the user’s credentials if using become with a password, you are connecting with SSH using a password, or connecting with WinRM using CredSSP or Kerberos with delegation.

If not using become or a different auth method to the ones stated above, there will be no default credentials available and no authentication will occur.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

use_proxy

boolean

If no, it will not use the proxy defined in IE for the current user.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.uri

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.uri module.

ansible.windows.win_get_url

Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node.

community.windows.win_inet_proxy

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_inet_proxy module.

Examples

- name: Perform a GET and Store Output
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://example.com/endpoint
  register: http_output

# Set a HOST header to hit an internal webserver:
- name: Hit a Specific Host on the Server
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://example.com/
    method: GET
    headers:
      host: www.somesite.com

- name: Perform a HEAD on an Endpoint
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://www.example.com/
    method: HEAD

- name: POST a Body to an Endpoint
  ansible.windows.win_uri:
    url: http://www.somesite.com/
    method: POST
    body: "{ 'some': 'json' }"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

content

string

The raw content of the HTTP response.

Returned: success and return_content is True

Sample: "{\"foo\": \"bar\"}"

content_length

integer

The byte size of the response.

Returned: success

Sample: 54447

elapsed

float

The number of seconds that elapsed while performing the download.

Returned: always

Sample: 23.2

json

dictionary

The json structure returned under content as a dictionary.

Returned: success and Content-Type is “application/json” or “application/javascript” and return_content is True

Sample: {"this-is-dependent": "on the actual return content"}

status_code

integer

The HTTP Status Code of the response.

Returned: success

Sample: 200

status_description

string

A summary of the status.

Returned: success

Sample: "OK"

url

string

The Target URL.

Returned: always

Sample: "https://www.ansible.com"

Authors

  • Corwin Brown (@blakfeld)

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)