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win_uri – Interacts with webservices

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Synopsis

Interacts with FTP, HTTP and HTTPS web services.
Supports Digest, Basic and WSSE HTTP authentication mechanisms.
For non-Windows targets, use the uri module instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
body raw		The body of the HTTP request/response to the web service.
client_cert string added in 2.4		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 added in 2.5		The password for client_cert if the cert is password protected.
content_type string		Sets the "Content-Type" header.
creates path added in 2.4		A filename, when it already exists, this step will be skipped.
dest path		Output the response body to a file.
follow_redirects string added in 2.4	Choices: all none safe ←	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.
force_basic_auth boolean added in 2.5	Choices: no ← yes	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.
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 added in 2.9	Default: "ansible-httpget"	Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs. This is set to the `User-Agent` header on a HTTP request.
maximum_redirection integer added in 2.4	Default: 50	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.
method string	Default: "GET"	The HTTP Method of the request or response.
proxy_password string added in 2.9		The password for proxy_username.
proxy_url string added in 2.9		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 added in 2.9	Choices: no ← yes	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.
proxy_username string added in 2.9		The username to use for proxy authentication.
removes path added in 2.4		A filename, when it does not exist, this step will be skipped.
return_content boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no ← yes	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.
status_code list added in 2.4	Default: [200]	A valid, numeric, HTTP status code that signifies success of the request. Can also be comma separated list of status codes.
timeout integer added in 2.4	Default: 30	Specifies how long the request can be pending before it times out (in seconds). Set to `0` to specify an infinite timeout.
url string / required		Supports FTP, HTTP or HTTPS URLs in the form of (ftp\|http\|https)://host.domain:port/path.
url_password string added in 2.4		The password for url_username. Was originally called password but was changed to url_password in Ansible 2.9. aliases: password
url_username string added in 2.4		The username to use for authentication. Was originally called user but was changed to url_username in Ansible 2.9. aliases: user, username
use_default_credential boolean added in 2.9	Choices: no ← yes	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.
use_proxy boolean added in 2.9	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, it will not use the proxy defined in IE for the current user.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: Perform a GET and Store Output
  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
  win_uri:
    url: http://example.com/
    method: GET
    headers:
      host: www.somesite.com

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

- name: POST a Body to an Endpoint
  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	Returned	Description
content string	success and return_content is True	The raw content of the HTTP response. Sample: {"foo": "bar"}
content_length integer	success	The byte size of the response. Sample: 54447
elapsed float	always	The number of seconds that elapsed while performing the download. Sample: 23.2
json dictionary	success and Content-Type is "application/json" or "application/javascript" and return_content is True	The json structure returned under content as a dictionary. Sample: {'this-is-dependent': 'on the actual return content'}
status_code integer	success	The HTTP Status Code of the response. Sample: 200
status_description string	success	A summary of the status. Sample: OK
url string	always	The Target URL. Sample: https://www.ansible.com

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Corwin Brown (@blakfeld)
Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/win_uri_module.html

win_uri – Interacts with webservices

Synopsis

Parameters

See Also

Examples

Return Values

Status

Authors