ansible_role_prometheus_ping_exporter/tasks/set_version.yml

---
- name: "Determine 'latest' version release"
  when: ping_exporter__version == "latest"
  block:
    - name: "Get latest ping_exporter release metadata"
      ansible.builtin.uri:
        url: "{{ ping_exporter__repo_api }}"
        return_content: true
      register: ping_exporter_remote_metadata
      when: not ansible_check_mode

    - name: "Fail if running in check mode without versions set."
      ansible.builtin.fail:
        msg: |
          "You are running this playbook in check mode:
          Please set the Ping Exporter version with the variable 'ping_exporter__version', because the
          URI module cannot detect the latest version in this mode."          
      when: ansible_check_mode and (ping_exporter__version == 'latest' or ping_exporter__version == 'present')

    - name: "Set fact latest ping_exporter release"
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        ping_exporter_remote_version: "{{ ping_exporter_remote_metadata.json.tag_name }}"
      when: not ansible_check_mode

    - name: "Set ping_exporter version target (latest)"
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        ping_exporter_version_target: "{{ ping_exporter_remote_version }}"
      when: not ansible_check_mode

- name: "Set ping_exporter version target {{ ping_exporter__version }}"
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    ping_exporter_version_target: "{{ ping_exporter__version }}"
  when: ping_exporter__version != "latest"

- name: Print Ping Exporter Version
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    verbosity: 1
    msg: "Set Ping Exporter Version to {{ ping_exporter_version_target }}"