# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright (c) 2021, Felix Fontein # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function __metaclass__ = type DOCUMENTATION = ''' name: dict short_description: Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary version_added: 3.0.0 author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein) description: - Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary. This is a filter version of the C(dict) function. options: _input: description: A list of tuples (with exactly two elements). type: list elements: tuple required: true ''' EXAMPLES = ''' - name: Convert list of tuples into dictionary ansible.builtin.set_fact: dictionary: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}" # Result is {1: 2, 'a': 'b'} - name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter ansible.builtin.debug: msg: >- {{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3']) | map('map', 'reverse') | map('community.general.dict') }} vars: values: - - foo - 23 - a - - bar - 42 - b # Produces the following list of dictionaries: # { # "k1": "foo", # "k2": 23, # "k3": "a" # }, # { # "k1": "bar", # "k2": 42, # "k3": "b" # } ''' RETURN = ''' _value: description: The dictionary having the provided key-value pairs. type: boolean ''' def dict_filter(sequence): '''Convert a list of tuples to a dictionary. Example: ``[[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict`` results in ``{1: 2, 'a': 'b'}`` ''' return dict(sequence) class FilterModule(object): '''Ansible jinja2 filters''' def filters(self): return { 'dict': dict_filter, }