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restconf_get – Fetch configuration/state data from RESTCONF enabled devices

New in version 2.8.

RESTCONF is a standard mechanisms to allow web applications to access the configuration data and state data developed and standardized by the IETF. It is documented in RFC 8040.
This module allows the user to fetch configuration and state data from RESTCONF enabled devices.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
content -	Choices: config nonconfig all	The `content` is a query parameter that controls how descendant nodes of the requested data nodes in `path` will be processed in the reply. If value is config return only configuration descendant data nodes of value in `path`. If value is nonconfig return only non-configuration descendant data nodes of value in `path`. If value is all return all descendant data nodes of value in `path`
output -	Choices: json ← xml	The output of response received.
path - / required		URI being used to execute API calls.

- name: get l3vpn services
  restconf_get:
      path: /config/ietf-l3vpn-svc:l3vpn-svc/vpn-services

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

Key	Returned	Description
response dictionary	when the device response is valid JSON	A dictionary representing a JSON-formatted response Sample: { "vpn-services": { "vpn-service": [ { "customer-name": "red", "vpn-id": "blue_vpn1", "vpn-service-topology": "ietf-l3vpn-svc:any-to-any" } ] } }

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

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