--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml - name: Set namespaced '/bus:business/rat:rating' to '11' xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml namespaces: bus: http://test.business ber: http://test.beers rat: http://test.rating attr: http://test.attribute xpath: /bus:business/rat:rating value: '11' register: set_element_first_run - name: Set namespaced '/bus:business/rat:rating' to '11' again xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml namespaces: bus: http://test.business ber: http://test.beers rat: http://test.rating attr: http://test.attribute xpath: /bus:business/rat:rating value: '11' register: set_element_second_run - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-set-namespaced-element-value.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-set-namespaced-element-value.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml - name: Test expected result assert: that: - set_element_first_run.changed == true - set_element_second_run.changed == false - comparison.changed == false # identical