DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_get_url version_added: "1.7" short_description: Fetches a file from a given URL description: - Fetches a file from a URL and saves to locally options: url: description: - The full URL of a file to download required: true default: null aliases: [] dest: description: - The absolute path of the location to save the file at the URL. Be sure to include a filename and extension as appropriate. required: false default: yes aliases: [] author: Paul Durivage ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Downloading a JPEG and saving it to a file with the ansible command. # Note the "dest" is quoted rather instead of escaping the backslashes $ ansible -i hosts -c winrm -m win_get_url -a "url=http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg dest='C:\Users\Administrator\earthrise.jpg'" all # Playbook example - name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg' win_get_url: url: 'http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg' dest: 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg' '''