--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: '{{ role_path }}/fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml' dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Set /business/website/address to empty string. xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/website/address value: '' - name: Test expected result command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-set-element-value-empty.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml