--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Add child element xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: '/business/beers/beer[text()="St. Bernardus Abbot 12"]' insertbefore: yes add_children: - beer: Old Rasputin - beer: Old Motor Oil - beer: Old Curmudgeon pretty_print: yes register: add_children_insertbefore - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-add-children-insertbefore.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - add_children_insertbefore.changed == true - comparison.changed == false # identical