--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers-unicode.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers-unicode.xml - name: Count child element xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers-unicode.xml xpath: /business/beers/beer count: yes register: beers - name: Test expected result assert: that: - beers.changed == false - beers.count == 2