ansible: snippet cleanup

documentation/ansible/ansible_task_snippets.markdown

 Ansible Task Snippets
 =====================
 
-
 ### Package Management
 
 ```yaml
 - name: update apt cache
-  apt: update_cache_yes cache_valid_time=3600
+  apt:
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
 - name: install common tools
   package:
     pkg:
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ Ansible Task Snippets
       - htop
 ```
 
-
 ### File Management
 
 Copy a file with given owner and permissions
@@ -25,14 +25,17 @@ Copy a file with given owner and permissions
     src: authorized_keys
     dest: /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
     owner: root
-    mode: 0600
+    group: root
+    mode: "0600"
 ```
 
 Copy a host-specific file if it exists, the default otherwise
 
 ```yaml
 - name: copy proper config
-  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/foo.conf
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: /etc/foo.conf
   with_first_found:
     - "foo.conf_{{ inventory_hostname}}"
     - foo.conf_default
@@ -42,14 +45,18 @@ Copy and unpack a compressed file to a given directory
 
 ```yaml
 - name: copy and extract archive
-  unarchive: src=archive.tar.gz dest=/tmp
+  unarchive:
+    src: archive.tar.gz
+    dest: /tmp
 ```
 
 Create a directory
 
 ```yaml
 - name: create ~root/.ssh directory
-  file: path=/root/.ssh state=directory
+  file:
+    path: /root/.ssh
+    state: directory
 ```
 
 Create a symlink
@@ -66,21 +73,23 @@ Delete a file
 
 ```yaml
 - name: disable apache2 default config
-  file: path=/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default state=absent
+  file:
+    path: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default
+    state: absent
 ```
 
 Use `stat` for instance to check the existence of a file
 
 ```yaml
 - name: check if somefile exists
-  stat: path=/path/to/somefile
+  stat:
+    path: /path/to/somefile
   register: somefile
 - name: run boostrap script (only if somefile does not exist)
   script: bootstrap.sh
   when: somefile.stat.exists == false
 ```
 
-
 ### Handlers
 
 Handlers can be notified to restart services or trigger other actions.
@@ -89,7 +98,9 @@ Example `handlers/services.yml` to restart ssh service:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: restart ssh
-  service: name=ssh state=restarted
+  service:
+    name: ssh
+    state: restarted
 ```
 
 Include handler in `site.yml`:
@@ -107,7 +118,9 @@ Use `notify` to trigger a service restart in a playbook:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: sshd_config file
-  copy: src=sshd_config dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+  copy:
+    src: sshd_config
+    dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   notify: restart ssh
 ```
 
@@ -120,7 +133,6 @@ A meta module can be used to trigger the processing of all handlers at a specifi
   meta: flush_handlers
 ```
 
-
 ### Tags
 
 You may add tags to selected items or roles
@@ -138,7 +150,6 @@ ansible-playbook site.yml --tags "webserver,dbserver"
 ansible-playbook site.yml --skip-tags "slowtask"
 ```
 
-
 ### Prompt for variable values to be entered
 
 ```yaml
@@ -148,7 +159,6 @@ vars_prompt:
     private: yes                              # don't show what is being typed
 ```
 
-
 ### Wait for a condition to be met
 
 Use `wait_for` to not continue until a port accepts a connection
@@ -171,6 +181,16 @@ or use `until` loops
   delay: 3
 ```
 
+### Interact with HTTP API
+
+Use the `uri` module to interact with web services.
+
+```yaml
+- name: Queue build of a project in Jenkins
+  uri:
+    url: https://example.com
+    method: GET
+```
 
 ### Register
 
@@ -194,7 +214,6 @@ Use `when` for conditionals
   when: motd_contents.stdout.find('hi') != -1
 ```
 
-
 ### When conditionals
 
 ```yaml
@@ -214,17 +233,22 @@ block:
   - name: failing task
     command: /bin/false
   - name: never executed because the of the previous error
-    debug: msg="never"
+    debug:
+      msg: "never"
 rescue:
   - name: catch task to run if there was an error
-    debug: msg="catch task"
+    debug:
+      msg: "catch task"
   - name: info about the failed task
-    debug: var=ansible_failed_task
+    debug:
+      var: ansible_failed_task
   - name: info about failed result via automatic register
-    debug: var=ansible_failed_result
+    debug:
+      var: ansible_failed_result
 always:
   - name: task that is always run, independently of any errors
-    debug: msg="always"
+    debug:
+      msg: "always"
 ```
 
 ### Become to run shell command with sudo
@@ -290,7 +314,6 @@ This can also be set for a whole playbook to continue executing tasks after the
   when: ping_cmd.rc == 0
 ```
 
-
 ### Yaml multi-line values
 
 Use `|` to preserve newlines: