vmware_guest_info: Handle list in guest facts

Handle list items in vSphere schema while handling facts in vmware_guest_info

Fixes: ansible-collections#33

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>

changelogs/fragments/33-vmware_guest_info_list_fix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Handle list items in vSphere schema while handling facts in vmware_guest_info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware/issues/33).

plugins/module_utils/vmware.py

@@ -1557,7 +1557,13 @@ def _extract(self, data, remainder):
             result[remainder] = data[remainder]
             return result
         key, remainder = remainder.split('.', 1)
-        result[key] = self._extract(data[key], remainder)
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            temp_ds = []
+            for i in range(len(data)):
+                temp_ds.append(self._extract(data[i][key], remainder))
+            result[key] = temp_ds
+        else:
+            result[key] = self._extract(data[key], remainder)
         return result
 
     def _jsonify(self, obj):

tests/integration/targets/vmware_guest_info/tasks/main.yml

@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@
       - "guest_info_0001['instance']['vimref'] is defined"
       - "guest_info_0002b['instance']['overallStatus'] is not defined"
 
+# https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware/issues/33
+- name: Get specific details about VM using the vsphere output schema
+  vmware_guest_info:
+    validate_certs: False
+    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
+    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
+    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
+    uuid: "{{ vm1_uuid }}"
+    schema: vsphere
+    properties:
+      - config.hardware.device.deviceInfo.summary
+  register: guest_info_with_list
+
+- debug:
+    var: guest_info_with_list
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "guest_info_with_list['instance']['config']['hardware']['device'] is defined"
+
 # Testcase 0003: Get details about virtual machines without snapshots using UUID
 - name: get empty list of snapshots from virtual machine using UUID
   vmware_guest_info: