Better result content

[mkyrc]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When AS3 JSON file is deployed with f5networks.f5_bigip.bigip_as3_deploy module, the "error response" (result of the REST call in case of error) is not detailed. Example:

TASK [F5AS3-DEPLOY-02-021: Deploy JSON file to device] ******************************
skipping: [dca_bigip_guesttst_01]
fatal: [dca_bigip_guesttst_02]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "declaration failed"}

When the same JSON file is deployed using Postman, the response looks much clearly:

{
    "code": 422,
    "errors": [
        "/test-as3-01/appB/vs_web2-443/profileTCP: should NOT have fewer than 2 properties"
    ],
    "declarationFullId": "",
    "message": "declaration is invalid"
}

Describe the solution you'd like

Is it possible get the same result from ansible module? I'd like to see what is happen, not only "declaration failed"

Describe alternatives you've considered

Working alternative to bigip_as3_deploy module is builtin uri module:

    ## 02 Deploy
    - block:

        # ## 02-01 Deploy JSON file to device
        # - name: "{{pb_prfx}}-02-01: Deploy JSON file to device (bigip_as3_deploy module)"
        #   f5networks.f5_bigip.bigip_as3_deploy:
        #     content: "{{ lookup('file', JSON_FILE ) }}"
        #   register: DEPLOY_RESULT
        #   when:
        #     - active_member is defined
        #     - active_member == true
        #   tags:
        #     - deploy
        #     - deploy-debug

        - name: "{{pb_prfx}}-02-02: Deploy JSON file to device (uri module)"
          ansible.builtin.uri:
            url: "https://{{ bigip_host }}:{{ provider.server_port }}/mgmt/shared/appsvcs/declare"
            method: POST
            body: "{{ lookup('file', JSON_FILE ) }}"
            body_format: json
            status_code: [200, 201, 202, 422]
            timeout: 300
            force_basic_auth: yes
            user: "{{ provider.user }}"
            password: "{{ provider.password }}"
            validate_certs: "{{ provider.validate_certs }}"
          register: DEPLOY_RESULT
          failed_when: DEPLOY_RESULT.status != 200
          no_log: true
          when:
            - active_member is defined
            - active_member == true
          tags:
            - deploy
            - deploy-debug

      rescue:
        - name: "(debug) ERROR: Deploy error"
          debug:
            msg:
              - "RESULTS: {{ DEPLOY_RESULT }}"
          tags:
            - deploy-debug

        - name: "ERROR: Deploy error"
          debug:
            msg:
              - "msg: {{ DEPLOY_RESULT.msg }}"
              - "results: {{ DEPLOY_RESULT.json.results }}"
          tags:
            - deploy-debug
            - deploy

[mkyrc]

My "feature request" seems the same to #3. Is it any progress there?

[wojtek0806]

completed with:

https://gitswarm.f5net.com/f5ansible/f5_bigip/-/merge_requests/44