Cannot add (or count) children without a namespace in a namespace xml. about ansible-xml

[nexusvista]

I tested with a namespaced xml file and it seems that I must explicitly list what the namespace is in the namespace argument, otherwise it will complaint either xpath does not reference a node! or lxml.etree.XPathEvalError: Undefined namespace prefix.

[simonpie]

Found it, I have to use a local access operator in my xpath ;

    - name: ajout enfant a poom
      become: yes
      become_user: root
      xml:
        file: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml
        xpath: /bus:business/ber:beers/*[local-name()="poom"]
        namespaces:
          bus: http://test.business
          ber: http://test.beers
          web: http://test.website
        add_children:
          - beer: "bla"
      when: true

May I humbly suggest adding an example with that case for beginners ?

[cmprescott]

For my reference when updating documentation

[dagwieers]

The xml module is upstream now (and ships with Ansible v2.4).

Please close this issue, and retest against the new upstream xml module. If needed, open a new issue at: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues

[dagwieers]

@cmprescott Can you update the documentation ? Because I don't understand the case you want to describe.

Thanks !

[cmprescott]

Closing this because I cannot remember what documentation/example I intended to end. I don't think this is a good example if I cannot follow 1.5 years later.