Ansible Role: httpie

Role to install (by default) HTTPie package or uninstall (if passed as var) on Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS systems. HTTPie is a user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):

Variables list:

httpie_app: httpie
httpie_desired_state: present

Variables table:

Variable	Description
httpie_app	Defines the app to install i.e. httpie
httpie_desired_state	Defined to dynamically chose whether to install (i.e. either present or latest) or uninstall (i.e. absent) the package. Defaults to present.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of httpie package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.httpie

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. installation of latest httpie package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.httpie
  vars:
    httpie_desired_state: latest

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. un-installation of httpie package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.httpie
  vars:
    httpie_desired_state: absent

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.