Evaggelos Balaskas - System Engineer

This blog post is written mostly as a reminder to myself!

Loop Assert Time Tests with Regex

test.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  become: no
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
  - name: Assert Time
    assert:
      that:
        - item | regex_findall('^(?:\d|[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d)?$')
      msg: "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
    with_items:
      - "21:00"
      - "22:22"
      - "3:3"
      - "03:3"
      - "03:03"
      - "03:03:03"
      - "24:00"
      - "22:22:22"
      - "23:00:60"
      - "24:24:24"
      - "00:00:00"
      - "21:21"
      - "foo"
      - "foo:bar"
      - "True"
      - "False"
      - "1:01"
      - "01:01"
    ignore_errors: True

# vim: sts=2 sw=2 ts=2 et

output

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************

TASK [Assert Time] ************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=21:00) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "21:00",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=22:22) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "22:22",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=3:3) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "3:3",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=03:3) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "03:3",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=03:03) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "03:03",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=03:03:03) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "03:03:03",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=24:00) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "24:00",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=22:22:22) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "22:22:22",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=23:00:60) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "23:00:60",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=24:24:24) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "24:24:24",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=00:00:00) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "00:00:00",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=21:21) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "21:21",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=foo) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "foo",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=foo:bar) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "foo:bar",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=True) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "True",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
failed: [localhost] (item=False) => {
    "assertion": "item | regex_findall('^(?:\\d|[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?$')",
    "changed": false,
    "evaluated_to": false,
    "item": "False",
    "msg": "starTime should be HH:MM:SS or HH:MM"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=1:01) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "1:01",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=01:01) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": "01:01",
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}
...ignoring

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0