Install all packages from a folder with Ansible 2.0 - find

Question

I have a folder where I place unmaintained python packages, so I installed them from the zip rather than from their repository.
I am using Ansible 2.0, so the find command seems to be the way to do it
So far I was doing the following:
- name: Install unmaintained dependencies
pip:
name: "{{ my_project_app }}/requirements/{{ item }}"
virtualenv: "{{ my_project_venv }}"
with_items:
- django-hijack-2.0.0.zip
- django-image-cropping-django-19.zip
- pisa-3.0.33.zip
Now I'm playing with the find command
- name: Loading unmaintained dependencies
find:
paths: "{{ my_project_app }}/requirements"
patterns: "*.zip"
register: unmaintained_dependencies
- debug:
var: unmaintained_dependencies
If I run the playbook above, I get the following output
ok: [192.168.1.212] => {
"files_found": {
"changed": false,
"examined": 3,
"files": [
{
...
"path": "/data/my_project/requirements/pisa-3.0.33.zip",
...
},
...
],
"matched": 3,
"msg": ""
}
}
I guess that there must be a way to put everything together but here is where I'm stuck.

Answer 1

I still don't get what are you trying to achieve here yet.. Are you using the find module just because pip module doesn't install packages from zip files?
For your find workaround, you can create a task that iterates over the results of the find task, using with_items: files_found.files, and using {{ item.path }} whenever you need the path:
- name: Install unmaintained dependencies
pip:
name: "{{ item.path }}"
virtualenv: "{{ my_project_venv }}"
with_items: "{{files_found.files}}"
Also, instead of using file, you can try to make a loop using with_fileglob:
- pip:
name: {{ item }}
virtualenv: "{{ my_project_venv }}"
with_fileglob:
- "{{ my_project_app }}"/requirements/*.zip
Note, I didn't have time to test any of these solutions, or to ask more about what were you trying to achieve, but I hope they help with your problem.