how to deal with include space keys in JSON array when reading in Ansible

Question

Below is my JSON file:

{
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "cucm_ip": "1.1.1.1",
            "cucm_option": "DBREPLICATION",
            "cucm_pwd": "123",
            "cucm_user": "123"
        }
    },
    "meta": [
        {
            "DB/RPC/DBMON?": "Y/Y/Y",
            "IP_ADDRESS": "1.1.1.1",
            "PING (msec)": "0.029",
            "REPL.QUEUE": "0",
            "REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details": "(2) Setup Completed",
            "Replication Group ID": "(g_2)",
            "SERVER_NAME": "bopub1"
        },
        {
            "DB/RPC/DBMON?": "Y/Y/Y",
            "IP_ADDRESS": "1.1.1.2",
            "PING (msec)": "0.175",
            "REPL.QUEUE": "0",
            "REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details": "(2) Setup Completed",
            "Replication Group ID": "(g_3)",
            "SERVER_NAME": "bosub1"
        },
        {
            "DB/RPC/DBMON?": "Y/Y/Y",
            "IP_ADDRESS": "1.1.1.3",
            "PING (msec)": "0.293",
            "REPL.QUEUE": "0",
            "REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details": "(2) Setup Completed",
            "Replication Group ID": "(g_6)",
            "SERVER_NAME": "bosub2"
        }
    ]
}

I need to get the value from key 'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details', how to achieve this..

I always got fatal error '"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while templating '{{ item.'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details' }}'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: template error while templating string: expected name or number. String: {{ item.'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details' }}"'..

Answer 1

Q: "Get the value from key 'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details'"

A: Read the JSON from the file into the dictionary

    - include_vars:
        file: data.json
        name: data

gives

 data: changed: false invocation: module_args: cucm_ip: 1.1.1.1 cucm_option: DBREPLICATION cucm_pwd: '123' cucm_user: '123' meta: - DB/RPC/DBMON?: Y/Y/Y IP_ADDRESS: 1.1.1.1 PING (msec): '0.029' REPL.QUEUE: '0' REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details: (2) Setup Completed Replication Group ID: (g_2) SERVER_NAME: bopub1 - DB/RPC/DBMON?: Y/Y/Y IP_ADDRESS: 1.1.1.2 PING (msec): '0.175' REPL.QUEUE: '0' REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details: (2) Setup Completed Replication Group ID: (g_3) SERVER_NAME: bosub1 - DB/RPC/DBMON?: Y/Y/Y IP_ADDRESS: 1.1.1.3 PING (msec): '0.293' REPL.QUEUE: '0' REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details: (2) Setup Completed Replication Group ID: (g_6) SERVER_NAME: bosub2

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Put the key 'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details' into a variable. You don't have to escape special characters if you use single quotes. Declare the variables

  rsd: "{{ data.meta|map(attribute=my_key)|list }}"
  my_key: 'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details'

gives

  rsd:
  - (2) Setup Completed
  - (2) Setup Completed
  - (2) Setup Completed

Example of a complete playbook for testing

- hosts: localhost vars: rsd: "{{ data.meta|map(attribute=my_key)|list }}" my_key: 'REPLICATION SETUP (RTMT) & Details' tasks: - include_vars: file: data.json name: data - debug: var: data - debug: var: rsd