https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware.vmware_rest/issues/387

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. SUMMARY
               I get a Python KeyError exception. Please catch this error and provide a useful error message.

```
TASK [Add second disk (REST)] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [grohmann-src-168]: FAILED! => changed=false
msg:

• 2- File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,

• 2- File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals)

• 2- File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 395, in <module>

• 2- File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 372, in start

• 2- File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 603, in run_forever self._run_once()

• 2- File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1899, in _run_once handle._run()

• 2- File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/events.py", line 80, in _run self._context.run(self._callback, *self._args)

• 2- File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 342, in handle

• 2- File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 297, in run_as_module

• - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 201, in run File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 333, in main result = await entry_point(module, session) File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 358, in entry_point return await func(module.params, session) File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 386, in _create _json = await exists( File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest.py", line 369, in exists full_devices = await build_full_device_list(session, per_id_url, devices) File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest.py", line 294, in build_full_device_list value = device_list["value"] KeyError: 'value' ```

I extended to code locally to print the content of the `device_list` structure.

```
284 async def build_full_device_list(session, url, device_list):
285 import asyncio
286
287 device_ids = []
288
289 if isinstance(device_list, list):
290 value = device_list
291 else: # 7.0.2 <
292 s=open('/tmp/error.txt', mode='w')
293 import pprint; pprint.pprint(device_list, stream=s)
294 value = device_list["value"]
295 for i in value:
296 # Content library returns string

{"value": "library_id"}

297 if isinstance(i, str):
298 device_ids.append
299 continue
300 fields = list(i.values())
301 if len(fields) != 1:
302 # The list already comes with all the details
303 return device_list
304 device_ids.append(fields[0])
305
306 tasks = [
307 asyncio.ensure_future(get_device_info(session, url, _id)) for _id in device_ids
308 ]
309
310 return [await i for i in tasks]
```

```

1. cat /tmp/error.txt
   Unknown macro: {'error_type'}

   ```

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. COMPONENT NAME
               vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. ANSIBLE VERSION
               <!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes -->
               ```paste below
               ansible --version
               ansible [core 2.13.7]
               config file = /home/i10122719/Projects/ansible-sles-upgrade/ansible.cfg
               configured module search path = ['/home/i10122719/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
               ansible python module location = /home/i10122719/virtualenv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
               ansible collection location = /home/i10122719/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
               executable location = /home/i10122719/virtualenv/bin/ansible
               python version = 3.10.8 (main, Oct 28 2022, 17:28:32) [GCC]
               jinja version = 3.1.2
               libyaml = True
               ```

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. COLLECTION VERSION
               ```paste below
2. ansible-galaxy collection list | grep vmware
   community.vmware 2.10.1
   vmware.vmware_rest 2.2.0
   community.vmware 2.10.1
   vmware.vmware_rest 2.2.0
   community.vmware 3.2.0
   ```

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. CONFIGURATION
               <!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible-config dump --only-changed" between quotes -->
               ```paste below
               CACHE_PLUGIN(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
               CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ./facts
               CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = 28800
               DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = smart
               DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/hosts']
               DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/roles']
               DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = yaml
               HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = False
               INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = auto_silent
               ```

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. OS / ENVIRONMENT

• OS

```

1. cat /etc/os-release
   NAME="SLES"
   VERSION="15-SP4"
   VERSION_ID="15.4"
   PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4"
   ID="sles"
   ID_LIKE="suse"
   ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
   CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:15:sp4"
   DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://documentation.suse.com/"
   ```

• vSphere: `vSphere Client version 7.0.3.01100`
• Hypervisor: `VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 17700523`

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. STEPS TO REPRODUCE
               <!--- Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case -->

<!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
```yaml

• name: Add second disk (REST)
  block:
• name: Add second disk (REST)
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk:
  vcenter_hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
  vcenter_username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
  vcenter_password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  vcenter_validate_certs: no
  vm: myvm1
  type: SATA
  new_vmdk:
  capacity: 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
  register: my_new_disk
  ```