restconf_get module displays output in wrong format

[prabhukg]

SUMMARY

restconf_get module displays xml output for json format and json output for the xml format.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

restconf_get

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.14.4]
  config file = /Users/pkomarap/Desktop/Ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/Users/pkomarap/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/7.4.0/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/pkomarap/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.2 (main, Mar 24 2023, 00:31:37) [Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)] (/usr/local/Cellar/ansible/7.4.0/libexec/bin/python3.11)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/7.4.0/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 4.1.0  

# /Users/pkomarap/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 5.0.0  

CONFIGURATION

CONFIG_FILE() = /Users/pkomarap/Desktop/Ansible/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(env: ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH) = /Users/pkomarap/Desktop/Ansible/Logs/ansible_04042023_212034.log
DISPLAY_ARGS_TO_STDOUT(/Users/pkomarap/Desktop/Ansible/ansible.cfg) = True

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Target OS: IOS-XE

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

execute the below mentioned playbook on a IOS-XE device

- name: sample
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: rc_get
      ansible.netcommon.restconf_get:
        # Output can either be json or xml
        content: all
        output: 
        path: "/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname"
      register: config_out

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTUAL RESULTS

TASK [rc_get content=all, output=xml, path=/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname] ********************************************
ok: [10.105.127.151]

TASK [debug var=config_out] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [10.105.127.151] => {
    "config_out": {
        "changed": false,
        "failed": false,
        "response": {
            "hostname": {
                "#text": "cmt-9300l-1",
                "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XE-native",
                "@xmlns:ios": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XE-native"
            }
        }
    }
}

TASK [rc_get content=all, output=xml, path=/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname] ********************************************
ok: [10.105.127.151]

TASK [debug var=config_out] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [10.105.127.151] => {
    "config_out": {
        "changed": false,
        "failed": false,
        "response": {
            "hostname": {
                "#text": "cmt-9300l-1",
                "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XE-native",
                "@xmlns:ios": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XE-native"
            }
        }
    }
}