uri-playbook01.yml

---
- name: get-url Download the protected file
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: Access the website and make sure the url is live
      ansible.builtin.uri:
        method: GET
        url: http://10.10.2.4/admin/secure.txt
        status_code: 401
        return_content: true
      register: validateurl

    - name: "INFO: HTTP Response for the URL"
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: validateurl.msg

    - name: Access the same url with basic authentication and download the file
      ansible.builtin.uri:
        method: GET
        url: http://10.10.2.4/admin/secure.txt
        status_code: 200
        return_content: yes
        url_username: sammy
        url_password: larry
      register: validateurl

    - name: Show that the content was still retreived
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: validateurl.content

    - name: Put secret content into a file
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        content: "{{ validateurl.content }}"
        dest: ~/ansible-downloaded-the-secret-file.txt