Problem updating locations which have a parent_location

[nicholaskuechler]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

SOFTWARE VERSIONS

pynautobot

pynautobot==2.0.1

Ansible:

ansible==8.5.0
ansible-core==2.15.5

Nautobot:

2.0.6

Collection:

networktocode.nautobot        5.1.0

SUMMARY

I'm unable to add/update locations when using parent_location due to the 'icontains' search finding multiple locations.

I found a similar, possibly related issue: #199

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Here's a snippet of my ansible vars and task:

# Create a "Global" location which has no parent and will be
# the parent for all other locations.
# Note: there's no 'parent_location' in this block
- name: Create Global location
  networktocode.nautobot.location:
    url: "{{ nautobot_url }}"
    token: "{{ nautobot_token }}"
    name: "Global"
    description: "Global"
    location_type: "Global"
    status: "Active"
    state: present

- name: Create default locations
  networktocode.nautobot.location:
    url: "{{ nautobot_url }}"
    token: "{{ nautobot_token }}"
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    description: "{{ item.description }}"
    parent_location: "{{ item.parent_location }}"
    location_type: "{{ item.location_type }}"
    status: "{{ item.status }}"
    state: present
  loop: "{{ locations_defaults }}"

locations_defaults:
  - name: Company
    description: Company
    parent_location: Global
    location_type: Company
    status: Active
  - name: ABC
    description: ABC Metro
    parent_location: Company
    location_type: Region
    status: Active
  - name: XYZ
    description: XYZ Metro
    parent_location: Company
    location_type: Region
    status: Active
  - name: ABC1
    description: ABC1 Data Center
    parent_location: ABC
    location_type: Site
    status: Active
  - name: XYZ1
    description: XYZ1 Data Center
    parent_location: XYZ
    location_type: Site
    status: Active

The above works if I do not already have any locations created.

But if I run the ansible a second time, I get an error indicating nautobot has found duplicate entries:

TASK [locations : Create default locations] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [0.0.0.0] => (item={'name': 'Company', 'description': 'Company', 'parent_location': 'Global', 'location_type': 'Company', 'status': 'Active'})
changed: [0.0.0.0] => (item={'name': 'ABC', 'description': 'ABC Metro', 'parent_location': 'Company', 'location_type': 'Region', 'status': 'Active'})
changed: [0.0.0.0] => (item={'name': 'XYZ', 'description': 'XYZ Metro', 'parent_location': 'Company', 'location_type': 'Region', 'status': 'Active'})
failed: [0.0.0.0] (item={'name': 'ABC1', 'description': 'ABC1 Data Center', 'parent_location': 'ABC', 'location_type': 'Site', 'status': 'Active'}) => changed=false
  ansible_loop_var: item
  item:
    description: ABC1 Data Center
    location_type: Site
    name: ABC1
    parent_location: ABC
    status: Active
  msg: More than one result returned for parent_location
failed: [0.0.0.0] (item={'name': 'XYZ1', 'description': 'XYZ1 Data Center', 'parent_location': 'XYZ', 'location_type': 'Site', 'status': 'Active'}) => changed=false
  ansible_loop_var: item
  item:
    description: XYZ1 Data Center
    location_type: Site
    name: XYZ1
    parent_location: XYZ
    status: Active
  msg: More than one result returned for parent_location

EXPECTED RESULTS

Location added/updated without error when using a parent_location.

ACTUAL RESULTS

  msg: More than one result returned for parent_location