Iterate through a one-to-many key-value jinja dictionary in SaltStack

Question

I'm using a jinja one-to-many key-value dictionary in a SaltStack state:

{% for key in {'bash history': ['bash_history-backup.sh', 'History backup'],
                  'empty trash': ['delete-trash-files.sh', 'Delete trash files'],
                  'keepass backup': ['keepass-backup.sh', 'Backup KeePass'],
                  'db backup': ['mysql-backup.sh', 'Backup MySQL']} %}
{{ [key][0] }}:
  cron.present:
    - name: /home/vplagov/scripts/{{ [key][0] }}
    - user: vplagov
    - minute: 20
    - hour: 1
    - comment: 
    - require:
      - git: checkout latest bash_history backup
{% endfor %}

What I want to implement is to iterate not only through keys in this dictionary but through values assigned to this key as well. For example, use first value in name, second in comment and so on. Currently, I've managed to iterate through keys using [key][0] statement as shown above.

Do I need to use a second loop inside to iterate through values for each of a key? And how can I make it?

Answer 1

Have you tried to set an items variable?

from jinja2 import Template
tmpl = """
{% set items = {'bash history': ['bash_history-backup.sh', 'History backup'],
                  'empty trash': ['delete-trash-files.sh', 'Delete trash files'],
                  'keepass backup': ['keepass-backup.sh', 'Backup KeePass'],
                  'db backup': ['mysql-backup.sh', 'Backup MySQL']} %}
{% for key in items %}
{{ [key][0] }}:
  cron.present:
    - name: /home/vplagov/scripts/{{ items[key][0] }}
    - user: vplagov
    - minute: 20
    - hour: 1
    - comment: {{items[key][1]}}
    - require:
      - git: checkout latest bash_history backup
{% endfor %}
"""

template = Template(tmpl)
print(template.render())