provider_refresh.yml

---
# Playbook to issue a Provider Refresh and wait for the refresh to end
# You can pass in extra vars to control the max retries and retry interval
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    provider_id: "1000000000002"
    max_retries: 9
    retry_interval: 20
  tasks:
    - name: Set the Provider URL
      set_fact:
        provider_url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/providers/{{ provider_id }}"

    - name: Refresh Amazon EC2 provider in CloudForms
      uri:
        url: "{{ provider_url }}"
        method: POST
        body:
          action: refresh
        body_format: json
        validate_certs: False
        headers:
          X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
          Content-Type: "application/json" 
        status_code: 200
      register: output
#    - debug: var=output
    - name: set the task href
      set_fact:
        task_url: "{{ output.json.task_href}}"
#    - debug: var=task_url

    - name: Wait for the refresh to end
      uri:
        url: "{{ task_url }}"
        method: GET
        validate_certs: False
        headers:
          X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
          Content-Type: "application/json" 
        status_code: 200
      register: task_result
      until: task_result.json.state == 'Finished' or task_result.json.status == 'Error'
      failed_when: task_result.json.status == 'Error'
      retries: "{{max_retries}}"
      delay: "{{retry_interval}}"
#    - debug: var=task_result