example local ansible playbook

local_playbook.yaml

---
- name: Configure files
  hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  vars:
    dirs:
      dir1: ~/Desktop/dir1
      dir2: ~/Desktop/dir1
  tasks:
    - name: whattomine_json
        uri:
          url: https://whattomine.com/coins.json
          status_code: 200
          body_format: json
        register: response
    - name: ethereum_marketcap
      debug:
        msg: "{{ response.json.coins.Ethereum.market_cap }}"
    - name: Creates test directory
      file:
        path: "{{ item }}"
        state: directory
      with_items: "{{ dirs }}"