create_tag.yml

# ======= How to run w non-root Ansible user: 
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2: ~$ cd ~/netbox-ansible-automation
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2:~/netbox-ansible-automation$ ansible-playbook -i ./hosts -v create_tag.yml -e 'tag1_name="contrail" tag1_description="Juniper Contrail SDN backend"'
# boburciu@WX-5CG020BDT2:~/netbox-ansible-automation$ ansible-playbook -i ./hosts -v create_tag.yml -e 'external_vars="../parse_excel_servers/external_vars_CZ00CHASSIS1.yml"'


- name: Create Tag
  connection: local
  hosts: docker_netbox_19216820023
  gather_facts: False
  collections:
    - netbox.netbox 
  tasks:
    # - include_vars: external_vars.yml
    - include_vars: '{{external_vars}}'    

    - name: Create tags
      netbox_tag:
        netbox_url: "{{ url_var }}"
        netbox_token: "{{ token_var }}"
        data:
          name: "{{ item.name }}"
          description: "{{ item.description }}"
          color:  "{{ item.color }}"
        state: present  # Use present or absent for adding/creation or removing/deletion
      loop:
        - { name: "{{tag_name}}", description: "{{tag_description}}", color: "{{tag_color}}" }

    - name:  Obtain all tags
      # debug: 
      #   msg: "{{ item }}"

      debug: 
        msg: >      
          "Tag {{ item.value.name }} has description:{{ item.value.description }} "

      loop: "{{ query('netbox.netbox.nb_lookup', 'tags', 
                    api_endpoint=url_var,
                    token=token_var) }}"