[ansible-project] with_dict expects a dict...can a dict be too large?

[Joanna Delaporte]

I think I need another pair of eyes here. I am attempting to run a dict of 
users through an ipa user-add command, but it fails with the error 
"with_dict expects a dict." I believe I have formatted my dict correctly 
(it's about 40,000 lines long, generated from a python3 script): 

---
students:
  username1:
      lastname: jibberish
      firstname: jibberish
      firstinitial: jibberish
      studentid: jibberish
      dob: jibberish
      dateexpires: 2018-06-19
      epochexpiry: 1529415778
      uid: jibberish
      passwordhash: "jibberish"
  username2:
      lastname: jibberish
      firstname: jibberish
      firstinitial: jibberish
      studentid: jibberish
      dob: jibberish
      dateexpires: 2018-06-19
      epochexpiry: 1529416593
      uid: jibberish
      passwordhash: "jibberish"
  username3:
      lastname: jibberish
      firstname: jibberish
      firstinitial: jibberish
      studentid: jibberish
      dob: jibberish
      dateexpires: 2018-06-19
      epochexpiry: 1529416755
      uid: jibberish
      passwordhash: "jibberish"

And here is the play where I am trying to use it: 
  - name: Add existing student users to ipaserver
    command: "/bin/ipa user-add 
            {{ item.key }} 
            --first='{{ item.value.firstname }}'
            --last='{{ item.value.lastname }}'
            --cn='{{item.value.firstname}} {{item.value.lastname}}'
            --email={{ item.value.name }}@stu.parkland.edu
            --shell=/bin/bash
            --homedir='/home/students/{{ item.value.firstinitial }}/{{ 
item.key }}'
            --uid='{{ item.value.uid }}'
            --gidnumber='{{ item.value.uid }}'
            --skeleton=/etc/skel
            --setattr userpassword='{crypt}{{ item.value.passwordhash}}'
            --title=student"
    with_dict: "{{students}}"
    register: added_students

And the error:
TASK [Add existing student users to ipaserver] 
*********************************
fatal: [216.125.253.133]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "with_dict 
expects a dict"}
Running it verbose only gives me the task path in addition to the above 
error.

Is there a maximum size a dict can be? Is there something else wrong with 
my dict? I have tried it as a list (with a -<space> before each username 
and with_items in the play), but got a unicode error. I'm stumped.

Thanks for taking a look!
Joanna

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