Can we use the Softlayer "search" API to find a VM using its hostname?

Question

Can we use the Softlayer "search" API to find a VM in my account using its hostname ? If so can we have a usage/example to use the same in Java ?

Many thanks in advance !!

Answer 1

This is a java example using SoftLayer_Search::advancedSearch:

import com.softlayer.api.ApiClient;
import com.softlayer.api.RestApiClient;
import com.softlayer.api.service.container.search.Result;
import com.softlayer.api.service.virtual.Guest;
import com.softlayer.api.service.Search;

public class GetVirtualGuestsUsingSearch {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String username = "set me";
        String apikey = "set me";
        ApiClient client = new RestApiClient("https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/").withCredentials(username, apikey);


      for (Result item : Search.service(client).advancedSearch("fullyQualifiedDomainName:*myhostname* _objectType:SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest")) {
                Guest guest = (Guest) item.getResource();
                System.out.println("Server: " + guest.getFullyQualifiedDomainName());

        }

    }

}

And this is a REST example just in case:

URL:

https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/SoftLayer_Search/advancedSearch

Method: POST

Json Payload:

{
"parameters": [
"fullyQualifiedDomainName:*myhostname* _objectType:SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest"
]
}

Notice that "SoftLayer_Search"works using "v3.1"