NSX REST API Explore

[MostafaElSayedF]

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[frippeisking]

I've just started out so I might have a few knowledge gaps here.

But for one I'm missing the Odata filter capabilities of NSX REST API from what I can tell.
The only way to filter is via the search API which is awkward.

Created an action which takes a resource type and builds a query string. Passes it through a URI encoding to be safe but
I cannot get this to work. Authentication is successful.

Not sure what error code 98 is.

2020-11-24 09:06:15.583 +01:00 INFO(com.my.nsx/searchResourceByName) queryString: query=resource_type:group
2020-11-24 09:06:15.587 +01:00 INFO(com.my.nsx/searchResourceByName) GET: Encoded - /api/v1/search/query?query=resource_type:group
2020-11-24 09:06:15.674 +01:00 DEBUG(com.my.nsx/searchResourceByName) {"module_name":"common-service","error_message":"/api/api/v1/search/query","error_code":98}
2020-11-24 09:06:15.675 +01:00 ERROR(com.my.nsx/searchResourceByName) REST: Resource does not exist
2020-11-24 09:06:15.676 +01:00 INFO(com.my.nsx/searchResourceByName) null

A normal get on a resource works but returns all id's. Not wanting to filter on the client side for obvious performance reasons when the env scales.

[frippe75]

Follow up...

"error_message":"/api/api/v1/search/query"

Had "<endpoint>:/api" as my REST host and passed /api to my request... So /api/api was off course incorrect. Just couldn't pick that up reading the error message.