Get all Tags associated to a VM using vRO 8.3

[DexG83]

Hi Community,

I am looking for a way to get all tags associated with a specific VM. With this information, I can check if a specific tag is associated, and if not I can associate it.

Is there a good way to get that information with vAPI? I don't want to use PowerCLI...

Many Thanks for any idea,

Dex

[jimmyvandermast]

Not for getting the tags, but to attach tags, a snippet from our code is:

var client = vapiEndpoint.client();
var tagging = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_tag__association(client);
var enumerationId = new com_vmware_vapi_std_dynamic__ID() ;
enumerationId.id = vcVm.id;
enumerationId.type = vcVm.vimType;
tagging.attach(tagId, enumerationId);

Perhaps this is enough to get you started with the vapi and find more about your specific question?

[omrsafetyo · Accepted solution]

This quick demo code should show most everything you might need to get what you're asking.

var client = VAPIEndpoint.client();
// Set up a dynamic ID for querying 
var objId = new com_vmware_vapi_std_dynamic__ID();
objId.id = vm.id;
objId.type = vm.vimType;

// set up connections for tag associations, tags, and tag categories
var tagging = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_tag__association(client);
var tagMgr = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_tag(client);
var catMgr = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_category(client);

var tagList = tagging.list_attached_tags(objId);  //returns the IDs of each tag
for each (var tagId in tagList) {
    var theTag = tagMgr.get(tagId);  // get the tag itself
    var tagName=theTag.name;         // name/value of the tag
    var tagCategoryId=theTag.category_id;  // the ID of the category
    var Category = catMgr.get(tagCategoryId); // obtain the tag category
    var catName = Category.name;     // tag category name
    // do more things
}

 This works on 7.5, but I see no reason it should stop working on 8.3. Very likely, you just flip a boolean for the category name, and if its still set to false at the end of the loop, then its not associated to that category. 

[DexG83]

This really helped me out. Thanks alot for the code!