place_order_nas.rb
place_order_nas.rb
# Order a NAS
#
# Build a SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Nas
# object for a new CDN account order and pass it to the SoftLayer_Product_Order
# API service to order it. In this script we'll order a NAS. See below for more details.
#
# Important manual pages:
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Nas
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Product_Item_Price
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Order/verifyOrder
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Order/placeOrder
#
# License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
# Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
require 'softlayer_api'
require 'pp'
USERNAME = 'set me'
API_KEY = 'set me'
# Building a skeleton SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Nas object
# containing the order you wish to place.
order_data = {
'complexType' => 'SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Nas',
'packageId' => 216, # the package id to order NAS
'location' => 'AMSTERDAM',
# The prices to order the NAS
'prices' => [
{
'complexType' => 'SoftLayer_Product_Item_Price',
'id' => 508 # 20 GB NAS
}
],
'quantity' => 1,
'privateCloudOrderFlag' => false
}
# Declaring the API client
client = SoftLayer::Client.new(username: USERNAME, api_key: API_KEY)
product_order_service = client.service_named('SoftLayer_Product_Order')
begin
# verifyOrder() will check your order for errors. Replace this with a call to
# placeOrder() when you're ready to order. Both calls return a receipt object
# that you can use for your records.
response = product_order_service.verifyOrder(order_data)
print response
rescue StandardError => exception
# If there was an error returned from the SoftLayer API then bomb out with the
# error message.
puts "Unable to place the order. #{exception}"
end