place_order_portable_storage.rb
place_order_portable_storage.rb
# Order a portal storage
#
# The script orders a portable storage, it makes a single call to the
# SoftLayer_Product_Order::placeOrder method.
#
# Important manual pages
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Virtual_Disk_Image
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Order
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Order/placeOrder
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Product_Item_Price
#
require 'softlayer_api'
require 'pp'
# Your SoftLayer API username and key.
USERNAME = 'set me'
API_KEY = 'set me'
# Building an skeleton SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Virtual_Disk_Image to the order
order_template = {
'complexType' => 'SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Virtual_Disk_Image',
'location' => 'SANJOSE',
# The package for order portable storage
'packageId' => 198,
'diskDescription' => 'test portable storage',
'prices' => [
{
# The prices for the portable storage
# to see the list of prices available for the package
# use the Softlayer_Product_Package::getItems method (http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Package/getItems)
# e.g.
# client = SoftLayer::Client.new(:username => user,:api_key => api_key)
# productPackageService = client.service_named("Softlayer_Product_Package")
# packageID = 198
# result = productPackageService.object_with_id(packageID).getItems()
'id' => 218_61,
'complexType' => 'SoftLayer_Product_Item_Price'
}
]
}
# Declaring the API client to use the SoftLayer_Product_Order API service
client = SoftLayer::Client.new(username: USERNAME, api_key: API_KEY)
product_order_service = client.service_named('SoftLayer_Product_Order')
begin
# Verifies the order when you are ready to create the
# portal storage replace "verifyOrder" by "placeOrder"
result = product_order_service.verifyOrder(order_template)
pp result
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