NAME

WebService::IdoitAPI::Object - handle i-doit objects

VERSION

version 0.4.1

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::IdoitAPI::Object;

$api = WebService::IdoitAPI->new( $config );
$object = WebService::IdoitAPI::Object->new($api, $id)

$info = $object->get_information();

DESCRIPTION

INTERFACE

new

$api = WebService::IdoitAPI->new( $config );

$object = WebService::IdoitAPI::Object->new($api, $id)

Create a new object and provide it with an WebService::IdoitAPI object that is used for communication with i-doit and optionally with an object ID.

The API object should be configured and ready to use.

get_data

$data = $object->get_data();

or

$data = $object->get_data($id);

This function returns a subset of the data retrieved by get_information() in a form that is more suitable to be copied to other objects.

The basic data structure returned by this function is the same as by get_information().

Data from C__CATG__LOGBOOK is left out and the attributes in the other categories are changed to values that can be used with the JSON-RPC-API call cmdb.category.save.

One use case for this function is to amend an object with data from a template.

get_information

$info = $object->get_information();

or

$info = $object->get_information($id);

This function collects all information about an object from i-doit and returns it in a hash with the following structure:

$info = {
    catg => {
        # ...
    },
    cats => {
        # ...
    },
    obj => {
        'cmdb_status' => $cmdb_status,
        'id' => $id,
        'objecttype' => $type,
        'status' => $status,
        'sysid' => $sysid,
        'title' => $title,
        'type_icon' => $path_to_file,
        'type_title' => $type_title,
    },
}

The values at the catg and cats keys are themselves hashes with the categories of the object as keys. Which categories are actually there depends on the objecttype, which is accessible at $info->{'obj'}->{'objtype'}

When this function is called with a value for $id, it returns the information for the object with that ID.

If the function is called without $id, the ID that was used when creating the object with new() is used.

If the object has no internal ID and no ID is provided, the method throws an error.

The last retrieved information is cached with the object and the internal ID set to the last used object ID.

If the option $id is provided and is equal to the internal ID of the object the retrieved information is taken from the cache.

If the option $id is provided and differs from the internal ID of the object, the information is retrieved from i-doit, cached, and the new ID is set.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

WebService::IdoitAPI::Object requires no configuration files or environment variables but it depends on an already initialized WebService::IdoitAPI object.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

DIAGNOSTICS

get_information() called without ID on an object without ID

The method get_information() can use either the ID given in the call or the ID that belongs to the object. If an object was created without an ID and get_information() is called on this object without an ID, the method doesn't know which object to inspect.

Either create the object with an ID or call get_information() with an ID.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-app-new@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Mathias Weidner <mamawe@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2023, Mathias Weidner <mamawe@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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cpanm WebService::IdoitAPI

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install WebService::IdoitAPI