SearchManager

class SoftLayer.managers.SearchManager(client)[source]

Manager to help search via the SoftLayer API.

Methods

`__init__`(client)
`advanced`(search_string)	Uses the SoftLayer_Search::advancedSearch API.
`get_object_types`()	returns a collection of SoftLayer_Container_Search_ObjectType containers.
`search`(search_string)	allows for searching for SoftLayer resources by simple phrase.
`search_hadrware_instances`(search_string[, mask])	Lists hardwares based in the search_string.
`search_instances`(search_string[, mask])	Lists VSIs based in the search_string.

advanced(search_string)[source]: Uses the SoftLayer_Search::advancedSearch API. Allows for more complicated search phrases.

get_object_types()[source]: returns a collection of SoftLayer_Container_Search_ObjectType containers.

search(search_string)[source]: allows for searching for SoftLayer resources by simple phrase.

search_hadrware_instances(search_string, mask=None, **kwargs)[source]

Lists hardwares based in the search_string.

Also takes in a few search terms as **kwargs. such as hostname, datacenter, domain and tags

search_instances(search_string, mask=None, **kwargs)[source]

Lists VSIs based in the search_string.

Also takes in a few search terms as **kwargs. such as hostname, datacenter, domain and tags