Update a single-value category with Api

[mirkomatonti]

Hi,
I'm trying to update the value of the Operating System category(C__CATG__OPERATING_SYSTEM) using json api.

This is the request:

{
  "version": "2.0",
  "method": "cmdb.category.update",
  "params": {
    "category": "C__CATG__OPERATING_SYSTEM",
    "objID": 6531,
    "data": {
      "application": 5771,
      "assigned_version": 9
    },
    "apikey": "******",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

Response from the db:

{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32603,
    "message": "Internal error: Validation errors in dialog related properties occured.",
    "data": {
      "assigned_version": "(dialog_plus) Id value(s) '9' do not exist in dialog table. Please check your provided selection."
    }
  }
}

I'm sure the value '9' mentioned in the error message exist. The problem only appears when updating, If I purge the category, then I can recreate it with the same data.

[Philipp Hörselmann]

Hi @mirkomatonti
does the entry for "assigned_version" is the entry-id or the value in the i-doit gui?
If 9 is the value which can be selected in the dropdown menu in the gui, you need to write it with quotation marks for the api request
Extract:

"data": {
      "application": 5771,
      "assigned_version": "9"       <----------
    },

Furthermore, the update method is deprecated and I recommend to use the save method.
in your case this would looks like the following snippet:

{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"method": "cmdb.category.save",
	"params": {
		"category": "C__CATG__OPERATING_SYSTEM",
		"apikey": "*********",
                "language": en
		"object": 6531,
		"data": {
			"application": 5771,
			"assigned_version": "9"
		}
	},
	"id": 1
}

Cheers,
Phil

[mirkomatonti]

Hi @Philipp-Hörselmann , thank you, changing to "value" it worked!

Now I have the same problem updating the "C__CATG__VIRTUAL_MACHINE".
If I run this on a new object everything goes fine:

{
  "version": "2.0",
  "method": "cmdb.category.save",
  "params": {
    "category": "C__CATG__VIRTUAL_MACHINE",
    "object": 6600,
    "data": {
      "virtual_machine": 2,
      "hosts": 834,
      "primary": 6597,
      "system": 10
    },
    "apikey": "******",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

Let's say I want to change the "Running on host"' and the "Host in cluster" properties to (253,6444) respectively:

{
 "version": "2.0",
 "method": "cmdb.category.save",
 "params": {
   "category": "C__CATG__VIRTUAL_MACHINE",
   "object": 6600,
   "data": {
     "virtual_machine": 2,
     "hosts": 253,
     "primary": 6444,
     "system": 10
   },
   "apikey": "******",
   "language": "en"
 },
 "id": "1"
}

Same error:

{
  "primary": "(dialog) Id value(s) '6444' do not exist in dialog table. Please check your provided selection."
}

The problem shows up only with the api, on the web GUI I can change them manually and if I do a category.read I get the correct updated values (hosts:253,primary:6444):

{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "290",
      "objID": "6600",
      "virtual_machine": {
        "id": "2",
        "title": "Yes",
        "const": "",
        "title_lang": "LC__UNIVERSAL__YES"
      },
      "hosts": {
        "title": "Test Cluster",
        "id": "253",
        "connection_id": "2981",
        "type": "C__OBJTYPE__CLUSTER",
        "type_title": "Cluster",
        "sysid": "SYSID_1583768396"
      },
      "system": {
        "id": "10",
        "title": "XEN",
        "const": null,
        "title_lang": "XEN"
      },
      "config_file": "",
      "primary": {
        "id": "6444",
        "title": "Test Server",
        "sysid": "SYSID_1589213521",
        "type": "C__OBJTYPE__SERVER",
        "type_title": "Server"
      },
      "description": ""
    }
  ]
}

Sorry for the long post, I hope the explanation of the problem is clear.
Thanks for the help.

Best,
Mirko

[Philipp Hörselmann]

Hey @mirkomatonti
what versions of i-doit and the APIU add-on are you using?
I cannot reproduce this on i-doit 1.14.2 with the API add-on 1.11.1.

Cheers,
Phil

[mirkomatonti]

@Philipp-Hörselmann

I-doit 1.14 and api version1.10.4

Best,
Mirko

[Philipp Hörselmann]

Hi @mirkomatonti
that's a bug which was fixed with the latest version of the API (1.11.1)
I recommend to update both to the actual versions.

Cheers,
Phil

[mirkomatonti]

@Philipp-Hörselmann
Great Do you know where I can find the API(1.11.1)?

Best,
Mirko

[Philipp Hörselmann]

Hi @mirkomatonti
do you use the i-doit open or i-doit pro?
If you are using the open version you can find the download in the download section of https://www.i-doit.org/download/
If you are using the pro version you can download the version from the customer portal with your customer login
Cheers,
Phil