NAME

Zenoss::Router::Search - A JSON/ExtDirect interface to operations on searches

SYNOPSIS

    use Zenoss;
    my $api = Zenoss->connect(
        {
            username    => 'zenoss username',
            password    => 'zenoss password',
            url         => 'http://zenossinstance:8080',
        }
    );

    my $response = $api->search_getAllResults(
        {
            query   => '10.10.10.1'
        }
    );

DESCRIPTION

This module is NOT instantiated directly. To call methods from this module create an instance of Zenoss. This document serves as a resource of available Zenoss API calls to Zenoss.

Note, that use of this module is considered experimental! Zenoss hasn't documented these calls in the Public API JSON Docs, thus I've pieced together what I could from reading their code. Also, it would appear that this interface was meant to be used for the UI only as some of the attributes returned are formatted in HTML.

This module can be useful to search for meta information within a device. For example, I couldn't search for a specific interface (eth0) using the Zenoss::Router::Device module, but with Zenoss::Router::Search I can.

METHODS

The following is a list of available methods available for interaction with the Zenoss API. Please take note of the argument requirements, defaults and return content.

The documentation for this module was mostly taken from the Zenoss JSON API docs. Keep in mind that their (Zenoss Monitoring System) programming is based around python, so descriptions such as dictionaries will be represented as hashes in Perl.

$obj->search_getLiveResults()

Returns IQuickSearchResultSnippets for the results of the query.

ARGUMENTS

query (string) - Query to search. Note this is like typing a query into the live search via the Zenoss UI.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

query

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

results: (dictionary) Search results

$obj->search_getAllResults()

Returns ISearchResultSnippets for the results of the query. It would appear that this returns less HTML.

ARGUMENTS

query (string) - Query to search. Note this is like typing a query into the live search via the Zenoss UI.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

query

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

total (integer): Number of results

results: (dictionary) Search results

$obj->search_getSavedSearch()

Return query of saved search

ARGUMENTS

searchName (string) - identifier of the search we are looking for

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

searchName

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

Saved Search / DirectResponse

$obj->search_updateSavedSearch()

Updates the specified search with the new query

ARGUMENTS

searchName (string) - name of the search we want to update

queryString (string) - value of the new query we are searching on

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

searchName

queryString

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

Saved Search / DirectResponse

$obj->search_removeSavedSearch()

Removes the search specified by searchName

ARGUMENTS

searchName (string) - name of the search we want to remove

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

searchName

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

Direct Response (Success/Failure?)

$obj->search_saveSearch()

Adds this search to our collection of saved searches

ARGUMENTS

searchName (string) - term we are searching for

queryString (string) - our query string's identifier

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

searchName

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

N/A

RETURNS

Direct Response (Success/Failure?)

$obj->search_getAllSavedSearches()

Returns all the searches the logged in user can access

ARGUMENTS

N/A

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

N/A

DEFAULT ARGUMENTS

query = NONE

addManageSavedSearch = False

RETURNS

results: (dictionary) saved searches

SEE ALSO

• Zenoss

• Zenoss::Response

AUTHOR

Patrick Baker <patricksbaker@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010 by Patrick Baker <patricksbaker@gmail.com>

This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You can obtain the Artistic License 2.0 by either viewing the LICENSE file provided with this distribution or by navigating to http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php.

cpanm Zenoss

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Zenoss