Yes, listAccounts is not admin only. Any user can make listAccounts API call. But the response will vary based on the user privilege. Admin can list all accounts. Domain admin can only list accounts that belong to the particular domain.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nitin Mehta [mailto:nitin.me...@citrix.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2012 6:58 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Should we have separate "Count" API? > > > > On 06-Nov-2012, at 3:09 PM, Vijaykumar Natarajan wrote: > > > Isn't listAccounts available to an admin only? > > Its available for all. Let me know if it doesn't fit your case. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nitin Mehta [mailto:nitin.me...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 06:08 PM > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > <cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: Should we have separate "Count" API? > > > > > > > > +1 to adding countOnly flag. > > > > > > On 06-Nov-2012, at 7:02 AM, Vijaykumar Natarajan wrote: > > > >> IMHO, > >> > >> Instead of a count or countOnly API for each resource type, it'd be > >> better to create a stats API which returns counts for all resources > >> (no of vms, no of Ips etc.). This is typically the use case (in > >> dashboards etc) for which the count is really useful and will avoid > >> multiple calls to get all this information. Not averse to the > >> suggestion below (which can always exist in addition to the stats API), > though. > >> > >> -- Cheers > >> Vijay > >> > > > > > > I think listAccounts already gives that info for vms, ips, volumes count > > etc. > belonging to that account. > > Thats what the UI also uses to get the count info for a particular account. > > > > > >> On 11/6/12 5:42 AM, "Chiradeep Vittal" <chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> I like the "countOnly" idea. If it were a proper REST API, it would > >>> be GET /vm/count?state=Running And GET /vm?state=Running > >>> > >>> On 11/5/12 4:03 PM, "Min Chen" <min.c...@citrix.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks Alena. Maybe we should support a query parameter > "countOnly" > >>>> or something for count only case to avoid issuing extra sql queries. > >>>> > >>>> -min > >>>> > >>>> From: Alena Prokharchyk > >>>> > <alena.prokharc...@citrix.com<mailto:alena.prokharc...@citrix.com>> > >>>> Date: Monday, November 5, 2012 3:43 PM > >>>> To: > >>>> "cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>" > >>>> <cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>>, Min Chen > <min.c...@citrix.com<mailto:min.c...@citrix.com>> > >>>> Subject: Re: Should we have separate "Count" API? > >>>> > >>>> Min, > >>>> > >>>> We didn't use separate call as well as didn't use resource count > >>>> table because we "count" field represents the number of DB > >>>> resources matching the search criteria (ignoring page/pageSize > >>>> info) specified in the list* api call. For example: > >>>> > >>>> listVirtualMachines&state=Running&hostId=1&page=1&pageSize=1 > >>>> > >>>> In the "count" field we expect to see the only how many vms in > >>>> Running state, running on hostId=1 exist in the system; not the > >>>> entire number of vms in the system that we keep per account in > resource_count table. > >>>> And although only one vm object will be returned (as you requested > >>>> page=1&pageSize=1), you'll know how many vms in the system satisfy > >>>> the search criteria. > >>>> > >>>> As variation of parameters depends on particular API call, the > >>>> count has to be returned as a part of list* command response. > >>>> > >>>> -Alena. > >>>> > >>>> From: Min Chen <min.c...@citrix.com<mailto:min.c...@citrix.com>> > >>>> Reply-To: > >>>> "cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>" > >>>> <cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>> > >>>> To: > >>>> "cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>" > >>>> <cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto:cloudstack- > dev@incubato > >>>> r.apac > >>>> h > >>>> e.org>> > >>>> Subject: Should we have separate "Count" API? > >>>> > >>>> Hi there, > >>>> > >>>> In fixing the bug regarding count of a list API today, I cannot > >>>> help wondering why we cannot have separate "Count" api for such > >>>> purpose rather than bundling this information with list API, where > >>>> we basically return some information that some users will just > >>>> throw away since they only care about count for dashboard purpose. > >>>> I also noticed that in our DB schema, we actually have a table > >>>> "resource_count" there, not sure the original rational behind this > >>>> table. If we can take advantage of this table (and keep the > >>>> information there up-to-date), we may be able to provide a very > >>>> efficient way to implement such "Count' apis for most commonly used > cases. > >>>> Any thoughts on this? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> -min > >>>> > >>> > >> > >
