+1, The listVM call is one of the most resource intensive call. Any step to optimise it are welcome.
On 06/02/14 2:01 pm, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: >Currently list VM can only be called using a single VM ID. So if there is >a need to query a set of VMs using ID then either multiple list VM calls >need to be made or all VMs needs to be fetched and then do a client side >filtering. Both approaches are sub-optimal - the former results in >multiple queries to database and the latter will be an overkill if you >need a small subset from a very large number of VMs. > >The proposal is to have an additional parameter to specify a list of VM >IDs for which the data needs to be fetched. Using this the required VMs >can be queried in an efficient manner. With the new parameter the syntax >would look like >http://localhost:8096/api?command=listVirtualMachines&listAll=true&ids=edd >ac053-9b12-4d2e-acb7-233de2e98112,009966fc-4d7b-4f84-8609-254979ba0134 > >The new 'ids' parameter will be mutually exclusive with the existing 'id' >parameter. > >Let me know if there are any concerns/comments. > >Thanks, >Koushik
