Order a Load Balancer

Order_lb.md

Get the Package ID

I am using the jt command line utility to parse the output

curl -sk "https://$SOFTLAYER_USERNAME:$SOFTLAYER_API_KEY@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Package/getAllObjects"| jt [ id % ] name %|grep Load
194	Load Balancers

Get the Price ID

Use Get Package Location Based price script to get the correct itemPriceId for the Datacenter we want to order in.

Create order.json file

{
    "parameters" : [
        {
            "packageId" : 194,
            "location" : 154820,
            "quantity" : 1,
            "prices": [
                {"id": 17234}
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Call the verifyOrder command to make sure the order will go through

curl -s --user "$SOFTLAYER_USERNAME:$SOFTLAYER_API_KEY" -X POST --data @lb.json "https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Order/verifyOrder"

Complete the order with placeOrder

curl -s --user "$SOFTLAYER_USERNAME:$SOFTLAYER_API_KEY" -X POST --data @lb.json "https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Order/placeOrder"