how_to_load-balancer.md

Get token

POST to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tokens

with headers

Content-Type: application/json

and body

{
  "auth": {
    "RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials": {
      "username": "USERNAME",
      "apiKey": "APIKEY"
    }
  }
}

Extract

{
  "access": {
    "token": {
      "id": "REMEMBER_THIS_NUMBER"
    }
  }
}

Get load-balancer

GET https://lon.loadbalancers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/RACKSPACE_CUSTOMER_ID/loadbalancers

with headers

Content-Type: application/json
X-Auth-Token: REMEMBER_THIS_NUMBER

Rummage through the JSON until you find the one you're after, extract its id and REMEMBER_ALSO_THIS_NUMBER

Modify load-balancer

PUT to https://lon.loadbalancers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/RACKSPACE_CUSTOMER_ID/loadbalancers/REMEMBER_ALSO_THIS_NUMBER

with headers

Content-Type: application/json
X-Auth-Token: REMEMBER_THIS_NUMBER

and body

{
  "loadBalancer": {
    "timeout": "TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS"
  }
}

You should get a 202 Accepted, and if you do the GET again you will see the new timeout value there