Get the names of all vCenter Tags of a Category given a Category name

getTagCategoryIdByName.js

// VMware vRealize Orchestrator action sample
//
// This sample returns the ID of a vCenter Tag Category given its name
// 
// For vRO/VAPI 7.0+
//
// Action Inputs:
// endpoint - VAPIEndpoint - VAPI Endpoint
// categoryName - string - Name of the vCenter Tag Category
//
// Return type: string

var client = endpoint.client();
var catService = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_category(client);
var categories = catService.list();

for each (var catId in categories) {
	if (catService.get(catId).name === categoryName) {
		System.debug("Found tag category with name '" + categoryName + "' with ID '"+ catId +"'");
		return catId;
	}
}

System.warn("No tag category found with name '" + categoryName + "'");

return null;

getTagNamesOfCategory.js

// VMware vRealize Orchestrator action sample
//
// This sample returns the ID of a vCenter Tag Category given its name
// Note: Excutes another action defined in getTagCategoryIdByName.js
// 
// For vRO/VAPI 7.0+
//
// Action Inputs:
// endpoint - VAPIEndpoint - VAPI Endpoint
// categoryName - string - Name of the vCenter Tag Category
// doSort - boolean - Set to true to return the names in sorted order
//
// Return type: Array/string

var tagNames = [];
var vapiClient = getVapiClient();
var categoryId = getTagCategoryIdByName(vapiClient, categoryName);
var tagService, tags, tag;

if (!categoryId) throw "No category found with name " + categoryName;

tagService = new com_vmware_cis_tagging_tag(vapiClient);
tags = tagService.list_tags_for_category(categoryId);
tagNames = [];

for each (var tid in tags) {
	try {
		tag = tagService.get(tid);
		tagNames.push(tag.name)
	} catch(e) {
		System.error(e); // There is a bug that throws an exception just because a tag lacks a description
	}
}

if (tagNames.length === 0) System.warn("No tags found in category '"+ categoryName +"'");

if (doSort) return tagNames.sort();

return tagNames;