[JCLOUDS-266] softlayer: Use alpha region ids, instead of numeric (ams01 vs 265592)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: jclouds-compute
• Labels: softlayer
• Environment: api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Toy
• Created: 05/Sep/13 17:48
• Updated: 24/Jan/15 11:33

Description

Currently when using softlayer regions must be specified using a numeric 'locationId'.

In addition to the numeric id SoftLayer make a human readable 'name' available for each region.

Can jclouds:softlayer switch to using the easier alphanumeric name to specify a region?

e.g. jclouds.softlayer:ams01, rather than jclouds.softlayer:265592.

JSON from SoftLayer:

{"id":265592,"longName":"Amsterdam 1","name":"ams01","locationAddress":{"accountId":1,"address1":"Paul van Vlissingenstraat 16","city":"Amsterdam","contactName":"SoftLayer","country":"NL","description":"Amsterdam - AMS01","id":3322,"isActive":1,"locationId":265592,"postalCode":"1096 BK","type":{"createDate":"2010-04-06T04:49:15+01:00","id":1,"keyName":"SOFTLAYER_DATACENTER","name":"SoftLayer Datacenter (accepts customer DTS shipments)"}},"regions":[

{"description":"AMS01 - Amsterdam - Western Europe","keyname":"AMSTERDAM","sortOrder":11}

]}]}"