Insight REST API support for updating inbound/outbound references

[Boswell, Richard]

Does the JSM Insight REST API support updating the inbound and outbound references of an object? I'm trying to ascertain whether it is possible to modify the Hypervisor reference for a Virtual Guest via the API but I can't find a straightforward method.

[Andrea · Accepted solution]

Hey @Boswell, Richard ,

Does the JSM Insight REST API support updating the inbound and outbound references of an object? 

Yes, you can do this by updating the reference attributes on the objects. I just tried this out using the PUT object API (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/insight/rest/api-group-object/#api-object-id-put).

To do this you'll need:

• the attribute id of the outbound reference attribute on your object
• the key(s) or ID(s) of the object to update
• the key(s) or ID(s) of the new outbound reference

e.g. to update object "AB-123" to have an outbound reference to "CD-456" you'd call that PUT API with url

https://api.atlassian.com/jsm/insight/workspace/{yourworkspaceid}/v1/object/AB-123

with a body like

{
  "attributes": [
    {
      "objectTypeAttributeId": "674",
      "objectAttributeValues": [
        {
          "value": "CD-456"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

To do this to update the "inbound reference" you'll need to update the attribute of the object you want to be a new inbound reference.

[Boswell, Richard]

@Andrea, that worked perfectly! Thanks for the quick response.