[Feature]: Update an object with its ID

[schmittvictor]

NetBox version

v3.2.1

Feature type

Change to existing Module

Proposed functionality

Possibility to update object data by mentionning its ID instead of its name to select it.

Use case

Usefull for changing a device name or updating the data of a member of a virtual chassis that has no name.

ex:

- netbox.netbox.netbox_device:
    netbox_url: "{{ nb_url }}"
    netbox_token: "{{ nb_token }}"
    data:
      id: 12
      name: "{{ new_name }}"

External dependencies

No response

[rodvand]

Have you looked at https://netbox-ansible-collection.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/how-to-use/advanced.html#using-query-params-module-argument ?

[schmittvictor]

Exactly what I needed, thank you !

[TGH-TH]

Still think this would be useful - I'm looking to manipulate device details but not name.. - I have the device id but not the name. of course I can get it and look it up but why would I? I already have the inbuilt NetBox device identifier but the name field seems to be required according to the documentation and this name lookup will slow my loop down needlessly for several thousands of devices..