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

["David Toy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

David Toy created JCLOUDS-266:
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             Summary: softlayer: Use alpha region ids, instead of numeric (ams01 vs 265592)
                 Key: JCLOUDS-266
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-266
             Project: jclouds
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: jclouds-compute
         Environment: api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/
            Reporter: David Toy
            Priority: Minor


Currently when using SoftLayer (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}]}]}"

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