API Request - id_changed_object_type/action

[zmaster7]

Environment

• Python version: 3.5.2
• NetBox version: 2.5.8

Proposed Functionality

From what I can tell, there is no way to pull possible values for "id_changed_object_type" ("content_type") for the changelog via API (/api/extras/object-changes/), and the "action" field only lists available ids without a description of said id (e.g. 1 = Created, 2 = Updated, 3 = Deleted)

I propose, if possible, to add the available options for "changed_object_type" and/or "action" under "/api/extras/_choices/", or a new "/api/extras/object-changes/_choices/" path with both an id and description/name.

Also, the "content_type" does not show up with a Get request on "/api/extras/object-changes/", so you cannot filter after the fact based on object type.

Use Case

Currently, in order to determine the id value of the object type for a change log entry, you would have to go to "/extras/changelog/" (not the API), select the object type you want to filter by, and look at the URI for "changed_object_type=#" (or inspect the dropdown field) for possible options.

It would be beneficial to gather the options via API, rather then hard coding the options and having them change.

[zmaster7]

It looks like the content type values I would be looking for are pulled via the SQL table: django_content_type.

[jeremystretch]

Corrected action to use ChoiceField serialization and added its key/value pairs to the _choices endpoint.

While the serializer had a content_type field defined, it was not being included in serialized output for some reason. I've changed this to changed_object_type and it now includes the content type of the changed object. (The content types are not included under the _choices endpoint because this is a read-only field.)

[DanSheps]

Please open a new issue for this