Filter interfaces/ports on virtualchassis_id

[steffenschumacher]

NetBox version

V2.11.3

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

For the interfaces API endpoint, it would be nice if one could filter on virtualchassis_id, beyond device_id. I imagine it would be fairly simply include, but it would need to be mutually exclusive with filtering on device_id.

Use case

Efficiency in loading virtualchassis interfaces via one api request vs per-device requests

Database changes

None

External dependencies

None

[rhyser9]

"...but it would need to be mutually exclusive with filtering on device_id"
I don't see that this needs to be the case. In the same way that you could specify a region and then a site within that region, you could specify a virtual chassis and then the device within that chassis. This also could assist with narrowing down the options in the device form field

@jeremystretch I can implement this.

[steffenschumacher]

"...but it would need to be mutually exclusive with filtering on device_id"
I don't see that this needs to be the case.

True - if it’s not custom to put in guard rails like this, that’s fine - guess users of the API are grownups😉