[Engine-devel] RESTAPI: what is the purpose for /api/disks collection

[Itamar Heim]

On 06/10/2012 06:35 PM, Omer Frenkel wrote:
>> >  if so why it
>> >  appear in /disks?,
>> >  i think root collection /disks should contain only items available
>> >  for common usage.
>> >  (can't see any point in showing private vm disks there (such as
>> >  not-shareable&&  not-floating))

i don't think it makes sense a disk will go away to a user from /disks 
once it was attached, etc.
why not show here all disks?

>> >
> well i guess its a way of looking at it,
> personally i think that there is no reason blocking data from the user,
> let the user decide if he would like to see all disks, or filter it with a simple query.
>
> you mentioned common usage,
> private templates also return in /templates, no? no one can use them but one user.
> maybe im the storage guy, and my 'usage' in the disks tab is to see how people are handling disks and storage
> (probably not so good example but just trying to say don't hide info from the users,
> you don't know all the use cases)
>
>

not sure this is the same:
private template will not show to a user without relevant permissions 
via the user api.
admin api shows all objects, hence the private template as well.