cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api fails when output doesn't contain a 'Results' key.

[StephenEGibson]

We’re looking to enable alarm suppression during builds and disable alarm suppression when the server is finally elevated to Production. Enabling the suppression works without a hitch. Disabling the suppression is a problem. The root of the problem is that /cond/AlarmSuppressions/{Moid} does not return a ‘Results’ key which is what the python code for Cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api relies on for GET's and DELETE’s (specifics later). Here’s an example of the REST output of the call:

{ "AccountMoid": "<moid>", "Ancestors": [ { "ClassId": "mo.MoRef", "Moid": <moid>", "ObjectType": "compute.Blade", "link": "https://www.intersight.com/api/v1/compute/Blades/<moid>" } ], "ClassId": "cond.AlarmSuppression", "Classifications": [ { "ClassId": "mo.MoRef", "Moid": "<moid>", "ObjectType": "cond.AlarmClassification", "link": "https://www.intersight.com/api/v1/cond/AlarmClassifications/<moid>" } ], "CreateTime": "2025-02-14T17:28:25.772Z", "Description": "<description>", "DomainGroupMoid": "<moid>", "Entity": { "ClassId": "mo.MoRef", "Moid": "<moid>", "ObjectType": "compute.Blade", "link": "https://www.intersight.com/api/v1/compute/Blades/<moid>" }, "ModTime": "2025-05-30T02:57:52.492Z", "Moid": "<moid>", "Name": "compute.Blade-<moid>", "ObjectType": "cond.AlarmSuppression", "Owners": [ "<moid>", "<moid>", "<moid>" ], "Parent": { "ClassId": "mo.MoRef", "Moid": "<moid>", "ObjectType": "compute.Blade", "link": "https://www.intersight.com/api/v1/compute/Blades/<moid>" }, "PermissionResources": [ { "ClassId": "mo.MoRef", "Moid": "<moid>", "ObjectType": "organization.Organization", "link": "https://www.intersight.com/api/v1/organization/Organizations/<moid>" } ], "SharedScope": "", "Tags": [] }

Examples of problematic code is below. I would expect this code to get the information from the REST call above and remove it:

     - name: "Retrieve alarm suppression"
      cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
        <<: *api_info
        resource_path: /cond/AlarmSuppressions/{{ alarm_moid }}
        state: present
      register: "alarm_sup_retrieval"

    - name: Debug Alarm Suppression Removal Results
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ alarm_sup_retrieval }}"

    - name: "Removing alarm suppression"
      cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
        <<: *api_info
        resource_path: /cond/AlarmSuppressions/{{ alarm_moid }}
        state: absent
      register: "alarm_sup_removal"

    - name: Debug Alarm Suppression Removal Results
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ alarm_sup_removal }}"

However, what ends up happening is the module returns ok with no results for both calls.

The reason is that both a GET and DELETE will use the get_resource function from intersight.py: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-ansible/blob/main/plugins/module_utils/intersight.py#L344

I believe the module is non-functioning for these calls because of line 362. There is no ‘Results’ key in the REST output.

[dsoper2]

The resource_path with an Moid specified doesn't return results as you mention, and when state is absent you should see an error that query_params are required:
ValueError: Please specify query_params when state is absent

I'll look at adding support for Moids instead of query_params, but for now here's a work around with query_params:
- name: "Retrieve alarm suppression"
cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
<<: *api_info
resource_path: /cond/AlarmSuppressions
query_params:
$filter: "Moid eq '{{ alarm_moid }}'"
state: present
register: "alarm_sup_retrieval"

- name: Debug Alarm Suppression Removal Results
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ alarm_sup_retrieval }}"

- name: "Removing alarm suppression"
  cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
    <<: *api_info
    resource_path: /cond/AlarmSuppressions
    query_params:
      $filter: "Moid eq '{{ alarm_moid }}'"
    state: absent
  register: "alarm_sup_removal"

- name: Debug Alarm Suppression Removal Results
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ alarm_sup_removal }}"

ansible-playbook alarm_suppression.yml -e "alarm_moid=68a4980365696e3001e8e100" -vvv

TASK [Retrieve alarm suppression]
ok: [localhost] => {
"api_response": {
"AccountMoid": "636d24f77564612d3375a70e",

TASK [Removing alarm suppression]
changed: [localhost] => {
"api_response": {},

PLAY RECAP
localhost : ok=4 changed=1