SoftLayer_Product_Order

Description

All orders (servers, virtual servers and services) pass through the SoftLayer_Product_Order service. This service provides the entry point for placing orders and quotes with SoftLayer. To place orders using these services, you must provide the appropriate container type as defined by SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order. For server orders, you would use SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server. For virtual server orders, you would use SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Virtual_Guest. For additional service orders, it will depend on the additional service (e.g., network attached storage, object storage) being purchased. See the data types documentation to get a list of all the available container types beginning with SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_*.

There are several main entry points associated with ordering:

• SoftLayer_Product_Order::placeOrder Order servers and services. Your credit card or PayPal account will get charged when successfully placed.

• SoftLayer_Product_Order::verifyOrder Run verification on your order before it’s actually placed to get additional information, like your total monthly or hourly recurring charges. You may also call this service to help ensure that your call to SoftLayer_Product_Order::placeOrder will succeed. This service is called internally, so it is not required to verify before you call placeOrder. No credit card or PayPal charges result from this call.

• SoftLayer_Product_Order::placeQuote Create a quote only. Subsequent orders may be placed from this quote. See SoftLayer_Billing_Order_Quote::placeOrder for details on how to order from a quote.

• SoftLayer_Product_Order::getVlans Get a list of available VLANs that can be supplied when placing an order.

While this service provides detailed customization for ordering, some customers may find the simplified ordering system sufficient for their needs. For more information, see the following:

• SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::createObject - Simplified virtual server ordering

• SoftLayer_Hardware::createObject - Simplified bare metal server ordering