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# Build inventory filter structure

POST https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build
Content-Type: application/json

Selects nodes by tags and returns them grouped by inventory in the format expected by Gateway Manager's runService method. Returns inventory name with nodeNames array for partial matches, or inventory name only when all nodes are selected.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/inventory-manager/build-inventory-filter

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `inventoryIdentifiers` (list of any, optional)
- `tagIdentifiers` (list of any, optional)
- `tagMatchType` (enum, optional, default: any)
  - Allowed values: `any`, `all`
- `outputFormat` (enum, optional, default: compact)
  - Allowed values: `compact`, `explicit`

## Response

### 200

Filter structure for service execution

- `status` (string, optional)
- `result` (list of object, optional) — Array of inventory filters
  - `inventory` (string, optional) — Inventory name
  - `nodeNames` (list of string, optional) — Array of node names (omitted when all nodes are selected)
- `error` (string, optional)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": "Success",
  "result": [
    {
      "inventory": "string",
      "nodeNames": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "error": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build"

payload = {}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{}'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/inventory_manager/v1/nodes/filter/build")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```