# Get targeted host from schedule/job template via api **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** awx\ **Created:** [November 5, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-targeted-host-from-schedule-job-template-via-api/2153 "2023-11-05T07:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MalfuncEddie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/malfunceddie/32/428_2.png) [@MalfuncEddie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MalfuncEddie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-targeted-host-from-schedule-job-template-via-api/2153/1 "2023-11-05T07:47:33Z")
Hi, Is there an easy way to get the targeted hosts of a schedule/job template via the api. Situation: I’ve got a lot of inventories subdivided in groups. I’ve got job templates that target hosts by filling in the “limit” (sometimes by prompt). These templates have a schedule to run during specific times in a month. The limit could be set in the schedule. some limits are easy (just one group) others use union and exclusions. The number of schedules is steadily increasing. Problems/questions Due to the increasing nature of templates/schedules it is getting hard to: Q1:Determine what schedule is targeting what host Q2 :Determine if a host has been targeted by a job\_template/schedule Manual solution: Q1 Have a good naming convention so you can determine the group from the schedule name. Q2: Open the job template → see the limit → go to inventory → group … My automated solution: Via api: Read all schedules that have a next run in the next 30 days Get the targeted inventory get the template/workflow/schedule limit run ansible-playbook with --list-hosts (on a script server) parse output (on a script server) get hosts (on a script server) create an excel (shows schedule per host or host per schedule Question: Can this be done faster/easier This solution works but since part of this needs to be executed with “shell ansible-playbook with --list-hosts” makes it slow It would be nice if there was an awx api endpoint that just returns the hosts given a limit and an inventory. Does something like this exists: /api/v2/get\_targeted\_hosts?inventory\_id=X&limit=groupA:groupB!group3 or other suggestions ---
**Author:** ![TheRealHaoLiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/therealhaoliu/32/100_2.png) [@TheRealHaoLiu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheRealHaoLiu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-targeted-host-from-schedule-job-template-via-api/2153/2 "2023-12-06T19:55:31Z")
I don’t think this is possible with normal inventory @AlanCoding would constructed inventory fit this usecase? ---
**Author:** ![MalfuncEddie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/malfunceddie/32/428_2.png) [@MalfuncEddie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MalfuncEddie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-targeted-host-from-schedule-job-template-via-api/2153/3 "2023-12-07T09:14:24Z")
I think a constructed inventory could do this but then you change the “limit” functionality to all and a constructed inventory. Also this would kind of make the host menu/list a mess since it list host multiple times (the original inventory and every constructed inventory). I have a working solution as described in the original post. But yet I feel this is a QOL feature that could be most welcome in AWX. Use cases: - If a scheduled tasks would have it’s host known you could add a “future job” on the host level next to the previous jobs. - When you launch a template you could list the targeted hosts in the preview section. I should not have to open a second tab and go to inventory → group → hosts to check if this is what I want to target. PS: OMG its the real TheRealHaoLiu from AWX Office Hours