@stordata/vsphere-soapify/lib/sdk/managed/EventManager.js

A NodeJS abstraction layer for the vSphere SOAP API

'use strict';

const ManagedEntity = require('./ManagedEntity'),
      EventFilterSpec = require('../data/EventFilterSpec'),
      EventFilterSpecByTime = require('../data/EventFilterSpecByTime');

module.exports = class EventManager extends ManagedEntity {

  async createCollectorForEvents(beginTime) {
    const filter = new EventFilterSpec(),
          time = new EventFilterSpecByTime();

    time.beginTime = beginTime;

    filter.time = time;
    filter.disableFullMessage = false;
    filter.maxCount = 100; // Conservative

    const collector = await this.call('CreateCollectorForEventsAsync', { filter }, 'ManagedObjectReference');

    return collector.withProperties(['filter']);
  }

};