vmware.vmware_rest.vm_moid lookup does not return moid from vm in subfolder

[ewilson57]

SUMMARY

vmware.vmware_rest.vm_moid does not return MOID of a vm that is in a subfolder.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_rest/vm_moid_lookup

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.14.5]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/ansible/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/ansible/opt/venv/ansible/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/ansible/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/ansible/opt/venv/ansible/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.6 (main, Mar 10 2023, 10:55:28) [GCC 11.3.0] (/home/ansible/opt/venv/ansible/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

Collection         Version
------------------ -------
vmware.vmware_rest 2.3.1  

CONFIGURATION

CONFIG_FILE() = None

OS / ENVIRONMENT

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
- name: Lookup MoIDs of objects
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    vm_name: web01
  tasks:
    - name: Lookup MoID of the vm
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.vm_moid', vm_name) }}"

EXPECTED RESULTS

ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "vm-664"
}

ACTUAL RESULTS

ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": ""

[jeffmcutter]

I think you need to provide the path to it:

lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.vm_moid', '/Datacenter/templates/vmwrhel1') 

Datacenter name is "Datacenter"
VM is in a folder under Datacenter named "templates"
The VM in question is named "vmwrhel1"

This is working for me. I am using 3.0.0.