+# xxx outdated - this should accept a credential & call_id
+def ListSlices(api):
+ # this returns a tuple, the data we want is at index 1
+ xids = api.nodemanager.GetXIDs()
+ # unfortunately the data we want is given to us as
+ # a string but we really want it as a dict
+ # lets eval it
+ slices = eval(xids[1])
+ return slices.keys()