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Table Of Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- About the VMware vCloud API
- Hello vCloud: A Simplified RESTful Workflow
- Exploring a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization with vApps, Templates, and Media
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Update a Modifiable Section
- Update a vApp Network Configuration
- Update the NetworkConnectionSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the CPU Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the GuestCustomizationSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify ProductSection Elements
- Retrieve or Modify Groups of Related Sections in a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the Hard Disk Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Creating, Provisioning, and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- Network Administration
- vDC Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Using vCloud API Extensions to Provision and Manage a Cloud
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Example: Versions Request and Response
The api/versions request does not need to be authenticated. The response, a small subset of which is shown
here, includes a VersionInfo element for each API version that the server supports. Each VersionInfo element
contains:
n
A LoginUrl element that contains the URL to which a client can make a login request to access that version
of the vCloud API. See “Logging In,” on page 24.
n
MediaTypeMapping elements for each complex type supported by that version of the vCloud API.
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/versions
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml
...
<SupportedVersions
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/versions"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/versions
http://vcloud.example.com/api/versions/schema/versions.xsd">
<VersionInfo>
<Version>1.0</Version>
<LoginUrl>https://vcloud.example.com/api/login</LoginUrl>
<MediaTypeMapping>
<MediaType>application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.catalog+xml</MediaType>
<ComplexTypeName>CatalogType</ComplexTypeName>
<SchemaLocation>http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/schema/master.xsd</SchemaLocation>
</MediaTypeMapping>
<MediaTypeMapping>
...
</MediaTypeMapping>
</VersionInfo>
<VersionInfo>
<Version>1.5</Version>
<LoginUrl>https://vcloud.example.com/api/sessions</LoginUrl>
<MediaTypeMapping>
<MediaType>application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.catalog+xml</MediaType>
<ComplexTypeName>CatalogType</ComplexTypeName>
<SchemaLocation>http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd</SchemaLocation>
</MediaTypeMapping>
<MediaTypeMapping>
...
</MediaTypeMapping>
...
</VersionInfo>
</SupportedVersions>
NOTE You can use the URL in the SchemaLocation element with a GET request to retreive the file in which that
complex type is defined. For example:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd
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