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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
- Summary of vCloud API Browsing Requests
- Retrieve the Login URL and List of Supported API Versions
- Create a Login Session Using the Integrated Identity Provider
- Retrieve a List of Organizations Accessible to You
- Retrieve an Administrative View of a Cloud
- Retrieve a List of vSphere Platform Operations and Objects for a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization
- Summary of vCloud API Provisioning Requests
- Upload an OVF Package to Create a vApp Template
- Download a vApp or vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Download a Media Image
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Managing Catalog Items
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Create a vApp From an OVF Package
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Clone a vApp
- Capture a vApp as a Template
- Update vApp Access Controls
- Provide User Input Requested by a Virtual Machine
- Attach or Detach an Independent Disk
- Creating and Using vApp Snapshots
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Update Multiple Sections of 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
- Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- VDC Administration
- Network Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of System Administration Requests
- Retrieve or Update System Settings
- Attach a vCenter Server
- Finding Available vCenter Resources
- Create a Provider VDC
- Create an External Network
- Create a Network Pool
- Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter
- Relocate a Virtual Machine to a Different Datastore
- Truststore and Keytab Maintenance
- Retrieve the vSphere URL of an Object
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- vCloud Director Extension Services
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Using the Query Service 9
You can use the vCloud API query service to query the vCloud Director database for information about
objects in the cloud.
The query service provides the following kinds of queries:
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Typed queries, which require you to construct a query URL that specifies a query type and optional
parameters.
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Packaged queries, which have well-known URLs and can accept many of the same parameters used
with typed queries.
Both typed and packaged queries allow you to specify one of the following formats in which to display the
result set:
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A records format that returns name=value pairs for all properties of each matching object. This is the
default. A name can be either a static or dynamic. Static names are predefined object property names,
and are returned in an object-specific QueryRecordResultType element. For a list of these names, see the
Queries reference pages in the vCloud API Schema Reference. Dynamic names are user-defined metadata
key names. Dynamic name=value pairs are not returned unless the object includes a non-empty Metadata
element. See Chapter 8, “Working With Object Metadata,” on page 281.
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An idrecords format that is identical to the records format, except that object reference values are
returned in id format rather than href format. See “Objects, References, and Representations,” on
page 12.
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A references format that returns a reference in href format to each object that matches the query
criteria.
Query results are paginated, and include links to previous and next pages where needed. Page size can be
specified in the query request. Default and maximum page sizes are specified in the vCloud Director
configuration. You can also apply filter criteria to the list of items returned.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Typed Queries,” on page 290
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“Packaged Queries,” on page 294
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“Query Parameters,” on page 299
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“Add a Metadata Filter to a Query,” on page 303
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