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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
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
name="zorro"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/58" />
</UserReferences>
Example: Query With Parameters
This query retrieves a list of all users in your organization and returns a response in the records format. The
query includes a sortAsc=name parameter, so the result set is sorted by object name.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?type=user&format=references&sortAsc=name
Response:
<UserReferences
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
total="3"
pageSize="25"
page="1"
name="user"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.references+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?
type=user&page=1&pageSize=25&format=references"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ... >
<Link
rel="alternate"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.records+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?
type=user&page=1&pageSize=25&format=records" />
<UserReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
name="administrator"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/24" />
<UserReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
name="bob"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/39" />
<UserReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
name="zorro"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/58" />
</UserReferences>
This query retrieves a list of all users in your organization and returns a response in the records format. The
query includes a filter=ldapUser==true parameter, so the result set lists the subset of users who are
imported from LDAP. Note that you can filter on a record (attribute) value even though you specify the
references format.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?type=adminUser&format=references&filter=ldapUser==true
Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<UserReferences
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
total="2"
pageSize="25"
page="1"
name="user"
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