vapi metadata authentication component: fingerprint
Retrieves the fingerprint computed from the authentication metadata of the component element corresponding to
component_id. The fingerprint provides clients an efficient way to check if the metadata for a particular component has been modified on the server. The client can do this by comparing the result of this operation with the fingerprint returned in the result of get.
Request:
HTTP request
POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/metadata/authentication/component/id:{component_id}?~action=fingerprint
Path Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| component_id | string | Identifier of the component element. |
Response:
HTTP Status Code: 200
Representations:
{
"value": "string"
}
"value": "string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Fingerprint-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/authentication/component" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value>string</value>
</ns0:Fingerprint-Result>
<ns0:Fingerprint-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/authentication/component" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value>string</value>
</ns0:Fingerprint-Result>
Response Type:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bold = required | ||
| value | string | The fingerprint computed from the authentication metadata of the component. |
Errors:
| HTTP Status Code | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 404 | not_found | if the component element associated with component_id does not have any authentication information. |