vapi metadata cli command: fingerprint

Returns the aggregate fingerprint of all the command metadata from all the metadata sources.

The fingerprint provides clients an efficient way to check if the metadata for commands has been modified on the server.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/metadata/cli/command?~action=fingerprint
No request parameters

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representations:

{
    "value""string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Fingerprint-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/cli/command" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <value>string</value>
</ns0:Fingerprint-Result>

Response Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
value string Fingerprint of all the command metadata present on the server.

Errors:

None