List Available Content Example
GET /api/contents lists the content that is available for export on your vRealize Automation deployment. Content is some artifact, entity or information that provides value to a user in a specific context. Content can be represented in a file in different formats, such as XML, JSON, or a package of files.
curl Command
The following command displays
a list of all available content in your
vRealize Automation deployment.
$curl --insecure -s -H "Content-Type: application/json"-H "Authorization: Bearer $token" https://$vRA/content-management-service/api/contents
JSON Output
The output includes published artifacts such as blueprints, software, and properties.
{
"links": [],
"content": [
{
"@type": "Content",
"id": "6ba58cb4-257d-4833-b2dc-f090f92f86be",
"contentId": "3482e3a7-c6c2-4372-b8e1-0db517b93406",
"name": "Echo String",
"description": null,
"contentTypeId": "asd-blueprint",
"mimeType": null,
"tenantId": "qe",
"subtenantId": null,
"dependencies": [],
"createdDate": "2015-08-18T19:14:54.899Z",
"lastUpdated": "2015-08-18T19:14:54.899Z",
"version": 0
},
{
"@type": "Content",
"id": "079cc912-b870-4f56-a1c3-91905526b09d",
"contentId": "NicksBP",
"name": "Nick's BP",
"description": "Nick's BP",
"contentTypeId": "composite-blueprint",
"mimeType": null,
"tenantId": "qe",
"subtenantId": null,
"dependencies": [],
"createdDate": "2015-08-18T20:14:57.299Z",
"lastUpdated": "2015-08-18T20:14:57.299Z",
"version": 0
},
{
"@type": "Content",
"id": "9795e97f-7025-44f9-9a57-f59242a7775d",
"contentId": "de81f329-cb72-4099-b831-309db708833b",
"name": "TestMapping",
"description": null,
"contentTypeId": "asd-resource-mapping",
"mimeType": null,
"tenantId": "qe",
"subtenantId": null,
"dependencies": [],
"createdDate": "2015-08-18T20:53:25.062Z",
"lastUpdated": "2015-08-18T20:53:25.062Z",
"version": 0
},
{
"@type": "Content",
"id": "3922fda1-b5fd-4c51-997d-5f803ec6fb6e",
"contentId": "e8ae6093-18a9-4ec9-a415-1ef850f243f9",
"name": "CustomRes",
"description": null,
"contentTypeId": "asd-resource-type",
"mimeType": null,
"tenantId": "qe",
"subtenantId": null,
"dependencies": [],
"createdDate": "2015-08-18T20:56:11.052Z",
"lastUpdated": "2015-08-18T20:56:11.052Z",
"version": 0
},
{
"@type": "Content",
"id": "4754ad69-a6a7-447f-96de-2ed6fa260f7c",
"contentId": "Software.Apache_LB",
"name": "Apache_LB",
"description": "Apache 2.2 The Apache HTTP Server is an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS/X and Netware. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services observing the current HTTP standards. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996.",
"contentTypeId": "software-component",
"mimeType": null,
"tenantId": "qe",
"subtenantId": null,
"dependencies": [],
"createdDate": "2015-08-18T21:31:43.094Z",
"lastUpdated": "2015-08-18T21:31:44.133Z",
"version": 1
},
{
Input
Use the supported input parameters with your query URL to control command output.
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| page | Page Number. Default is 1. | Query |
| limit | Number of entries per page. Default is 20. | Query |
| $orderby | Multiple comma-separated properties sorted in ascending or descending order. | Query |
| $top | The number of returned entries from the top of the response (total number per page in relation to skip). | Query |
| $skip | The number of entries to skip. | Query |
| $filter | Boolean expression for whether a particular entry should be included in the response. | Query |
Output
The command output contains property names and values based on the command input parameters.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
Links |
Specifies an array of link objects, each of which contains the following parts:
|
|
Content |
Specifies an array of data rows, each of which represents one of the objects returned in a pageable list.
|
|
Metadata |
Specifies the
following paging-related data:
|