REST API - get

vapi metadata cli namespace: get

Retreives information about a namespace including information about children of that namespace.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/metadata/cli/namespace?~action=get

Request Body Structure:

{
    "identity" : {
        "path" : "string",
        "name" : "string"
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
identity	identity	Identifier of the namespace for which to retreive information.
identity.path	string	The dot-separated path of the namespace containing the namespace in the CLI node tree. For top-level namespace this will be empty.
identity.name	string	The name displayed to the user for this namespace.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representation:

{
    "value" : {
        "children" : [
            {
                "path" : "string",
                "name" : "string"
            },
            {
                "path" : "string",
                "name" : "string"
            }
        ],
        "identity" : {
            "path" : "string",
            "name" : "string"
        },
        "description" : "string"
    }
}

Response Type:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
value	info	Information about the namespace including information about child of that namespace.
value.identity	identity	Basic namespace identity.
value.identity.path	string	The dot-separated path of the namespace containing the namespace in the CLI node tree. For top-level namespace this will be empty.
value.identity.name	string	The name displayed to the user for this namespace.
value.description	string	The text description displayed to the user in help output.
value.children	identity[]	The children of this namespace in the tree of CLI namespaces.
value.children[].path	string	The dot-separated path of the namespace containing the namespace in the CLI node tree. For top-level namespace this will be empty.
value.children[].name	string	The name displayed to the user for this namespace.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
404	not_found	if a namespace corresponding to `identity` doesn't exist.