REST API - create

vapi metadata metamodel source: create

Creates a new metadata source. Once the server validates the registration information of the metadata source, the metamodel metadata is retrieved from the source. This populates elements in all the services defined in vapi.metadata.metamodel API.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/metadata/metamodel/source/id:{source_id}

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Required
source_id	string	metadata source identifier.

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec" : {
        "address" : "http://myurl.com",
        "filepath" : "string",
        "description" : "string",
        "type" : "FILE"
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
spec	create_spec	create specification.
spec.description	string	English language human readable description of the source.
spec.type	string	Type of the metadata source. Defines the types of sources for API metadata. You specify the type of source when adding a metadata source to a metadata service. Value is one of: FILE: Indicates the metadata source is a JSON file. REMOTE: Indicates the metadata source is a remote server.
spec.filepath	string	Absolute file path of the metamodel metadata file that has the metamodel information about one component element. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value FILE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is FILE.
spec.address	URI	Connection information of the remote server. This should be of the format http(s)://IP:port/namespace. The remote server should contain the services in vapi.metadata.metamodel API. It could expose metamodel information of one or more components. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value REMOTE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is REMOTE.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
400	already_exists	if the metadata source identifier is already registered with the infrastructure.
400	invalid_argument	if the type of the source specified in CreateSpec#type is invalid.
404	not_found	if the file specified in CreateSpec#filepath does not exist.