REST API - get

vapi std introspection provider: get

Returns a vapi.std.introspection.provider.info describing the vAPI provider on which the operation is invoked

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/std/introspection/provider?~action=get
No request parameters

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representation:

{
    "value"{
        "checksum""string",
        "id""obj-103"
    }
}

Response Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
value info vapi.std.introspection.provider.info describing the vAPI provider on which the operation is invoked.
value.id string Identifier of the provider

When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.provider. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.provider.

value.checksum string Checksum of the information present in the provider.

Clients can use this information to check if the service information has changed. When a new service is added or removed (or) one of the existing service information is modified, the value of the checksum changes.

The information used to calculate the checksum includes:

  • service identifiers
  • operation identifiers inside the service
  • input, output and error definitions of an operation

Errors:

None