REST API - answer
  1. Operations
  2. vcenter
  3. deployment
  4. question

vcenter deployment question: answer

Supply answer to the raised question. This operation was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/deployment/question?action=answer

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec" : {
        "answer_val" : "string",
        "question_id" : "string"
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
spec answer_spec AnswerSpec with the answer to the raised question.
spec.question_id string Id of the question being answered. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
spec.answer_val string The answer value. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
401 unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.
400 invalid_argument if passed arguments are invalid.
400 not_allowed_in_current_state if the appliance is NOT in QUESTION_RAISED state.
500 internal_server_error if answer file could not be created.