REST API - create
  1. Operations
  2. vcenter
  3. vmwportal
  4. authentication

vcenter vmwportal authentication: create

Create API authenticates the user on the my.vmware.com portal using the username password passed in the spec. Warning: This operation is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/api/vcenter/vmwportal/authentication
{
    "password" : "secret string",
    "username" : "string"
}

Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
- create_spec Specification providing the my.vmware.com username and password.
-.username string my.vmware.com username. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.
-.password secret my.vmware.com password. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 204

Headers:

None

Type:

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
401 unauthenticated if the user can not be authenticated.
403 unauthorized if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
500 error if there is some unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the error.