The following table shows a brief description and HTTP methods allowed to interact with logical folders.
Resource | URI | Description | GET | POST | PUT | PATCH | OPTIONS |
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Folder | /folder | Logical Folder Management resource. List permitted folders and their attributes | | | | | |
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Remember, you can also show what methods are allowed and method description, parameters, etc. by making an OPTIONS HTTP request to /v2/folder. Code Block |
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| http OPTIONS "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder"
curl -X OPTIONS "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder" |
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List
In order to list allowed Folders you should make a GET request to the endpoint /v2/folder, passing your access token. As a result, you will get a reference URI /v2/folder/<moref> to get detailed information about that folder, human readable name and Managed Object Reference (moref).
Name | Type | Description |
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name | string | Folder name. |
parent | string | Parent folder name. |
moref | string | vCenter Managed Object Reference (moref) |
_links | array | List of URIs related to the resource. |
full_path | string | vCenter full path to the folder |
The following examples implements HTTPie and CURL to list all folders a user have access to:
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http -a $TK GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder"
curl -u $TK -X GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder" |
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{
"_links": {
"api": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/",
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder"
},
"data": [
{
"_links": {
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736"
},
"full_path": "VSS > Sandbox > jm > APIDemo",
"moref": "group-v6736",
"name": "APIDemo",
"parent": "jm"
},
{
"_links": {
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6749"
},
"full_path": "VSS > Sandbox > jm > DockerDatacenter",
"moref": "group-v6749",
"name": "DockerDatacenter",
"parent": "jm"
}
],
"meta": {
"count": 2,
"time": "0.46083s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
Filters
This resource has two main filters to narrow down the number of Networks shown in the result.
Name | Description |
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name | Folder name |
moref | vCenter Managed Object Reference (moref) |
parent | Parent folder name |
summary | Disable folder summary data |
The following examples show how to make a GET request, which in both cases, the result would be the same because APIDemo moref contains number 6379.
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http -a $TK GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder?name=API"
http -a $TK GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder?moref=6736"
http -a $TK GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder?parent=jm" |
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{
"_links": {
"api": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/",
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder"
},
"data": [
{
"_links": {
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736"
},
"full_path": "VSS > Sandbox > jm > APIDemo",
"moref": "group-v6736",
"name": "APIDemo",
"parent": "jm"
}
],
"meta": {
"count": 1,
"time": "0.46083s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
List specific folder info
Some of the attributes will have an object value. Such is the case of items in attribute vms.
Name | Type | Description |
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vms | array | Array of Virtual Machines in folder. |
vmCount | integer | Number of virtual machines in folder |
children | object | Immediate children folders |
The following example, requests information about a particular Folder using the base resource /v2/folder and appending the moref to get the URI /v2/folder/group-v6736:
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http -a $TK GET https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736
curl -u $TK -X GET https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 |
HTTP response body would look something like:
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{
"_links": {
"folder": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder",
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736"
},
"data": {
"children": [
{
"_links": {
"self": "http://localhost:5000/v2/folder/group-v6807"
},
"name": "Templates"
}
],
"name": "APIDemo",
"parent": "jm",
"path": "VSS > Sandbox > jm > APIDemo",
"vmCount": 7,
"vms": [
{
"_links": {
"self": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/5012ee7a-bbb3-8fdb-c4e9-f87c658e3707"
},
"name": "1605T-ecstatic_hopper"
},
{
"_links": {
"self": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/5012698f-5936-e4f3-c401-803b47aaebae"
},
"name": "1605T-condescending_pasteur"
},
{
"_links": {
"self": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/50126aab-84c4-c532-871b-a431fc47f1e1"
},
"name": "1605T-kickass_blackwell"
},
{
"_links": {
"self": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/50124198-bc0b-add7-aea4-b36c3dc0dc49",
},
{
"namecreated_on": "1605T-naughty_mcclintock"
},
2019-07-17 Wed 15:18:59 EDT",
{
"_links": { "has_children": true,
"selfhas_parent": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/50123bea-a643-755c-cd8a-24bc852ee3c5"true,
}"moref": "group-v8900",
"name": "1605T-ecstatic_mcleanut20170135153548",
},"parent": {
{ "moref": "group-v7350",
"_links": { "name": "Testing",
"selfparent_moref": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/50126185-ebb2-36ec-bca8-476e51bfe0c8"group-v7349",
}"path": "VSS > Development > Testing",
"namevim_type": "1605T-kickass_sinoussivim.Folder"
},
{
"parent_moref": "group-v7350",
"_linkspath": {
"VSS > Development > Testing > ut20170135153548",
"selfupdated_on": "http://localhost:5000/v2/vm/5012ea31-b0ae-2975-2e9f-d7b7c3bb3622"2019-07-17 Wed 15:18:59 EDT",
"vim_type": "vim.Folder"
}, }
],
"namemeta": "1605T-boring_goodall"{
"count": 3,
} "pages": {
] }, "meta": {"first_url": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder?per_page=100&page=1&expand=True",
"count": 5,"last_url": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder?per_page=100&page=1&expand=True",
"timenext_url": "0.42114s",null,
"userpage": "jm" 1,
}
} |
Create
To create a new folder you just need to submit a request to /v2/folder/<moref> and provide the name of the new folder as a parameter. So, the folder <moref> will be parent of the new folder. For this example we will create a subfolder in APIDemo > APISubFolder, so request will be crafted as follows:
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http -a $TK POST https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 name=APISubFolder
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -u $TK -X POST https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 -d '{"name": "APISubFolder"}' |
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HTTP/1.1 202 ACCEPTED
Allow: POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, GET
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 400
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:19:15 GMT
Location: https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/request/task/fff43ba4-40c1-40df-bf5b-02f5424e091a
Server: nginx
X-RateLimit-Limit: 3000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 2997
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1462989600 |
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{
"data": {
"_links": {
"request": " "pages": 1,
"per_page": 100,
"prev_url": null,
"total": 3
},
"time": "0.11766s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
Paging
All requests to the /folder URL are paginated. The response body includes a 'meta.pages' key with everything to navigate through the results, for instance:
Key | Description |
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first_url | Contain the URLs to navigate through results. |
last_url |
prev_url |
next_url |
page | Current page |
pages | Total number of pages |
per_page | Results per page. Maximum 250; Default 10. |
total | Total number of results |
Results per page can be set by including the parameter in the URL query, so we can get the desired number of elements per page, for example:
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/request/folder/2",
"task": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/request/task/fff43ba4-40c1-40df-bf5b-02f5424e091a"
},
"message": "VM Folder creation request has been accepted for processing",
"name": "Accepted",
"state": "Submitted",
"status": 202
},
"meta": {
"time": "0.07877s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
Listing folder
Listing folders with the API word in them, would show the folder has been successfully created:
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{
"_links": {
"api":?per_page=1" "Authorization: Bearer $TK"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TK" -X GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder?per_page=1" |
Filtering
Folders can be filtered by adding the filter argument to the query string in the following format:
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filter=<field_name>,<operator>,<value> |
Operators can be:
Operator | Description |
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eq | Equals |
ne | Not equal |
lt | Lower than |
le | Lower equal |
gt | Greater than |
ge | Greater equal |
like | Matching pattern |
in | Match value in many items separated by commas |
A resource can be filtered by as many attributes the request has, for instance /folder can be filtered by moref, path, created_on, name, etc. Thus, the following example will filter only by name=Prod
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder?per_page=10&expand=1&filter=name,like,%Prod%" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" |
Sorting
The resource provides also attribute sorting by adding the sort parameter in the URL query string in the following format:
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sort=<field_name>,<asc|desc> |
The following example shows how to filter by label:
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder?per_page=10&expand=1&filter=name,like,%Prod%&sort=label,desc" "Authorization: Bearer $TK"
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $TK" "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/",
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder"
},
"data": [
{
"_links": {
"self": "network?per_page=10&expand=1&filter=name,like,%VL%&sort=label,desc" |
Create
To create a new folder you just need to submit a request to /v2/folder/<moref> and provide the name of the new folder as a parameter. So, the folder <moref> will be parent of the new folder. For this example we will create a subfolder in APIDemo > APISubFolder, so request will be crafted as follows:
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http -a $TK POST https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/folder/group-v6736 "Authorization: Bearer $TK" name=APISubFolder
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TK" -X POST https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6899"
},
"full_path": "VSS > Sandbox > jm > APIDemo > APISubFolder",
"moref": "group-v6899",
"name": "APISubFolder",group-v6736 -d '{"name": "APISubFolder"}' |
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HTTP/1.1 202 ACCEPTED
Allow: POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, GET
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 400
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:19:15 GMT
Location: https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/request/task/fff43ba4-40c1-40df-bf5b-02f5424e091a
Server: nginx
X-RateLimit-Limit: 3000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 2997
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1462989600 |
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language | py |
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title | Response Body |
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collapse | true |
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{
"data": {
"parent": "APIDemo"
},
"_links": {
"_linksrequest": {"https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/request/folder/2",
"selftask": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736"
request/task/fff43ba4-40c1-40df-bf5b-02f5424e091a"
},
"full_path"message": "VSSVM >Folder Sandboxcreation >request jmhas >been APIDemo",accepted "moref": "group-v6736for processing",
"name": "APIDemoAccepted",
"parentstate": "jm"
}
Submitted",
], "metastatus": {202
},
"countmeta": 2,{
"time": "0.55448s07877s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
Update
Renaming or moving folders between your folder tree is possible by making a PUT request to the URI folder in question sending both the attribute and value you wish to update. Currently, we support name and parent as supported attributes.
Attribute | Description |
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name | folder new name |
parent | managed object reference of new parent folder |
The following request illustrates how to update a folder's name (group-v6736) to NewAPIFolder:
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http -a $TK PUT https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 "Authorization: Bearer $TK" attribute="name" value="NewAPIFolder"
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -uH "Authorization: Bearer $TK" -X PUT https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 -d '{"attribute": "name", "value": "NewAPIFolder"}' |
HTTP response would look something like:
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HTTP/1.1 202 ACCEPTED
Allow: HEAD, GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 437
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:38:32 GMT
Location: https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/request/task/d7eec47d-fd14-4958-a5ff-bfb93a191a01
Server: nginx
X-RateLimit-Limit: 3000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 2996
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1467039600 |
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{
"data": {
"_links": {
"request": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/request/folder/3",
"task": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/request/task/d7eec47d-fd14-4958-a5ff-bfb93a191a01"
},
"message": "VM Folder change request has been accepted for processing",
"name": "Accepted",
"state": "Submitted",
"status": 202
},
"meta": {
"time": "0.39327s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
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If you wish to update any parent folder, just select the new parent moref and include it in the PUT request attribute's value, i.e. Code Block |
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http -a $TK PUT https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 "Authorization: Bearer $TK" attribute="parent" value="group-v1234"
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -uH "Authorization: Bearer $TK" -X PUT https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca:8001/v2/folder/group-v6736 -d '{"attribute": "parent", "value": "group-v1234""}' |
where Where group-v1234 "would be new parent of group-v6736 |