POST /catalogItem/{id}/metadata

Operation:

POST /catalogItem/{id}/metadata

Description:

Merge the metadata provided in the request with existing catalog item metadata.

Since:

1.5

Input parameters

Consume media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.metadata+xml

Input type:

MetadataType

Output parameters

Produce media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml

Output type:

TaskType

Examples

Request

HTTP 1.1
POST /api/catalogItem/a28070bb-6592-4738-9625-6da3a3e1afa4/metadata

Headers:
Content-Length: 479
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.metadata+xml; charset=ISO-8859-1
x-vcloud-authorization: iIkyZzr07kqm/lMWdPGyA4xBD9ys0teo/Yo0F6NXHbo=

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><vcloud:Metadata
    xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <vcloud:MetadataEntry>
        <vcloud:Domain
            visibility="PRIVATE">SYSTEM</vcloud:Domain>
        <vcloud:Key>key</vcloud:Key>
        <vcloud:TypedValue
            xsi:type="vcloud:MetadataNumberValue">
            <vcloud:Value>1000</vcloud:Value>
        </vcloud:TypedValue>
    </vcloud:MetadataEntry>
</vcloud:Metadata>

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Headers:
Content-Length: 1339
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml;version=5.5
Location: https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/ae622b4f-bbf4-417b-97ab-945cdbc1f73c
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Task
    xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    cancelRequested="false"
    expiryTime="2013-05-14T15:00:58.896+03:00"
    href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/ae622b4f-bbf4-417b-97ab-945cdbc1f73c"
    id="urn:vcloud:task:ae622b4f-bbf4-417b-97ab-945cdbc1f73c"
    name="task"
    operation="Updating metadata for Library Item (a28070bb-6592-4738-9625-6da3a3e1afa4)"
    operationName="metadataUpdate"
    serviceNamespace="com.vmware.vcloud"
    startTime="2013-02-13T15:00:58.896+02:00"
    status="running"
    type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5 http://https://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd">
    <Link
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/ae622b4f-bbf4-417b-97ab-945cdbc1f73c/action/cancel"
        rel="task:cancel"/>
    <Owner
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/catalogItem/a28070bb-6592-4738-9625-6da3a3e1afa4"
        name=""
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.catalogItem+xml"/>
    <User
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/1260efee-6915-494c-8afa-84e7e6d8a310"
        name="system"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"/>
    <Organization
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.org+xml"/>
    <Details/>
</Task>