POST /disk/{id}/metadata

Operation:

POST /disk/{id}/metadata

Description:

Merge the metadata provided in the request with existing metadata.

Since:

5.1

Input parameters

metadata to be posted

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/disk/e8b2b752-21ca-4cb9-80f6-a55ef1a81eec/metadata

Headers:
Content-Length: 479
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.metadata+xml; charset=ISO-8859-1
x-vcloud-authorization: eVBkZn2wahPAU+IvbURo7ekslpuoHERMB2DZEFlJuHs=

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: 1317
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml;version=5.5
Location: https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/b223e239-a391-4197-86b6-a991963b3fb2
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="2013-05-15T13:26:13.952+03:00"
    href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/b223e239-a391-4197-86b6-a991963b3fb2"
    id="urn:vcloud:task:b223e239-a391-4197-86b6-a991963b3fb2"
    name="task"
    operation="Updating metadata for Disk (e8b2b752-21ca-4cb9-80f6-a55ef1a81eec)"
    operationName="metadataUpdate"
    serviceNamespace="com.vmware.vcloud"
    startTime="2013-02-14T13:26:13.952+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/b223e239-a391-4197-86b6-a991963b3fb2/action/cancel"
        rel="task:cancel"/>
    <Owner
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/disk/e8b2b752-21ca-4cb9-80f6-a55ef1a81eec"
        name=""
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.disk+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>