ApiDefinitionType

Element:

ApiDefinition (v1.5)

Type:

ApiDefinitionType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Representation of an API definition accessible by all authenticated users.

Since:

5.1

Schema:

services.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.apidefinition+xml
application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.apidefinition+json

Extends:

EntityType

XML Representation:

<ApiDefinition xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
        name="xs:string">
    <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
            rel="xs:string"/>
    <Description> xs:string </Description>
    <Tasks>
        <Task href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
                name="xs:string" status="xs:string" operation="xs:string" operationName="xs:string"
                serviceNamespace="xs:string" startTime="xs:dateTime" endTime="xs:dateTime" expiryTime="xs:dateTime"
                cancelRequested="xs:boolean">
            <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                    rel="xs:string"/>
            <Description> xs:string </Description>
            <Tasks> TasksInProgressType </Tasks>
            <Owner href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Error stackTrace="xs:string" message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string"
                    vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string">
                <TenantError message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string" vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string"/>
            </Error>
            <User href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Organization href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Progress> xs:int </Progress>
            <Params> ... </Params>
            <Details> xs:string </Details>
            <Result>
                <ResultContent> ... </ResultContent>
            </Result>
        </Task>
    </Tasks>
    <EntryPoint> xs:string </EntryPoint>
    <Namespace> xs:string </Namespace>
    <ApiVendor> xs:string </ApiVendor>
    <SupportedApiVersions>
        <Version> xs:string </Version>
    </SupportedApiVersions>
</ApiDefinition>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
href	anyURI	No	always	5.1	The URI of the entity.
type	string	No	always	5.1	The MIME type of the entity.
id	string	No	none	5.1	The entity identifier, expressed in URN format. The value of this attribute uniquely identifies the entity, persists for the life of the entity, and is never reused.
operationKey	string	No	create	5.1	Optional unique identifier to support idempotent semantics for create and delete operations.
name	string	Yes	always	5.1	The name of the entity.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
ApiVendor	string	No	none	5.1	API definition vendor.
Description	string	No	always	5.1	Optional description.
EntryPoint	string	No	none	5.1	The entry point of the API definition.
Link	LinkType	No	none	5.1	A reference to an entity or operation associated with this object.
Namespace	string	No	none	5.1	The namespace of the API definition.
SupportedApiVersions	VersionsType (v1.5)	No	none	5.1	List of API versions supported by the ApiVendor.
Tasks	TasksInProgressType	No	none	5.1	A list of queued, running, or recently completed tasks associated with this entity.
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	5.1	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since	Deprecated
read	GET /apidefinition/{id}		5.1