VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST README

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The VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST enables programmatic access to vSphere. The SDK contains REST API documentation that describes the REST interface for accessing features like Content Library, Tagging, Appliance Management and Virtual Machine Operation. The SDK includes samples to demonstrate how to invoke APIs for Tagging and Virtual Machine Operations.

This README contains the following topics:

Intended Audience

The VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST is intended for the following audiences:

  • Developers who create clients that connect to the vAPI endpoint to use VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST Services.

What’s in the SDK Package?

The VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST provides a client SDK that contains samples that demonstrate how to use the vSphere Automation REST API, API Reference documentation and sample code.

The following table contains a brief description of the contents of the vSphere Automation SDK for REST.

Directory structure (under VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-REST):

DirectoryContents
client/samples/javascript/tagging Javascript samples that demonstrate how to construct REST API requests for Tagging.
client/samples/javascript/vcenter Javascript samples that demonstrate how to construct REST API requests for Virtual Machine Operations. Refer to the README.md file under the client/samples/javascript/vcenter folder for instructions on how to run these samples.
client/samples/postman Postman samples that demonstrate how to construct REST API requests for Virtual Machine Operations. Refer to the README.md file under the client/samples/postman folder for instructions on how to run these samples.
docs VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST API Reference documentation.

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Last updated: Oct 7 2016 |  VMware vSphere Automation SDK for REST