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ONTAP automation

List the accounts using the ONTAP REST API

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You can retrieve a list of the accounts. You might do this to assess your security environment or before creating a new account.

HTTP method and endpoint

This REST API call uses the following method and endpoint.

HTTP method Path

GET

/api/security/accounts
Processing type

Synchronous

Curl example
curl --request GET \
--location "https://$FQDN_IP/api/security/accounts" \
--include \
--header "Accept: */*" \
--header "Authorization: Basic $BASIC_AUTH"
JSON output example 
{
  "records": [
    {
      "owner": {
        "uuid": "642573a8-9d14-11ee-9330-005056aed3de",
        "name": "vs0",
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/svm/svms/642573a8-9d14-11ee-9330-005056aed3de"
          }
        }
      },
      "name": "vsadmin",
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/security/accounts/642573a8-9d14-11ee-9330-005056aed3de/vsadmin"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "owner": {
        "uuid": "fdb6fe29-9d13-11ee-9330-005056aed3de",
        "name": "sti214nscluster-1"
      },
      "name": "admin",
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/security/accounts/fdb6fe29-9d13-11ee-9330-005056aed3de/admin"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "owner": {
        "uuid": "fdb6fe29-9d13-11ee-9330-005056aed3de",
        "name": "sti214nscluster-1"
      },
      "name": "autosupport",
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/security/accounts/fdb6fe29-9d13-11ee-9330-005056aed3de/autosupport"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "num_records": 3,
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/security/accounts"
    }
  }
}