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SnapCenter Software 6.0

Get started with the REST API

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You can quickly get started using the SnapCenter REST API. Accessing the API provides some perspective before you begin using it with the more complex workflow processes on a live setup.

Hello World

You can run a simple command on your system to get started using the SnapCenter REST API and confirm its availability.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that the Curl utility is available on your system.

  • IP address or host name of the SnapCenter Server

  • User name and password for an account with authority to access the SnapCenter REST API.

Note If your credentials include special characters, you need to format them in a way that is acceptable to Curl based on the shell you are using. For example, you can insert a backslash before each special character or wrap the entire username:password string in single quotes.
Step

At the command line interface, run the following to retrieve the plug-in information:

curl -X GET -u username:password -k "https://<ip_address>/api/hosts?fields=IncludePluginInfo"

Example:

curl -X GET -u admin:password -k "'https://10.225.87.97/api/hosts?fields=IncludePluginInfo"