This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Remove From Used By Category
Removes the usedByEntity from the CategoryModel.used-by subscribers set. If the usedByEntity is not using this category, then this becomes a no-op. To invoke this operation, you need the modify CategoryModel.used-by privilege on the category.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/cis/tagging/category/{category_id}?action=remove-from-used-by
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
category_id
Required
The identifier of the input category. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Category.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Request Body
Request Body
TaggingCategoryRemoveFromUsedByRequestBody of mimetype application/json
Required
This is a request body class for an operation.
(The request body parameter is missing description)
{
"used_by_entity": "string"
}
string
used_by_entity
Required
The name of the user to be removed from the CategoryModel.used-by set.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Errors
Errors
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if you do not have the privilege to remove an entity from the CategoryModel.used-by field.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the category for the given categoryId does not exist in the system.
default
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
$TaggingCategoryRemoveFromUsedByRequestBody = Initialize-TaggingCategoryRemoveFromUsedByRequestBody -UsedByEntity "MyUsedByEntity"
Invoke-RemoveFromUsedByCategoryId -CategoryId "MyCategoryId" -TaggingCategoryRemoveFromUsedByRequestBody $TaggingCategoryRemoveFromUsedByRequestBody
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"used_by_entity":"string"}' https://{api_host}/api/cis/tagging/category/{category_id}?action=remove-from-used-by
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: post
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/com/vmware/cis/tagging/category/id:{category_id}?~action=remove-from-used-by
x-vmw-doc-operation: remove_from_used_by
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
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