Create Tag
Creates a tag. To invoke this operation, you need the create tag privilege on the input category.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/cis/tagging/tag
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
TaggingTagCreateSpec of mimetype application/json
Required
Specification for the new tag to be created.
{
"category_id": "string",
"description": "string",
"name": "string"
}
string
category_id
Required
The unique identifier of the parent category in which this tag will be created. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Category. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Category.
string
description
Required
The description of the tag.
string
name
Required
The display name of the tag. The name must be unique within its category.
string
tag_id
Optional
If unset an identifier will be generated by the server When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Tag. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Tag.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
201 Created returns
string of type application/json
The identifier of the created tag. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.cis.tagging.Tag.
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : if the Tag.CreateSpec.name provided in the createSpec is the name of an already existing tag in the input category. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if any of the input information in the createSpec is invalid.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the category for in the given createSpec 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
$TaggingTagCreateSpec = Initialize-TaggingTagCreateSpec -Name "MyName" -Description "MyDescription" -CategoryId "MyCategoryId"
Invoke-CreateTag -TaggingTagCreateSpec $TaggingTagCreateSpec
PowerCLI Client SDK All Parameters Example
$TaggingTagCreateSpec = Initialize-TaggingTagCreateSpec -Name "MyName" -Description "MyDescription" -CategoryId "MyCategoryId" -TagId "MyTagId"
Invoke-CreateTag -TaggingTagCreateSpec $TaggingTagCreateSpec
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"category_id":"string","description":"string","name":"string","tag_id":"string"}' https://{api_host}/api/cis/tagging/tag
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: create
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