Get Policies Capabilities
Returns information about a specific compute policy capability. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Read.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/compute/policies/capabilities/{capability}
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
capability
Required
Identifier of the capability for which information should be retrieved. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.compute.policies.Capability.
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"
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
ComputePoliciesCapabilitiesInfo
of type application/json
Detailed information about the capability.
{
"create_spec_type": "string",
"description": "string",
"info_type": "string",
"name": "string"
}
string
create_spec_type
Required
Identifier of the structure used to create a policy based on this capability. See Policies.create. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.structure. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.structure.
string
description
Required
Description of the capability.
string
info_type
Required
Identifier of the structure returned when retrieving information about a policy based on this capability. See Policies.get. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.structure. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vapi.structure.
string
name
Required
Name of the capability.
Errors
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if a capability with this identifier does not exist.
default
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/compute/policies/capabilities/{capability}
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: get
Availability
Added in 7.0.3.0
