List Providers
Returns a list of stats providers. Warning: This operation is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/stats/providers
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
array of
ProvidersSummary
of type application/json
List of stats providers.
[
{
"id": "string",
"id_value": "string",
"metadata": "string",
"scheme": "string",
"tracking_sn": 0,
"type": "string"
}
]
string
id
Required
Provider identifier. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vstats.model.Provider. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vstats.model.Provider.
string
id_value
Required
The ID given to the provider by its respective inventory. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
string
type
Required
Provider type. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
string
metadata
Optional
Schema-less metadata with extra information for the provider. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments. As supplied by the provider.
string
scheme
Optional
An optional designation of the scheme. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments. When unset the provider is not designating a specific scheme.
integer
tracking_sn
Optional
Timestamp which is obtained when querying counters from a provider and is used as since parameter when new counter listing is needed. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments. {term unset} if no timestamp has been obtained yet.
Errors
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user does not have sufficient privileges.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
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
Invoke-ListStatsProviders
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/stats/providers
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: list
