Get Softwarepackages

If vSphere APIs begin with /rest, maps are consumed and emitted as lists of objects containing a key:value pair.

Get information on available software updates available in the remote vSphere Update Manager repository. Red indicates that security updates are available. Orange indicates that non-security updates are available. Green indicates that there are no updates available. Gray indicates that there was an error retreiving information on software updates.

Request

URL

GET

https://{api_host}/rest/appliance/health/software-packages

Header Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Description
required	vmware-api-session-id	string	Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API

Response

Response Body

200 OK returns HealthSoftwarepackagesGetResponseBody of type application/json

software updates available.

{
    "value": "enum"
}

Property Name	Type	Description
value	HealthSoftwarepackagesHealthLevel	software updates available. Possible values are:

cURL Command

curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/rest/appliance/health/software-packages

Errors

Code	Returns	Description
default	ErrorRest	Not available
404	ErrorRest	com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : Generic error