This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Keep Alive Item Update Session
Keeps an update session alive. If there is no activity for an update session after a period of time, the update session will expire, then be deleted. The update session expiration timeout is configurable in the Content Library Service system configuration. The default is five minutes. Invoking this operation enables a client to specifically extend the lifetime of the update session.
if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Anonymous.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/content/library/item/update-session/{update_session_id}?action=keep-alive
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
update_session_id
Required
Identifier of the update session whose lifetime should be extended. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.item.UpdateSession.
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
LibraryItemUpdateSessionKeepAliveRequestBody of mimetype application/json
Optional
This is a request body class for an operation.
(The request body parameter is missing description)
{
"client_progress": 0
}
integer
client_progress
Optional
Optional update to the progress property of the session. If specified, the new progress should be greater then the current progress. See UpdateSessionModel.client-progress. If not specified the progress is not updated.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Code Samples
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
$LibraryItemUpdateSessionKeepAliveRequestBody = Initialize-LibraryItemUpdateSessionKeepAliveRequestBody -ClientProgress 0
Invoke-KeepAliveUpdateSessionId -UpdateSessionId "MyUpdateSessionId" -LibraryItemUpdateSessionKeepAliveRequestBody $LibraryItemUpdateSessionKeepAliveRequestBody
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"client_progress":0}' https://{api_host}/api/content/library/item/update-session/{update_session_id}?action=keep-alive
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state : if the update session is not in the ACTIVE state.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if no update session with the given identifier exists.
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/content/library/item/update-session/id:{update_session_id}?~action=keep-alive
x-vmw-doc-operation: keep_alive
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
