This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
List Customization Specs
DescriptionReturns information about at most 1000 visible (subject to permission checks) guest customization specifications in vCenter matching the CustomizationSpecs.FilterSpec.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/guest/customization-specs
Query Parameters
Query Parameters
filter
Optional
Specification of matching guest customization specifications for which information should be returned.
If unset, the behavior is equivalent to a CustomizationSpecs.FilterSpec with all fields unset which means all guest customization specifications match the filter.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
array of
GuestCustomizationSpecsSummary of type application/json
Commonly used information about the guest customization specifications matching the CustomizationSpecs.FilterSpec.
{
"OS_type": "enum",
"description": "string",
"last_modified": "string",
"name": "string"
}
OS_type
Required
Guest operating system type for which that this guest customization specification applies.
Possible values are: WINDOWS , LINUX
string
description
Required
Description of the guest customization specification.
string
last_modified
Required
Date and tme when this guest customization specification was last modified.
string
name
Required
Name of the guest customization specification. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.guest.CustomizationSpec. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.guest.CustomizationSpec.
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/guest/customization-specs
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if the CustomizationSpecs.FilterSpec.os-type field contains a value that is not supported by the server.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unable_to_allocate_resource : if more than 1000 guest customization specifications match the CustomizationSpecs.FilterSpec.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
