Create Defined Entity Type

Creates a defined entity type.

Request

URI

POST

https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/entityTypes/

COPY

Request Body

DefinedEntityType of type(s) application/json

Optional

Show optional properties

{
    "name": "vspheresddc",
    "nss": "sddc",
    "version": "1.1.0",
    "schema": {},
    "vendor": "vmware"
}

{
    "id": "urn:vcloud:type:vmware:vspheresddc:1.0.0",
    "name": "vspheresddc",
    "description": "string",
    "nss": "sddc",
    "version": "1.1.0",
    "inheritedVersion": "1.0.0",
    "externalId": "123",
    "schema": {
        "application/json": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "width": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "minimum": 0
                },
                "height": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "minimum": 0
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "vendor": "vmware",
    "interfaces": [
        "urn:vcloud:interface:vmware.sddc:1.0.0"
    ],
    "hooks": {
        "hooks": {}
    },
    "readonly": false,
    "maxImplicitRight": "urn:vcloud:accessLevel:ReadWrite"
}

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

ApiKeyAuth

Responses

201

Created

Returns DefinedEntityType of type(s) application/json;version=9.1.0

{
    "id": "urn:vcloud:type:vmware:vspheresddc:1.0.0",
    "name": "vspheresddc",
    "description": "string",
    "nss": "sddc",
    "version": "1.1.0",
    "inheritedVersion": "1.0.0",
    "externalId": "123",
    "schema": {
        "application/json": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "width": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "minimum": 0
                },
                "height": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "minimum": 0
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "vendor": "vmware",
    "interfaces": [
        "urn:vcloud:interface:vmware.sddc:1.0.0"
    ],
    "hooks": {
        "hooks": {}
    },
    "readonly": false,
    "maxImplicitRight": "urn:vcloud:accessLevel:ReadWrite"
}

400

Invalid configuration.

Returns Error of type(s) application/json;version=9.1.0

{
    "minorErrorCode": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "stackTrace": "string"
}

Code Samples

COPY

                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"string","nss":"string","schema":"object","vendor":"string","version":"string"}' https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/entityTypes/

Availability

Added in 35.0

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Description

Request

Request Body

Authentication

Response

201 Response Body

Errors

Defined Entity Type Operations

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