Profile Get Description

Deprecated as of vSphere API 5.0. use RetrieveDescription instead.

Localizable description of the profile

Request

URI

GET

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/Profile/{moId}/description

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the property attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case Profile/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns ProfileDescription of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: DataObject

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "section": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "description": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "messageCatalogKeyPrefix": "string",
                "messageArg": [
                    {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "key": "string",
                        "value": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "message": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "arg": [
                        {
                            "_typeName": "string",
                            "key": "string",
                            "value": {
                                "_typeName": "string"
                            }
                        }
                    ],
                    "message": "string"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

array of ProfileDescriptionSection

section

Required

Sections which make up the profile description.

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Profile Operations