VMware Cloud Director API - POST-CreateTask

POST /tasksList/{id}

Operation:

POST /tasksList/{id}

Description:

Post an external task to this organization.

Since:

Input parameters

The task to be created.

Consume media type(s):: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml
application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+json
Input type:: TaskType

Output parameters

{@link TaskType} since 2.0

Produce media type(s):: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml
application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+json
Output type:: TaskType

Examples

Request: HTTP 1.1
POST /api/tasksList/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a

Headers:
Content-Length: 792
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml; charset=ISO-8859-1
x-vcloud-authorization: SZMKkKToUBmDWSEeqZYL2yxpCqDiyToj5PYW3TigOrI=

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><vcloud:Task
    xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    name="TaskName"
    serviceNamespace="ServiceNamespace"
    status="error">
    <vcloud:Owner
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/org/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml"/>
    <vcloud:User
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/007a5dfd-32b4-42dd-813b-bfef3da70cb5"
        name="User"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"/>
    <vcloud:Organization
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.org+xml"/>
    <vcloud:Progress>10</vcloud:Progress>
    <vcloud:Details>The task is still in progress.</vcloud:Details>
</vcloud:Task>
Response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Headers:
Content-Length: 1490
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml;version=5.5
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Task
    xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    cancelRequested="false"
    endTime="2013-02-14T13:12:08.618+02:00"
    expiryTime="2013-05-15T13:12:08.618+03:00"
    href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/de88f868-8402-4a66-aa7b-18a45223d640"
    id="urn:vcloud:task:de88f868-8402-4a66-aa7b-18a45223d640"
    name="task"
    operation="External processing finished Organization Default(7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a)"
    operationName="jobCustom"
    serviceNamespace="ServiceNamespace"
    startTime="2013-02-14T13:12:08.618+02:00"
    status="error"
    type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5 http://https://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd">
    <Owner
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/org/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml"/>
    <Error
        majorErrorCode="500"
        message="The task is still in progress."
        minorErrorCode="INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR"
        stackTrace="The task is still in progress."/>
    <User
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/007a5dfd-32b4-42dd-813b-bfef3da70cb5"
        name="user"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"/>
    <Organization
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/7b832bc5-3d65-45a2-8d35-da28388ab80a"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.org+xml"/>
    <Progress>10</Progress>
    <Details>The task is still in progress.</Details>
</Task>