Get Defined Entity

Get Defined Entity

Gets the defined entity with the unique identifier (URN)

Request
URI
GET
https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/entities/{id}
COPY
Path Parameters
string
id
Required

id

string
id
Required

id


Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

OK

Returns DefinedEntity of type(s) application/json;version=36.3
{
    "id": "urn:vcloud:entity:vmware.vspheresddc:1.0.0:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "entityType": "urn:vcloud:type:vmware.vspheresddc:1.0.0",
    "name": "vspheresddc1",
    "externalId": "123",
    "state": "string",
    "owner": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "org": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    }
}
string
id
Optional

The id of the defined entity in URN format.

string
entityType
Optional

The URN ID of the defined entity type that the entity is an instance of. This is a read-only field.

string
name
Required

The name of the defined entity.

string
externalId
Optional

An external entity's id that this entity may have a relation to.

object
entity
Required

A JSON value representation. The JSON will be validated against the schema of the entityType that the entity is an instance of.

string
state
Optional

Every entity is created in the "PRE_CREATED" state. Once an entity is ready to be validated against its schema, it will transition in another state - RESOLVED, if the entity is valid according to the schema, or RESOLUTION_ERROR otherwise. If an entity in an "RESOLUTION_ERROR" state is updated, it will transition to the inital "PRE_CREATED" state without performing any validation. If its in the "RESOLVED" state, then it will be validated against the entity type schema and throw an exception if its invalid.

Possible values are : PRE_CREATED, RESOLVED, RESOLUTION_ERROR,
owner
Optional

owner

org
Optional

org