Content Library Item create
Creates a new library item.
A new library item is created without any content. After creation, content can be added through the Content Library Item UpdateSession and Content Library Item Updatesession File resources.
A library item cannot be created in a subscribed library.
Returns an authorization error if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:
- The resource
com.vmware.content.Libraryreferenced by the property Content Library ItemModel.library_id requiresContentLibrary.AddLibraryItem.
A unique token generated on the client for each creation request. The token should be a universally unique identifier (UUID), for example: b8a2a2e3-2314-43cd-a871-6ede0f429751. This token can be used to guarantee idempotent creation.
If not specified creation is not idempotent.
Specification that defines the properties of the new library item.
{
"id": "string",
"library_id": "string",
"content_version": "string",
"creation_time": "string",
"description": "string",
"last_modified_time": "string",
"last_sync_time": "string",
"metadata_version": "string",
"name": "string",
"cached": false,
"size": 0,
"type": "string",
"version": "string",
"source_id": "string",
"security_compliance": false,
"certificate_verification_info": {
"status": "string",
"cert_chain": [
"string"
]
}
}A unique identifier for this library item.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will not be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
When clients pass a value of this schema as a parameter, the property must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item. When operations return a value of this schema as a response, the property will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item.
The identifier of the Content LibraryModel to which this item belongs.
This property must be provided for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
When clients pass a value of this schema as a parameter, the property must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.Library. When operations return a value of this schema as a response, the property will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.Library.
The latest version of the file content list of this library item.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
When clients pass a value of this schema as a parameter, the property must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.item.Version. When operations return a value of this schema as a response, the property will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.item.Version.
The date and time when this library item was created.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
A human-readable description for this library item.
This property is optional for the create operation. Leaving it missing or null during creation will result in an empty string value. It will always be present in the result of a get or list operation. It is optional for the update operation. Leaving it missing or null during update indicates that the description remains unchanged.
The date and time when the metadata for this library item was last changed.
This property is affected by changes to the properties or file content of this item. It is not modified by changes to the tags of the item, or by changes to the library which owns this item.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
The date and time when this library item was last synchronized.
This property is updated every time a synchronization is triggered on the library item, including when a synchronization is triggered on the library to which this item belongs. The value is missing or null for a library item that belongs to a local library.
This property is not used for the create operation. It is optional in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
A version number for the metadata of this library item.
This value is incremented with each change to the metadata of this item. Changes to name, description, and so on will increment this value. The value is not incremented by changes to the content or tags of the item or the library which owns it.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
A human-readable name for this library item.
The name may not be missing or null or an empty string. The name does not have to be unique, even within the same library.
This property must be provided for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is optional for the update operation.
The status that indicates whether the library item is on disk or not. The library item is cached when all its files are on disk.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
The library item size, in bytes. The size is the sum of the size used on the storage backing for all the files in the item. When the library item is not cached, the size is 0.
This property is not used for the create operation. It is optional in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
An optional type identifier which indicates the type adapter plugin to use.
This property may be set to a non-empty string value that corresponds to an identifier supported by a type adapter plugin present in the Content Library Service. A type adapter plugin, if present for the specified type, can provide additional information and services around the item content. A type adapter can guide the upload process by creating file entries that are in need of being uploaded to complete an item.
The types and plugins supported by the Content Library Service can be queried using the Content Type resource.
This property is optional for the create and update operations. During creation, if the type is left unspecified, or if the type is specified but does not have a corresponding type support plugin, then the type of the library item is considered to be generic and all data is treated as generic files. During update, if the type is not specified, then it is not updated.
A version number that is updated on metadata changes. This value is used to validate update requests to provide optimistic concurrency of changes.
This value represents a number that is incremented every time library item properties, such as name or description, are changed. It is not incremented by changes to the file content of the library item, including adding or removing files. It is also not affected by tagging the library item.
This property is not used for the create operation. It will always be present in the result of a get or list operation. It is optional for the update operation. Leaving it missing or null during update indicates that you do not need to detect concurrent updates.
The identifier of the Content Library ItemModel to which this item is synchronized to if the item belongs to a subscribed library. The value is missing or null for a library item that belongs to a local library.
This property is not used for the create operation. It is optional in the response of the get or list operations. It is not used for the update operation.
When clients pass a value of this schema as a parameter, the property must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item. When operations return a value of this schema as a response, the property will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item.
Shows the security compliance of Content Library ItemModel.
This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.3.0.
This property is not used for the create and update operations. It will be present in the result of a get or list operation.
Certificate verification status and Content Library ItemModel's signing certificate . Currently, this field is available only in following cases 1. This item belongs to a secure content library 2. The item is of type ovf.
This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.3.0.
This property is not used for the create and update operations. It may be present in the result of a get or list operation.
Identifier of the new library item.
The response will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item.
Vapi Std Errors InvalidArgument:
if one of the following is true for the new library item:
- name is empty
- name exceeds 80 characters
- description exceeds 2000 characters
if the clientToken does not conform to the UUID format.
Vapi Std Errors InvalidElementType if the Content Library ItemModel.library_id property of createSpec refers to a subscribed library.
Vapi Std Errors NotAllowedInCurrentState if the content of the library specified by the library ID (see Content Library ItemModel.library_id) property of createSpec has been deleted from the storage backings (see LibraryModel#storageBackings) associated with it.
Vapi Std Errors AlreadyExists if there is already a library item with same name in the library.
"Vapi Std Errors Error Object"Stack of one or more localizable messages for human error consumers.
The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes the error from the perspective of the operation the client invoked.
Each subsequent message in the stack describes the "cause" of the prior message.
Data to facilitate clients responding to the operation reporting a standard error to indicating that it was unable to complete successfully.
Operations may provide data that clients can use when responding to errors. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the context of the operation reporting the error, different operations that report the same error may provide different data in the error. The documentation for each each operation will describe what, if any, data it provides for each error it reports.
The Vapi Std Errors ArgumentLocations, Vapi Std Errors FileLocations, and Vapi Std Errors TransientIndication schemas are intended as possible values for this property. Vapi Std DynamicID may also be useful as a value for this property (although that is not its primary purpose). Some resources may provide their own specific schemas for use as the value of this property when reporting errors from their operations.
Some operations will not set this property when reporting errors.
Discriminator field to help API consumers identify the structure type.
For more information see: Vapi Std Errors Error Type.
This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.2.
Can be missing or null for compatibility with preceding implementations.
if the Content Library ItemModel.library_id property of createSpec refers to a library that does not exist.
"Vapi Std Errors NotFound Object" curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' https://{api_host}/api/content/library/item