Browse Datastore

Browse Datastore

Browse the datastore that is defined in the URL by its ID. This API returns files that reside on the given datastore. These files are filtered based on the given search criteria.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/pairings/{pairing_id}/vcenters/{vcenter_id}/datastores/{datastore_id}/actions/browse
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Path Parameters
string
pairing_id
Required

The ID of the pairing between this vSphere Replication server and the remote one.

string
vcenter_id
Required

The ID of the vCenter server

string
datastore_id
Required

The ID of a datastore

Query Parameters
string
filter_property
Optional

The name of the field by which to filter the result data. Must be used in combination with filter parameter. Supports for nested fields. Example: https://dr-server/api/vms?filter_property=name&filter=vm-1

string of array
filter
Optional

The filter value by which to filter the result data. Must be used in combination with filter_prop parameter. Supports for nested fields. Example: https://dr-server/api/vms?filter_property=name&filter=vm-1&filter=vm-2

string
sort_by
Optional

Define desired sort by field of the result data. If order_by is not specified, ascending is used as default.

sort_by example
name
string
order_by
Optional

Define desired sort order by field of the result data. Must be used in combination with sort_by. Supported values: asc, ascending, desc, descending.

string
limit
Optional

Specify the limit size of the result data. In combination with offset parameter provides paging functionality. If none - configuration property 'defaultResponsePageSize' in REST API configuration file is taken into account. If configuration property is not defined - default value of 100 is taken into account.

limit example
10
string
offset
Optional

The amount of elements to skip in the response. In combination with limit parameter provides paging functionality. Must be used in combination with limit parameter. If none - default value of 0 is taken into account. Example: https://dr-server/api/vms?limit=10&offset=10

offset example
10

Request Body

Search criteria to browse the datastore

DatastoreBrowserRequest of type(s) application/json
Optional
{
    "query_type": "string",
    "browse_path": "string",
    "sub_folders": false
}
string
query_type
Optional

The datastore browser query type.

Possible values are : VM_DISK, FLOPPY_IMAGE, ISO_IMAGE, VM_CONFIG_FILES, ALL_FILES, FOLDERS,
string
browse_path
Optional

The path of the datastore to browse, pass an empty string for the root node.

boolean
sub_folders
Optional

Indicate whether the datastore that the file system searches should include subfolders of the browse path.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

List of files and folders in the datastore, based on a search criteria.

Returns DatastoreBrowserResultDrResponseList of type(s) application/json
{
    "list": [
        {
            "name": "string",
            "path": "string",
            "size": 0,
            "file_type": "string"
        }
    ],
    "_meta": {
        "errors": [
            {
                "code": "string",
                "message": "string",
                "field": "string"
            }
        ],
        "total": 0,
        "offset": 0,
        "limit": 0,
        "links": {
            "next": {
                "href": "string"
            },
            "self": {
                "href": "string"
            },
            "previous": {
                "href": "string"
            }
        }
    }
}
list
Optional

list

_meta
Optional

_meta


400

Bad request - the server could not understand the request due to invalid syntax or invalid request body content

Returns ResponseError of type(s) application/json
{
    "error_code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "op_id": "string"
}
string
error_code
Optional

The code of the error.

string
message
Optional

The message of the error.

string As uuid As uuid
op_id
Optional

The ID of the operation.


401

Unauthorized - the client must authenticate itself to get the requested response

Operation doesn't return any data structure

403

Forbidden - not sufficient access rights to fulfill the request

Returns ResponseError of type(s) application/json
{
    "error_code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "op_id": "string"
}
string
error_code
Optional

The code of the error.

string
message
Optional

The message of the error.

string As uuid As uuid
op_id
Optional

The ID of the operation.


404

Not Found - server cannot find the requested in URL resource

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

Internal server error - unexpected condition prevents fulfilling the request

Returns ResponseError of type(s) application/json
{
    "error_code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "op_id": "string"
}
string
error_code
Optional

The code of the error.

string
message
Optional

The message of the error.

string As uuid As uuid
op_id
Optional

The ID of the operation.