VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API

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ThevCloudAPIProgrammingGuideprovidesinformationaboutversion1.0ofthevCloudAPI.
VMwareprovidesmanydifferentAPIsandSDKsforvariousapplicationsandgoals.Thisbookprovides
informationaboutthevCloudAPIfordevelopersthatareinterestedincreatingRESTfulclientsofVMware
CloudDirector.
Toviewthecurrent
versionofthisbookaswellasallVMwareAPIandSDKdocumentation,goto
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html.
Revision History
Thisbookisrevisedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.Arevisedversioncancontainminor
ormajorchanges.Table 1summarizesthesignificantchangesineachversionofthisbook.
Intended Audience
ThisguideisintendedforsoftwaredeveloperswhoarebuildingVMwareReadyCloudServices,including
interactiveclientsofVMwareCloudDirector.ThisguideassumesyouarefamiliarwithRepresentationalState
Transfer(REST)andRESTfulprogrammingconventions,theOpenVirtualizationFormatSpecification,and
VMwareVirtualmachinetechnology.Familiaritywithotherwidely‐deployed
technologiessuchasXML,
HTTP,andtheWindowsorLinuxoperatingsystemsisalsoassumed.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
VMwareTechnicalPublicationsprovidesaglossaryoftermsthatmightbeunfamiliartoyou.Fordefinitions
oftermsastheyareusedinVMwaretechnicaldocumentationgotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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Table 1. Revision History
Revision Date Description
30AUG10 Version1.0