Dell PowerStore 9000T EMC PowerStore REST API Developers Guide - Page 16

Example GET instance response for an event The following example illustrates an instance resource. It shows an instance resource returned in response to a GET instance request for the event resource type with an identifier of 299a2f56-fea7-4e85-af0d-992294526911. Spaces outside the quoted strings are used for readability, and are not significant. Request GET https://1.2.3.4/api/rest/event/299a2f56-fea7-4e85-af0d-992294526911? select=id,severity Response { "id": "299a2f56-fea7-4e85-af0d-992294526911", "severity": "Info" } JSON create response body A JSON create response body occurs in response to a POST operation for create that results in a 201 Created HTTP return code. This response body contains the id attribute for the new resource. Example Create response for a local_user The following examples illustrate the components of a minimal instance resource. It shows a minimal instance resource returned in response to a successful POST request for creating a new local_user resource. The request body contains the arguments used to populate the new resource. Request POST https://1.2.3.4/api/rest/local_user Request body { "name": "User1", "password": "myPassword", "role_id": "1" } Response { "id": "4" } Response with no body A response with no body occurs in response to a DELETE request that results in a 204 No Content status code. In this circumstance, response headers are returned with the empty response body. A response with no body also occurs in response to an action POST request that does not have output data. This response with no body also occurs in response to a successful synchronous DELETE instance request that does not have output data and that results in a 204 No Content status code. JSON job response body A JSON response body occurs in response to an asynchronous request that results in a 202 Accepted HTTP return code. This response body contains the job id. You can query the job resource instance to find out whether the job completed and to get the response to the asynchronous request. For a description of the job resource type, see the job topic in the Reference content. 16 REST responses