vRealize Automation 8 Api Guide
vRA 8.x Api guide For the purposes of this post I will be using Postman rest api client available to download free . Postman is a very handy rest api client tool that allows you to save api requests as collections saving you time and reducing repetitive nature of constructing api request. Once comfortable with the basics you are going to want to familiarize yourself with vRA 8.x api documentation. There is a guide hosted on vRA appliance itself. Simply open a browser and navigate to https://$vRA/automation-ui/api-docs , where $vRA is the hostname of your vRealize Automation appliance. VMware also has a vRA 8 API Programming Guide . The Basics Installing postman Authenticating with vRA 8 api Submitting vRA 8 api requests 1. Installing postman If postman is not your preferred api client you can skip this section. Download and launch the postman application Create an account or Skip and go to the app (optional) Create a collection to store & re-use your ap...