Using the vCloud Suite API (vAPI) Plug-In

The vCloud Suite API plug-in provides the ability to consume API exposed by any vCloud Suite API provider. The vCloud Suite API provides a service-oriented architecture for accessing resources in the virtual environment by issuing requests to vCenter, through the vCloud Suite Endpoint.

The plug-in contains a set of standard workflows and example workflows. You can also create custom workflows that implement the plug-in to automate tasks in your virtual environment. For information about vCloud Suite API, see VMware vCloud Suite SDKs Programming Guide.

Access the vCloud Suite API Plug-In API

Automation Orchestrator provides an API Explorer to allow you to search the vCloud Suite API plug-in API and see the documentation for JavaScript objects that you can use in scripted elements.

To access the API Explorer from the Automation Orchestrator Client, click API Explorer in the Automation Orchestrator Client navigation pane.

To access the API Explorer from the Scripting tabs of the workflow, policy, and action editors, click Search API on the left.

You can copy code from API elements and paste it into scripting boxes. For more information about API scripting, see Developing with Automation Orchestrator.