Querying Content Libraries

You can create queries to find libraries that match your criteria. You can also retrieve a list of all libraries or only the libraries of a specific type.

Listing All Content Libraries

You can retrieve a list of all content library IDs in your virtual environment, regardless of their type, by using the Library service. You can use the List Library operation to retrieve all local and subscribed libraries in your system.

Listing Content Libraries of a Specific Type

You can use the vSphere Automation API to retrieve content libraries of a specific type. For example, you can list only the local libraries in your virtual environment.

If you want to retrieve only a list of the local libraries, you must retrieve the LocalLibrary service and use the List Local Library operation on the LocalLibrary service. To list only subscribed libraries, you must retrieve the SubscribedLibrary service and call the List Subscribed Library operation on the SubscribedLibrary service.

Listing Content Libraries by Using Specific Search Criteria

You can filter the list of content libraries and retrieve only the libraries that match your specific criteria. For example, you might want to publish all local libraries with a specific name.

To filter with specific search criteria, use the Find Library operation of the Library service. Specify the properties of the LibraryFindSpec data structure that contains your search criteria. Upon a successful completion of the operation, you receive a list of all content libraries that match your search criteria.