Introduction to the vSphere Automation REST API

Use the vSphere Automation REST API to manage your virtual infrastructure by using HTTP.

With the vSphere Automation REST API, you can manage vSphere components connected to authentication, tagging, content libraries, clusters, internal and external certificates, namespaces, vSphere Trust Authority, vSphere IaaS control plane and more.

This programming guide introduces the most important features and use cases of the vSphere Automation REST API. You can use this guide in combination with the vSphere Automation API Reference that features all available API services, as well as many code samples.