Session

Element:

Session

Type:

SessionType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Represents a vCloud Session.

Since:

1.5

Schema:

session.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.session+xml

Extends:

ResourceType

XML Representation:

<Session xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" user="xs:string" org="xs:string">
    <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
            rel="xs:string"/>
</Session>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
href	anyURI	No	always	1.5	Contains the URI to the entity.
type	string	No	always	1.5	Contains the type of the entity.
user	string	No	none	1.5	The name of the user that owns the session
org	string	No	none	1.5	The name of the user's organization

Elements

Element	Type	Occurrence	Modifiable	Since	Description
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	0..*	always	1.5	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes.
Link	LinkType	0..*	none	1.5	Optional link to an entity or operation associated with this object.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since
read	GET /session	Returns a representation of the current session that can serve as a single entry point to the system, as it provides user, admin, and extension (sysadmin) entry links depending on the privileges of the current user.	1.5
as output	POST /sessions	Login with HTTP POST request.	1.5