Dell PowerStore REST API Developers Guide

URI patterns

The following table describes the basic URI patterns that the PowerStore REST API supports:

Table 1. Basic patterns in the REST APIList of URI patterns and their HTTP operations and descriptions.
URI pattern	HTTP Operations	Description
Collection type resource URI /api/rest/<resource_type>	GET	Retrieves a list of instances for the specified resource type.
Collection type resource URI /api/rest/<resource_type>	POST	Creates a new instance of the specified resource type, using data specified in the request body, if allowed.
Instance resource URI /api/rest/<resource_type>/<id>	GET	Retrieves the specified resource instance.
	PATCH	Modifies the specified resource instance, if allowed.
	DELETE	Deletes the specified resource instance, if allowed.
Instance action URI /api/rest/<resourceType>/<id>/<action>	POST	Performs the operation specified by <action> for the specified resource instance.
Class-level action URI /api/rest/<resource_type>/<action>	POST	Performs the operation specified by <action> for the specified non-singleton resource type.

NOTE:URI parameters cannot contain slashes (/) or other special characters.

GET /api/rest/storage_container

GET api/rest/storage_container/70b37e07-b7fb-4e69-83ea-928680c4dc31

POST /api/rest/storage_container

DELETE /api/rest/storage_container/70b37e07-b7fb-4e69-83ea-928680c4dc31

PATCH /api/rest/storage_container/70b37e07-b7fb-4e69-83ea-928680c4dc31

POST /api/rest/storage_container/70b37e07-b7fb-4e69-83ea-928680c4dc31/mount

POST /api/rest/x509_certificate/exchange