Here's a sample GET request that retrieves an erasure coding topology named ex-corp-4. The request writes the output to a file named ex-corp-4.xml. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -H "Accept: application/xml"
-H "Authorization: HCP bGdyZWVu:35dc4c4aa08fe0deab7e292e00eb8e97"
"https://admin.hcp-us.example.com:9090/mapi/services/erasureCoding/
ecTopologies/ex-corp-4?verbose=true&prettyprint" > ex-corp-4.xml
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
filehandle = open("ex-corp-4.xml", 'wb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Accept: application/xml",
"Authorization: HCP bGdyZWVu:35dc4c4aa08fe0deab7e292e00eb8e97"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL,
"https://admin.hcp-us.example.com:9090/mapi/services/" +
"erasureCoding/ecTopologies/ex-corp-4?verbose=true&prettyprint")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, filehandle.write)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
filehandle.close()
Request headers
GET /mapi/services/erasureCoding/ecTopologies/ex-corp-4?verbose=true&prettyprint
HTTP/1.1
Host: admin.hcp-us.example.com:9090
Authorization: HCP bGdyZWVu:35dc4c4aa08fe0deab7e292e00eb8e97
Accept: application/xml
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 9.0.0.2 Content-Length: 2402
Response body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ecTopology>
<description>Erasure coding topology for the US, Europe, Canada, and
Africa-North divisions.</description>
<erasureCodedObjects>3289</erasureCodedObjects>
<erasureCodingDelay>10</erasureCodingDelay>
<fullCopy>false</fullCopy>
<hcpSystems>
<name>hcp-an.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-ca.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-eu.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-us.example.com</name>
</hcpSystems>
<id>faa9b2e5-a8b0-4211-ac83-6a25dff50800</id>
<minimumObjectSize>4096</minimumObjectSize>
<name>ex-corp-4</name>
<protectionStatus>HEALTHY</protectionStatus>
<readStatus>HEALTHY</readStatus>
<replicationLinks>
<replicationLink>
<hcpSystems>
<name>hcp-ca.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-eu.example.com</name>
</hcpSystems>
<name>eu-ca</name>
<pausedTenantsCount>0</pausedTenantsCount>
<state>HEALTHY</state>
<uuid>7ae4101c-6e29-426e-ae71-9a7a529f019d</uuid>
</replicationLink>
<replicationLink>
<hcpSystems>
<name>hcp-eu.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-us.example.com</name>
</hcpSystems>
<name>us-eu</name>
<pausedTenantsCount>0</pausedTenantsCount>
<state>HEALTHY</state>
<uuid>32871da5-2355-458a-90f5-1717aa684d6f</uuid>
</replicationLink>
<replicationLink>
<hcpSystems>
<name>hcp-an.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-us.example.com</name>
</hcpSystems>
<name>us-an</name>
<pausedTenantsCount>0</pausedTenantsCount>
<state>HEALTHY</state>
<uuid>c8c875ad-dbfe-437d-abd3-862a6c719894</uuid>
</replicationLink>
<replicationLink>
<hcpSystems>
<name>hcp-an.example.com</name>
<name>hcp-ca.example.com</name>
</hcpSystems>
<name>ca-an</name>
<pausedTenantsCount>0</pausedTenantsCount>
<state>HEALTHY</state>
<uuid>a1f21e03-fb46-48cc-967e-b0cedf80bb20</uuid>
</replicationLink>
</replicationLinks>
<restorePeriod>5</restorePeriod>
<state>ACTIVE</state>
<tenants>
<name>research-dev</name>
<name>sales-mktg</name>
<name>exec</name>
<name>finance</name>
</tenants>
<type>RING</type>
</ecTopology>