Here is a sample GET request that retrieves the current premium storage license information. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/xml"
-H "Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382"
"https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/storage/licenses?prettyprint"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
filehandle = open("HCPLic_SN12345_Q0123456789_A10TB_01-01-2021.plk",
'wb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Accept: application/xml",
"Authorization: HCP \
YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL,
"https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/storage/licenses?" +
"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/storage/licenses?prettyprint HTTP/1.1 Host: admin.hcp.example.com:9090 Accept: application/xml Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 9.0.0.2 Content-Length: 356
Response body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<licenses>
<license>
<activeCapacity>10000000000000</activeCapacity>
<expirationDate>Jan 1, 2025</expirationDate>
<extendedCapacity>0</extendedCapacity>
<licenseType>Premium</licenseType>
<serialNumber>12345</serialNumber>
<uploadDate>Aug 14, 2020</uploadDate>
</license>
</licenses>