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Storage Advisor Embedded User Guide

Version

93-07-2x

88-08-12

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-97HM85022-25

This section describes the data types that can be specified by using the REST API.

The following table shows the data types supported by the REST API and the corresponding JSON data types.

Data type	JSON type	Description
boolean	boolean	A type that represents `true` or `false`. Example: `true`
int	number	A type that represents a 32-bit signed integer. Example: `100`
long	number	A type that represents a 64-bit signed integer. Example: `1048576`
string	string	A type that represents a character string. Example: `"DKR5D-J900SS"`
ISO8601string	string	A type that represents time in the ISO 8601 extended format (`YYYY`-`MM`-`DD`T`hh`:`mm`:`ss`Z). The only time zone that you can specify is UTC. Example: `"2017-09-30T09:27:35Z"`

In addition to the preceding data types, the following JSON data types are also used:

Object type: The character string, in which the attribute and value are connected with a colon (:), is enclosed in { and }. If more than one attribute-value pair exists, the pairs are separated by commas.

Array type: The character string, in which multiple values are separated by commas, is enclosed in [ and ].