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Calling Restful API using linux curl

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I'm having some difficulties with the syntax using linux. After generating a new login session with curl --get http://10.88.10.20:9399/api/ Next I issue the curl command Curl -H -D 'Authorization: Basic <Encoded string Here>' http://10.X.X.X:9399/api/sessionMngr/ .

The response I get is:

curl: (6) Could not resolve host: Authorization
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Error StatusCode="401" Message="Identity was not authenticated." xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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Re: Calling Restful API using linux curl

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Are you positive that the given account has the Portal Administrator, Portal User or Restore Operator role in the Enterprise Manager? Thanks.
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Re: Calling Restful API using linux curl

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This works for me:

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$ curl -XPOST -v -u user:pass http://10.0.0.7:9399/api/sessionMngr/?v=v1_1 -H "Content-Length: 0"
$ wget --method POST http://10.0.0.7:9399/api/sessionMngr/?v=v1_1 --http-user=user --http-password=pass --header="Content-Length: 0" -O - -S
Also, you do not create the logon session using the GET request mentioned. These two examples create the session and return the session token requires. Pro tip is that cURL actually supports the Set-Cookie header as well, so check the documentation for this feature to make your life much easier :)
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Re: Calling Restful API using linux curl

Post by poulpreben » 2 people like this post

fermon wrote:Where did you find the uri info < ?v=v1_1 >
(Answering in the public forum instead of private message, since this might be valuable to other forum members too.)

A good way to discover and learn the API is using the built-in web client. The web client is available on http://enterprise-manager:9399/web or https://enterprise-manager:9398/web depending on whether you prefer HTTP or HTTPS.

Using this URL, you should see a screen similar to this:
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All the links can be used for navigation, and you will constantly be presented with a list of available resources. After creating the session using an empty POST session to the URL highlighted above, you will see the API overview. Most importantly, please note the <SessionId> tag at the bottom of the response.
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