So, I'm looking at these comments now: 2.3. Getting Started To get started using the CloudStack API, you should have the following:
- URL of the CloudStack server you wish to integrate with. - Both the API Key and Secret Key for an account. This should have been generated by the administrator of the cloud instance and given to you. - Familiarity with HTTP GET/POST and query strings. - Knowledge of either XML or JSON. - Knowledge of a programming language that can generate HTTP requests; for example, Java or PHP. I'm not sure how to generate the API Key and Secret Key for an account. Can someone point me to instructions for this? Thanks! On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Mike Tutkowski < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Will! > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Will Stevens <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You may find this blog post helpful as well: >> http://www.cloudops.com/2013/01/working-with-the-cloudstack-api/ >> At the bottom of the post I have provided two small python files which >> will >> get you working with the API really quickly. The code explains the steps >> needed to create api calls pretty clearly and gives you something to play >> with right away. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Mike Tutkowski < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Thanks, Chip! This is just what I was looking for. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Chip Childers >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:06:16AM -0700, Mike Tutkowski wrote: >> > > > Hi everyone, >> > > > >> > > > I have not yet made use of the CS API and was looking at this URL: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/api/apidocs-4.0.0/TOC_Root_Admin.html >> > > > >> > > > I was wondering where we specify what the protocol is? Does CS use >> > JSON >> > > > over HTTP? >> > > > >> > > > Can someone point me to these specifics? >> > > > >> > > > Thanks! >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > *Mike Tutkowski* >> > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >> > > > e: [email protected] >> > > > o: 303.746.7302 >> > > > Advancing the way the world uses the >> > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >> > > > *™* >> > > >> > > Take a look at the API developer guide [1]. It explains how to use >> the >> > > API (not the specific API commands). >> > > >> > > Also, depending on the language you are using, there are lots of >> options >> > > already out there for language-specific bindings (if you don't want to >> > > roll your own). >> > > >> > > [1] >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.0.0-incubating/html/API_Developers_Guide/index.html >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Mike Tutkowski* >> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >> > e: [email protected] >> > o: 303.746.7302 >> > Advancing the way the world uses the >> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >> > *™* >> > >> > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: [email protected] > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *™* > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: [email protected] o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *™*
