Return, update, or delete a host pool by ID

Description

Returns, updates, or deletes a host pool (per the specified poolID).

  • To get host pool information, an HTTP request should be sent to the URL created by concatenating the returned PoolID to the URL that was used for the Host Pool creation. For existing host pools in LAB_MANAGEMENT project, you can concatenate the value in the “Pool ID” field to the URL that was used for the Host Pool creation.
  • To delete a host pool, an HTTP request should be sent to the URL below.

URL

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/Admin/rest/v1/pools/{poolID}

Remarks

The host pool data can be passed as XML or JSON containing the equivalent data.

HTTP Method

GET: Returns the host pool information.

PATCH: Updates the host pool.

DELETE: Deletes the host pool.

Request

Headers:

One of the following:

  • Content-Type: application/xml

  • Content-Type: application/json

Cookies:

Versions 2023 and later

ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};

Versions 2022 - 2022 R2

ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};

ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm={ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm_COOKIE_VALUE};

LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY={LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY_COOKIE_VALUE};

Versions 2021 - 2021 R2

ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};

ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm={ASP.NET_SessionId_Adm_COOKIE_VALUE};

Versions 2020 - 2020 SP3

ADM_LWSSO={ADM_LWSSO_COOKIE_VALUE};

Versions earlier than 2020

LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY={LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY_COOKIE_VALUE};

QCSession={QC_SESSION_COOKIE_VALUE};

Request Body:

GET, DELETE: No request body.

PATCH: XML or JSON describing the data to be updated in the host pool.

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XML example:
GET http://<LRE_Server>/Admin/rest/v1/pools/1000
Content-Type: application/xml
Accept: application/xml
Cookie: ADM_LWSSO={AdmLwssoCookie};
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JSON example:
GET http://<LRE_Server>/Admin/rest/v1/pools/1000
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Cookie: ADM_LWSSO={AdmLwssoCookie};
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XML/JSON example:
DELETE http://<LRE_Server>/Admin/rest/v1/pools/1000
Cookie: ADM_LWSSO={AdmLwssoCookie};
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XML example:
PATCH http://<LRE_Server>/Admin/rest/v1/pools/1000
Content-Type: application/xml
Accept: application/xml
Cookie: ADM_LWSSO={AdmLwssoCookie};

<HostPool> 
  <Description>Some new description</Description>
  <Hosts>
    <HostID>10</HostID>
  </Hosts>
</HostPool> 
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JSON example:
PATCH http://<LRE_Server>/Admin/rest/v1/pools/1000
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Cookie: ADM_LWSSO={AdmLwssoCookie};

{
    "Description": "Description was updated with REST",
    "Hosts":
     [
        1808,
        1100
     ]
}

Response

Headers:

One of:

  • Accept: application/xml

  • Accept: application/json

Cookies:

None

HTML Return Code:

One of the HTTP Return Codes

HTML Body:

GET: Returns the data on the entity in the response. The fields in the response are:

ElementDescription
HostPoolsThe top-level element. Contains HostPool sub elements with the elements listed below.
NameThe name of the host pool.
DescriptionAn optional description of the host pool.
Hosts

Can contain HostID sub elements which lists the ID of the hosts assigned to the pool.

IDThe ID of the host pool.

DELETE, PATCH: No body returned.

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XML example:
<HostPools>
   <HostPool>
      <Name>TestPool</Name> 
      <Description>Some description</Description>
      <ID>1001</ID>
   </HostPool>
   <HostPool>
      <Name>TestPool2</Name> 
      <Description>Some description</Description>
      <Hosts>
        <HostID>1026</HostID>
        <HostID>1029</HostID> 
      </Hosts>
      <ID>1002<ID>
   </HostPool>
   <HostPool>
      <Name>TestPool4</Name> 
      <Description>Some description</Description>
      <ID>1003</ID>
   </HostPool> 
</HostPools>
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JSON example:
{
    "ID": 1135,
    "Name": "Pool_REST",
    "Description": "Description was updated with REST",
    "Hosts": [
        1100,
        1808
   ]
}

See Also

Host pools