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 returned in the Location header of the response of the Host Pool entity creation (see Host pools) or the URL can be composed 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
/Admin/rest/v1/pools/{poolID}
Remarks
The host pool data can be passed as XML containing the equivalent data.
HTTP Method
GET: Returns the host pool information.
PATCH: Updates the host pool.
DELETE: Deletes the host pool.
Request
Headers:
Content-Type: application/xml
Accept: application/xml
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: An XML describing the data to be updated in the host pool.
An XML describing the host pool.

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

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>
Response
Headers:
Content-Type: application/xml
Cookies:
None
HTML Return Code:
One of the HTTP Return Codes
Upon successful deletion, returns HTTP status 200 (OK).
HTML Body:
GET: Returns the data on the entity in the response. See Host pool response.
DELETE, PATCH: No body returned.
See Also