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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Management REST API Programmer's Guide

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Creating a resource instance

To create a resource instance, use the following request components:

Headers 
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
X-EMC-REST-CLIENT: true
EMC-CSRF-TOKEN: <token>
Operation 
POST
URI pattern 
/api/types/<resourceType>/instances/
where <resourceType> is the resource type of the instance you want to create.
Body 
{
   "argument1":<value>,
   "argument2":<value>,
   "argument3":<value>
   .
   .
   .
}

where the comma-separated list contains all required arguments and any optional arguments. Use double quotes around a string, dateTime, or IPAddress value.

NOTE The unique identifier of the new instance is generated automatically by the server.

If the request succeeds, it returns a 201 Created HTTP status code and a minimal instance resource in the response body. This resource contains the id argument, a self-link for the new resource instance, and the arguments used to populate the new instance. If the request does not succeed, the server returns a 4nn or 5nn HTTP status code and a message entity in the response body.

Example

The following request creates a new instance of the user resource type.

Headers 
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
X-EMC-REST-CLIENT: true
EMC-CSRF-TOKEN: <token>
Request 
POST https://10.245.23.125/api/types/user/instances
Request body 
{
  "name":"user_Operator5",
  "role":"operator",
  "password":"MyPassword1!"
}
Response body 
.
.
.{
     "@base": "https://10.245.23.125/api/instances/user",
     "updated": "2015-11-24T21:57:35.233Z",
     "links": [
       {
         "rel": "self",
         "href": "/user_Operator5"
       }
     ],
     "content": {
       "id": "user_Operator5"
     }
}

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