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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:37:54 -0500
From: Chip Childers <chip.childers@sungard.com>
To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: CloudStack API Question
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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: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> 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