This client is deprecated, use https://github.com/vmware/vcd-cli/

a cli for the vcloud api

api spec

https://pubs.vmware.com/vcd-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vcd_55_api_guide.pdf
https://pubs.vmware.com/vca/index.jsp#com.vmware.vcloud.api.doc_56/GUID-F4BF9D5D-EF66-4D36-A6EB-2086703F6E37.html

usage

set the following env vars

• VCD_URL
• VCD_USER
• VCD_PASSWORD
• VCD_ORG

if you are behind a proxy set:

• HTTPS_PROXY (on Windows)
• HTTP_PROXY (on Windows)
• https_proxy (on Linux)
• http_proxy (on Linux)

explore the possiblities of the cli by using the help.

the command structure of the vcloud-cli:
vcloud-cli --network query allocatedips

query --> root command
allocatedips --> sub command
--network --> argument for the last command

at every level you can use the help:

• vcloud-cli query --help
• vcloud-cli query allocatedips --help

examples

get all vapps vcloud-cli query vapp

get all vapps and the xml vcloud-cli --verbose true query vapp

issue a request and specify the path vcloud-cli --verbose true --path "/api/query" request