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from Stefan Schnell

Get Information about Plugins


/**
 * @module de.stschnell
 *
 * @version 0.2.0
 *
 * @param {string} in_url
 * @param {string} in_userName
 * @param {SecureString} in_password
 *
 * @outputType Properties
 *
 * @description Detect information about installed plugins
 *
 * Hint: Set com.vmware.scripting.javascript.allow-native-object to true
 */

function getInformationAboutPlugins(in_userName, in_password) {

// Begin ---------------------------------------------------------------

function main() {

  var restHost = RESTHostManager.createTransientHostFrom(
    RESTHostManager.createHost("dynamicRequest")
  );
  restHost.url = "https://" + in_url;

  // Get the token for API call
  var login = JSON.stringify({
    "username": in_userName,
    "password": in_password
  });
  var request = restHost.createRequest(
    "POST", "/csp/gateway/am/api/login?access_token", login
  );
  request.contentType = "application/json";
  var response = request.execute();

  var refreshToken = "{\"refreshToken\":\"" +
    JSON.parse(response.contentAsString).refresh_token + "\"}";
  var request = restHost.createRequest(
    "POST", "/iaas/api/login", refreshToken
  );
  request.contentType = "application/json";
  var response = request.execute();

  var bearerToken = JSON.parse(response.contentAsString).token;

 var request = restHost.createRequest(
    "GET", "/vco/api/plugins"
  );
  request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
  request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
  request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + bearerToken);
  var response = request.execute();
  System.log(response.contentAsString);

  return JSON.parse(response.contentAsString);

}

return main();

// End -----------------------------------------------------------------

}

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