Retrieval of instances to reassign to a release

You use the GET operation on the api/sam/swinventory/targetInstances element to request information about the target instances that can be reassigned to a particular release.

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Important: Use this REST API only for IBM products. This REST API returns only instances that are assigned to default license metrics.
Table 1. Operation descriptions
Operation details Description
Operation GET /api/sam/swinventory/targetInstances
Purpose Returns a list of target instances that can be reassigned to a particular release.
HTTP method GET
Resource URI https://server_host_name:port_number/api/sam/swinventory/targetInstances
URL link relation n/a
URI query parameters For a list of applicable query parameters, see: Query parameters.
Request headers
Header
Accept-Language (optional)
Values
en-US (only English is supported)

Used to negotiate the language of the response. If this header is not specified, the content is returned in the server language.

Request payload n/a
Request Content-Type
  • Application/json
Response headers
Header
Content-Type
Values
Application/json

Specifies the content type of the response.

Header
Content-Language
Values
en-US, …

Specifies the language of the response content. If this header is not specified, the content is returned in the server language.

Response payload targetInstances element
Response Content-Type
  • Application/json
Normal HTTP response codes
  • 200 – OK
Error HTTP response codes
  • 400 – “Bad Request” if a query parameter contains errors or is missing
  • 401 – “Unauthorized” if a user is not authorized to perform the operation
  • 404 – “Not Found” if a release or instance of the product or version that you requested for does not exist

Message body includes an error message with details.

Query parameters

You can use query parameters to narrow down the results of your search. The following table presents query parameters that you can use for the GET/swinventory/targetInstances element.
Table 2. Query parameters for retrieving instances to reassign to a release
Parameter Description Required Value
releaseId A unique identifier of a release. Yes Numeric
token A unique user authentication identifier.
Note: The token includes information about the computer group to which the user has access. Data that is retrieved is limited to data from computers that belong to this group.
Yes Alphanumeric

Example HTTP conversation

Request
GET /api/sam/swinventory/targetInstances
?token=7adc3efb175e2bc0f4484bdd2efca54a8fa04623&releaseId=72717 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:9080
Accept: application/json
Accept-Language: en-US
Response header
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Language: en-US
Response body (JSON)
[{
	"componentNameVersion": "IBM Tivoli Directory Server (SP) 6.0",
	"hostname": "Agent20",
	"path": "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Signatures",
	"updateTime": "1349270690593",
	"productInventoryId": "200027",
	"appliedRules": "the relation in the software catalog, the infrastructure co-location",
	"productId": "72717",
	"id": "200027",
	"productNameVersion": "IBM WebSphere Process Server Hypervisor Edition for Novell SLES for x86 6.2",
	"isShared": "false"
}]