Inclusion of instances in a pricing calculation

You use the POST operation on the api/sam/swinventory/include element to include instances in the pricing calculation.

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Important: Use this REST API only for BigFix products. The REST API returns only instances that are assigned to default license metrics.

Table 1. Operation descriptions
Operation details	Description
Operation	`/api/sam/swinventory/include`
Purpose	Includes instances in a pricing calculation.
HTTP method	`POST`
Resource URI	https://`server_host_name`:`port_number`/api/sam/swinventory/include
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`	n/a
Response headers	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	n/a
Response `Content-Type`	n/a
Normal HTTP response codes	`204 – No content`
Error HTTP response codes	`400 – “Bad Request”` if a query parameter contains errors or is missing `401 – “Unauthorized”` if the user is not authorized to perform the operation `404 – “Not Found”` if a release or instance of the product or version that the user requested does not exist `422 – “Unprocessable Entity”` if the request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors 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 POST/swinventory/include element.

Table 2. Query parameters for including instances in pricing calculations
The table consists of four columns and three rows.
Parameter	Description	Required	Value
productInventoryId	A list of unique identifiers of instances that are to be included in the calculation separated with a comma. At least one identifier must be specified.	Yes	Numeric
token	A unique user authentication identifier.	Yes	Alphanumeric
updateTime	A list of timestamps of the last modification time of instances expressed in milliseconds. The timestamps are separated with a comma. The first timestamp in the list corresponds to the first instance, and so on. This parameter is used to handle concurrent actions. Use the `GET` operation on the `swinventory/release/{release_id}/instances` element to get the update times.	Yes	Numeric

Example HTTP conversation

Request

POST /api/sam/swinventory/include?token=7adc3efb175e2bc0f4484bdd2efca54a8fa04623
&productInventoryId=198,300201&updateTime=1349237658578,1349237658588 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:9080
Accept-Language: en-US

Response header

HTTP/1.1 204 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Language: en-US