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Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
REST API reference
You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks.
REST commands for the HCL Launch server
The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL Launch server.
component resource
Get the versions of a component

Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
- Plug-ins
  The HCL plug-ins provide tools for creating component processes and integrations. HCL plug-ins provides plug-ins for several common deployment processes, and others are available to integrate with a wide variety of tools, such as middleware tools, databases, and servers.
- Creating notification templates
  Notification templates are the basis for emails that the server sends to users after an event occurs on the server. You can create customized notification templates by modifying the default templates provided, or by creating new templates of your own.
- REST API reference
  You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks.
  - Running REST commands
    Many different programs can run REST commands. To run the command, you call a method on a REST resource and pass parameters or a request in JSON format.
  - Examples of REST API commands
    Many REST and command-line client commands have examples in their help topics. A few more examples using various programming languages and scenarios are provided here. The commands are similar for the server.
  - Authenticating for REST commands
    The way that you authenticate to run REST commands depends on how the server is set up and the tool that you are using to run the commands.
  - Deploying applications by using REST commands: An example
    The following example describes how to use the REST commands to deploy an application.
  - REST commands for the HCL Launch server
    The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL Launch server.
    - agentCLI resource
    - agentPool resource
    - application resource
    - applicationProcess resource
    - applicationProcessRequest resource
      Resources for requesting application processes.
    - applicationTemplate resource
    - approval/task resource
    - authenticationRealm resource
    - component resource
      - Add a component to a team
      - Add a tag to a component
      - Create a component
      - Create a component environment property
      - Delete a component
      - Delete a component environment property
      - Delete a tag from a component
      - Export a component to a json file.
      - Get a list of all components using this template
        This command returns a JSON representation of a list of components.
      - Get information about a component
        This command returns a JSON representation of a component.
      - Get information about all components on the server
        This command returns a JSON representation of all components on the server.
      - Get the value of a property on a component. Property names can be prefixed to specify which set of propertieswill be searched. Unprefixed properties will search custom 'Component Properties' on a component while a propertynamed such as template/propertyName will search the properties inherited from a component templates property definitions.
      - Get the versions of a component
      - Get values for component properties
        This command returns all component properties.
      - Import component from json file.
      - Import new component versions
        This command polls the source configuration for new component versions. Add property name/value pairs as necessary - this can be used to add specific versions.
      - Remove a component from a team
      - Return all tags on a component
      - Set a property on a component
      - Set a version property for a component
        Component version properties are available to each version of the component.
      - Update a component
    - componentProcess resource
    - componentProcessRequest resource
    - componentTemplate resource
    - deploymentTrigger resource
    - environment resource
    - environmentTemplate resource
    - frontendServer resource
    - group resource
    - inventory resource
    - javaPackage resource
    - login resource
    - process resource
    - processRequest resource
    - relay resource
    - resource resource
    - resourceTemplate resource
    - snapshot resource
    - sshInstallAgent resource
    - status resource
    - systemConfiguration resource
    - tags resource
    - team resource
    - teamsecurity resource
    - user resource
    - version resource
    - webhookTemplate resource
    - workflowTrace resource
- Command-line client (CLI) reference
  CLI is a command-line interface that provides access to the HCL Launch server. It can be used to find or set properties and to run numerous functions.
- Process-as-code feature
  Programmatically manage processes with PAC language.

Get the versions of a component

Request

GET https://{hostname}:{port}
    /cli/component/versions?{parameters}
Accept: application/json

Table 1. Request parameters
Parameter	Type	Required	Description
component	string	true	Name or ID of the component
numResults	int	false	Specify a number greater than 0 to limit the number of results. If numResults is not specified, or is given to be less than 1, no limit is applied.

Table 2. Header parameters
Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Accept	`application/json`	true

Example

curl -k -u jsmith:passwd 
   
  "https://myserver.example.com:8443/cli/component/versions?
  component=MyComponent"

Example response

[
  {
    "id": "1a53a4a6-bfcd-4014-a0ab-83f97077a4d4",
    "name": "1",
    "description": "",
    "type": "FULL",
    "created": 1441381421819,
    "active": true,
    "archived": false,
    "sizeOnDisk": 4096
  },
  {
    "id": "ed2361a4-948c-4646-bda4-7465df0e38b5",
    "name": "2",
    "description": "",
    "type": "FULL",
    "created": 1441381420863,
    "active": true,
    "archived": false,
    "sizeOnDisk": 4096
  }
]

Related CLI command: getComponentVersions.