Read (GET) Variables

Read using the HTTP GET operation.

Code Examples

Request

Request URI Parameters

Request URI Example

Request Headers

For more information about the common request headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.

Request Body

The GET operation has no request body.

Response

Response Codes

Response Headers

For more information about the common response headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.

Response Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><entry xml:base="https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
  <id>https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Variables(guid'159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18')</id>
  <category term="Orchestrator.ResourceModel.Variable" scheme="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
  <link rel="edit" title="Variable" href="Variables(guid'159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18')" />
  <title />
  <updated>2014-04-01T15:04:36Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name />
  </author>
  <content type="application/xml">
    <m:properties>
      <d:VariableID m:type="Edm.Guid">159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18</d:VariableID>
      <d:TenantID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:TenantID>
      <d:Name>Test Variable Name</d:Name>
      <d:Value>Test Variable Value</d:Value>
      <d:Description>Test Variable Description</d:Description>
      <d:IsEncrypted m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsEncrypted>
      <d:CreationTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">2014-04-01T14:46:02.537</d:CreationTime>
      <d:LastModifiedTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">2014-04-01T14:46:02.537</d:LastModifiedTime>
    </m:properties>
  </content>
</entry>

Code Examples

The following example searches for a specific Variable, identified by the VariableID (a unique guid value).

namespace CodeSample.Microsoft.SystemCenter.SMA
{
    public class SMASamples
    {
        public static void Main()
        { 
            // Replace this with the name of your SMA web service endpoint.
            string serviceEndPoint = "https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";                      

            // Setup the connection to SMA
            OrchestratorApi SMAService = new OrchestratorApi(new Uri(serviceEndPoint));

            // Set credentials to the default or to a specific user.
            ((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            //((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pwd", "domain");

            try
            {
                // Identify a specific variable instance to search for.
                System.Guid variableID = new Guid("159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18");

                // Query for the specific variable instance identified by VariableID.
                var variable = SMAService.Variables.Where(r => r.VariableID == variableID).FirstOrDefault();

                // Output select properties of the instance to the console.
                Console.WriteLine("Found Variable ID    : {0}", variable.VariableID);
                Console.WriteLine("Found Variable Name  : {0}", variable.Name);
                Console.WriteLine("Found Variable Value : {0}", variable.Value);
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new ApplicationException("An error occurred during execution.", ex);
            }
        }                 
    }
}

See Also

Concepts

Variable
Variables