Abstract:
An example method of accessing object data managed by virtual infrastructure (VI) services of virtualization management software that manages a cluster of hosts in a data center and a virtualization layer executing in the cluster of hosts includes: receiving, from a client at a unified data service executing in the virtualization management software, a request for accessing the object data; planning, in response to the request, an operation to access the object data that targets a first VI service of the VI services; invoking, in response to the operation, an application programming interface (API) of the first VI service to access the object data, the API being exposed by a unified data library integrated with the first VI service; and forwarding, from the unified data service to the client, a result of accessing the object data.
Abstract:
One or more examples provide a method of performing a REST API operation at a server computing system includes receiving a request of a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) session from a client computing system. The request includes data for requesting performance of the REST API operation and issuance of progress updates. The method further includes sending a first part of a response of the HTTP session to the client computing system. The first part of the response acknowledges the request. The method further includes sending, while the REST API operation is performed, at least one additional part of the response to the client computing system, each additional part of the response having a progress update for the REST API operation. The method further includes sending, upon completion of the REST API operation, a final part of the response to the client computing system having a result of the REST API operation.