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Create a Category

This web service allows the user to create a category.

HTTP Type

POST

Restriction

Administrator Only.

URI

{type}/SMI/{version}/category/create

Parameter

Description

&key

The API Key that is provided when your application has been registered.

&secret

The Shared Secret that is provided when your application has been registered.

&name

Name of the resource being created.

&desc

Description of the resource being created.

Example:

The following URI creates a capability called “New_Category”. New categories that are created will not be standard (is_standard=0). The UUID of the new category is returned. 

https://smi.cloudcommons.com:8443/Insight_API/json/SMI/0.5/category/create?name=New_Category&desc=My_Category&key=df3936ec01c5d3adf9f0048116cd5b84&secret=13f6232ebf484e57103cd4ac234a22aa

Sample output of successful execution:

 {
"result":
	{
	"returnCode": "0",
	"errorMessage": "Operation Successful.",
	"resultCount": 1,
	"Bean-List": {
		"ResourceCategory-Bean":[
			{ "uuid": "0988c5db-63a0-42dc-a858-67ba3458ef60", "name": "New_Category", "description": "This is a test", "creationDate": "2011-03-15 15:00:26.0", "isStandard": "0" }
					]

		     }
	}
}