Image

This operation will return details of a single image.

GET /images/id

Parameters

id

The unique identifier of the image to be retrieved. Note see warnings in Hypermedia.

Result

JSON

{
   "image":{
      "status":"SAVING",
      "updated":null,
      "name":"{display_image_name}",
      "links":[
         {
            "href":"http://{api_server}/images/{image_id}/",
            "rel":"self"
         },
         {
            "href":"http://{api_server}/images/{image_id}/",
            "rel":"bookmark"
         }
      ],
      "created":"2011-09-30T02:38:57",
      "id":"{image_id}"
   }
}

id - string

Unique identifier for this image.

links - array

Hypermedia for this resource.

name - string

Display name for this image.

status - string

Current state of this image. Valid values are ACTIVE, SAVING, DELETED.

ACTIVE - Image is ready to be used.

SAVING - Image is being uploaded or saved from a running Server instance.

DELETED - Image was recently deleted or is in the process of being deleted.

created - string

The date and time the image was created. ISO 8601 format, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.

updated

Unused always null.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Failure

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized - This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden - The resource is forbidden for this user

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found - The resource does not exist

Examples

Successfully view image

GET http://{api_server}/images/133

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Response Body:

 {
    "image": 
       {
          "status": "SAVING", 
          "updated": null, 
          "name": "test_debian_image", 
          "links": [
             {
                "href": "http://{api_server}/images/133/", 
                "rel": "self"
             },
             {
                "href": "http://{api_server}/images/133/", 
                "rel": "bookmark"
             }
          ], 
          "created": "2011-09-30T02:38:57", 
          "id": "133"
       }
 }

Failure while trying to make an unauthorized request

GET http://{api_server}/images/{image_id}

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded fake_authentication_string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Response Body:

    401 Unauthorized
    This server could not verify that you are authorized to
    access the document you requested.  Either you supplied the
    wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser
    does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

Permission denied failure

GET http(s)://{api_server}/images/{image_id}

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

Response Body:

{
   "forbidden": 
      {
         "message": "forbidden", 
         "code": 403, 
         "details": ""
      }
}

Failure while trying to request for an image that does not exist

GET http(s)://{api_server}/images/{fake_image_id}

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Response Body:

{
   "itemNotFound": 
      {
         "message": "Resource not found", 
         "code": 404, 
         "details": ""
      }
}

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