Simple VFCA Interaction

vcfa-api-example.py

"""
Simple example: authenticate to VCFA (VMware Cloud Foundation Automation) 9.1
and list the VM App blueprints in a project.

Fill in the constants below and run: python list_blueprints.py
"""

import requests

# --- Configuration ---
VCFA_HOST = "vcfa.example.com"   # your VCFA appliance hostname/IP
USERNAME = "administrator"
PASSWORD = "changeme"
DOMAIN = "System Domain"          # local/SSO domain
PROJECT_ID = "your-project-id"    # project to list blueprints for

BASE_URL = f"https://{VCFA_HOST}"
VERIFY_SSL = False  # set to True if using a trusted certificate

if not VERIFY_SSL:
    requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

# 1. Authenticate: get a refresh token from the identity service
login_resp = requests.post(
    f"{BASE_URL}/csp/gateway/am/api/login",
    json={"username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD, "domain": DOMAIN},
    verify=VERIFY_SSL,
)
login_resp.raise_for_status()
refresh_token = login_resp.json()["refresh_token"]

# 2. Exchange the refresh token for a bearer access token
token_resp = requests.post(
    f"{BASE_URL}/iaas/api/login",
    json={"refreshToken": refresh_token},
    verify=VERIFY_SSL,
)
token_resp.raise_for_status()
access_token = token_resp.json()["token"]

headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"}

# 3. List the blueprints (VM Apps) in the project
blueprints_resp = requests.get(
    f"{BASE_URL}/blueprint/api/blueprints",
    params={"projectId": PROJECT_ID},
    headers=headers,
    verify=VERIFY_SSL,
)
blueprints_resp.raise_for_status()

for blueprint in blueprints_resp.json().get("content", []):
    print(f"{blueprint['name']} (id={blueprint['id']})")