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GET Method

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The GET HTTP method is used to read data or retrieve information about a resource. In case of success, the GET HTTP method returns the HTTP response code 200 Success; in the response body, the method returns a representation of the resource.

In the example below, the GET HTTP method is used to retrieve a resource representation of the default backup repository entity:

Request:

GET http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf?format=Entity

Response:

200 Success

Response Body:

<Repository xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" Type="Repository" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf?format=Entity" Name="Default Backup Repository" UID="urn:veeam:Repository:3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/21a631e0-af7f-46ba-afbd-273de2e6fd4a" Name="localhost" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="RepositoryReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf" Name="Default Backup Repository" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="BackupReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf/backups" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="ReplicaReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/repositories/3efc471c-04be-4dd1-9ed2-54e7fddc5ecf/replicas" />
</Links>
<Capacity>85530243072</Capacity>
<FreeSpace>20584992768</FreeSpace>
</Repository>