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The format query parameter allows you to define the representation type that you want to retrieve using the query. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager RESTful API lets you retrieve representations of two types:

References (retrieved by default)
Entities

To learn more, see Resource Representations.

For example, using the query below, you can get a list of VM restore point entities:

Request:

GET http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=VmRestorePoint&format=entities

Response:

200 Success

Response Body:

<QueryResult xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0">
<Entities>
<VmRestorePoints>
<VmRestorePoint Type="VmRestorePoint" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876?format=Entity" Name="dc01@2015-12-07 11:48:39" UID="urn:veeam:VmRestorePoint:92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Restore" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876?action=restore" />
<Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb" Name="172.17.53.47" />
<Link Rel="Up" Type="RestorePointReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/restorePoints/ecda6b9f-1780-452d-ad44-6726855b6547" Name="Dec 7 2015 11:48AM" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="VmRestorePointReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876" Name="dc01@2015-12-07 11:48:39" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="VmRestorePointMountList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876/mounts" />
<Link Rel="Create" Type="VmRestorePointMount" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/92357047-d358-4326-8d6d-28bc619b2876/mounts" />
</Links>
<CreationTimeUTC>2015-12-07T11:48:39Z</CreationTimeUTC>
<Algorithm>Incremental</Algorithm>
<PointType>Increment</PointType>
<HierarchyObjRef>urn:VMware:Vm:f75e0690-5f33-4b82-8c52-6828d6c65af6.vm-491</HierarchyObjRef>
</VmRestorePoint>
<VmRestorePoint Type="VmRestorePoint" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b?format=Entity" Name="exchange@2015-12-07 12:03:17" UID="urn:veeam:VmRestorePoint:1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Restore" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b?action=restore" />
<Link Rel="Up" Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb" Name="172.17.53.47" />
<Link Rel="Up" Type="RestorePointReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/restorePoints/c61f139b-38d3-402d-88f0-861e1379118d" Name="Dec 7 2015 12:02PM" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="VmRestorePointReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b" Name="exchange@2015-12-07 12:03:17" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="VmRestorePointMountList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b/mounts" />
<Link Rel="Create" Type="VmRestorePointMount" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/1bfb8d41-0d48-4fb7-a348-56612bf0363b/mounts" />
</Links>
<CreationTimeUTC>2015-12-07T12:03:17Z</CreationTimeUTC>
<Algorithm>Full</Algorithm>
<PointType>Full</PointType>
<HierarchyObjRef>urn:VMware:Vm:f75e0690-5f33-4b82-8c52-6828d6c65af6.vm-1618</HierarchyObjRef>
</VmRestorePoint>
...
</VmRestorePoints>
</Entities>
<PagingInfo PageNum="1" PageSize="100" PagesCount="1">
<Links>
<Link Rel="First" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=VmRestorePoint&format=entities&pageSize=100&page=1" />
<Link Rel="Last" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=VmRestorePoint&format=entities&pageSize=100&page=1" />
</Links>
</PagingInfo>
</QueryResult>