Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Configuration Management System (CMS)2018.05

Develop > Developer Reference > Using APIs > Universal CMDB REST API > Reference > Get CI

Get CI

This call returns details of a CI.

URL

/dataModel/ci/{id}

Method

GET

Headers

Required:

Authorization: Bearer <token>

Note <token> is the token that is returned by the Authentication call.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0Njc5ODQ5MTcsImN1c3RvbWVyIjoxLCJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InN5c2FkbWluIn0.Ph8WHtzvpvfuH1j0CtwHqyBhX1uLlfhr0eQQ7m0_gT0

Request type

None

Response type

JSON

URL Parameters

Path Parameters

Required:

{id}: [ucmdb_id]

Data Types:

[ucmdb_id]

The string that represents the UCMDB ID of a configuration item.

Payload

None

Call example

GET <base_url>/dataModel/ci/4dc01bee04c76cc0ac4bb069f46e8b56

Success response

Status: 200

Response:

{
  "ucmdbId": [ucmdb_id],
  "type": [ucmdb_cit],
  "properties": {
    "<ucmdb_cit_prop>": [ucmdb_cit_prop_value],
    …
  }
}

Note The …(three dots) denotes that there can be 0 or more values.

Data Types:

[ucmdb_id]

The string that represents the UCMDB ID of a CI.

[ucmdb_cit]

The string that represents the name of a valid CI Type from the UCMDB.

[ucmdb_cit_prop_value]

The property value, which can be integer, string, Boolean, long, double, ISO8601 date, or a list of values depending on the CIT property data type.

Custom fields:

<ucmdb_cit_prop>

The valid property name of the CI Type. You can get the name and the list of all properties of a CI Type from the CI Type Manager.

Example:

Status: 200

Response:

{
  "ucmdbId": "4dc01bee04c76cc0ac4bb069f46e8b56",
  "type": "node",
  "properties": {
    "root_candidatefordeletetime": "2016-07-31T08:41:54.189Z",
    "data_operationisnew": "false",
    "root_clas"s: "node",
    "display_label": "test2",
    "data_operationstate": "0:Normal",
    "data_allow_auto_discovery": "true",
  }
}

Error response

Status: 404 or 400

Content:

{
  error: [string]
}

Example:

Code: 404

Content:

{
   error: The following error has occurred:  The CI with the specified id was not found. Please consult logs for more details
}

Note

The user that the token belongs to must have the required permissions for viewing the data inside UCMDB through the SDK.

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