Orchestrator 8 API Explorer vs vRO 7

[evil242]

So I am taking the dive into using Aria Automation Orchestrator.  Mainly because I was very familiar with v7 Orchestrator and I need to create an "Onboarding" workflow to add department projects to Aria Automation (vRA).  But my first stumbling block is the HTML 5 client which doesn't present a decent script editor like v7's fat client. 

Next is the API explorer for understanding the javascript OOP data types and functions. 

There used to be the vroapi.com site that helped you explore all of the data types.

I'm having difficulty navigating and understanding the HTML 5 interface

The only thing I seem to be finding is the REST examples.  Unfortunately the create project REST API doesn't populate with the desired cloudzones and additional information you can with the orchestrator client.

But when tracing down a dataype like projectInput.host.createInfrastructureClient().createProjectService(), how do we determine what all of the structures and functions do?

Is there something similar for Orchestrator 8?

[bdamian]

I agree, the old Java client was a far better IDE than the new HTML5. The only good thing is that you can now open several tabs to show Workflows, Actions, Config and others at the same time.

About the API, sadly, not all APIs are properly documented and, when you create a new Project, some APIs are made that are not in the Swagger.

I've made a post in my blog (in spanish) that explains how to create a project with the most common options: https://tecnologiaimasd.blogspot.com/2023/02/vmware-aria-automation-api-crear.html

Hope it helps,

D.

[mayank_goyal · Accepted solution]

You might already know it. But looking at the screenshot, I am not sure if you explored this view of API Explorer which shows a satisfactory amount of detail on any SDK class or object.

[bdamian]

I use it very often. But it only describes vRO objects.

[evil242]

Thank you.  I missed that little link down on the bottom left. 

I was looking at this


Which was driving me half way to crazy.  But now with your guidance, I found

For the win!