Rackspace API - Revision history

Christoph at 17:30, 19 September 2019

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‎Cloud Files

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‎Cloud Files

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‎Cloud Files

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‎Cloud Images API export/import

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‎Authentication

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‎Authentication

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‎See also

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−	This article will be a somewhat random assortment of example RESTful API calls to various [http://docs.rackspace.com/ Rackspace products and services]. I plan to organize this article and add nearly all possible calls. Most of the API calls will be made using <code>`[[curl]]`</code> commands, but other resources will be used as well. These examples, tutorials, HOWTOs, etc. of Rackspace API calls are (almost) always shown using the latest version of the RESTful API.	+	<div style="margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: 2px solid red; text-align: center">'''NOTE:''' This article was written in 2014 and is no longer maintained.</div>
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		+	This article will be a somewhat random assortment of example RESTful API calls to various [http://docs.rackspace.com/ Rackspace products and services]. I plan to organize this article and add nearly all possible calls. Most of the API calls will be made using <code>[[curl]]</code> commands, but other resources will be used as well. These examples, tutorials, HOWTOs, etc. of Rackspace API calls are (almost) always shown using the latest version of the RESTful API.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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   $ python -c 'import datetime; print datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1369387765.22382)'
 -05-24 04:29:25.223820
 Or, just use the standard Linux <code>`[[date]]`</code> command:

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 This container was created in Unix/POSIX time (UTC) on "1369387765.22382" (i.e., 2013-05-24 04:29:25.223820 in local time). You can use the following [[Python]] code to translate from a Unix timestamp to your local time:
-  >>> print datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1369387765.22382)
+  $ python -c 'import datetime; print datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1369387765.22382)'
 -05-24 04:29:25.223820
 Or, just use the standard Linux <code>`[[date]]`</code> command:

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 To list the next two containers (i.e., "baz" and "qux"), use the last container name from the previous command as the "<code>marker</code>" in the following command:
-  $ LIMIT=2; MAKER=bar; curl -X GET -D - -H "X-Auth-Token:${MYRAXTOKEN}" "${ENDPOINT_URL}/?limit=${LIMIT}&marker=${MARKER}"
+  $ LIMIT=2; MARKER=bar; curl -X GET -D - -H "X-Auth-Token:${MYRAXTOKEN}" "${ENDPOINT_URL}/?limit=${LIMIT}&marker=${MARKER}"
   baz
   qux

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   $ EXPORT_REGION=dfw
   $ IMPORT_REGION=iad
-  $ EXPORT_SERVER_ENDPOINT=<nowiki>https://$EXPORT_REGION.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/$ACCOUNT/servers</nowiki>
+  $ EXPORT_SERVER_ENDPOINT=<nowiki>https://${EXPORT_REGION}.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/${ACCOUNT}/servers</nowiki>
   $ IMPORT_SERVER_ENDPOINT=<nowiki>https://$IMPORT_REGION.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/$ACCOUNT/servers</nowiki>
   $ EXPORT_IMAGE_ENDPOINT=<nowiki>https://$EXPORT_REGION.images.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/$ACCOUNT</nowiki>

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 ==Authentication==
-For every API call, it is first necessary to obtain an authenticated token. These tokens are valid for 24 hours and you must re-authenticate if it has expired. You can think of your token as a temporary "password" to access Rackspace services on your account. To authenticate, you only need your Rackspace account username (<code>$MYRAXUSERNAME</code>) and your API Key (<code>$MYRAXAPIKEY</code>).
+For every API call, it is first necessary to obtain an authenticated token. These tokens are valid for 24 hours and you must re-authenticate, if it has expired. You can think of your token as a temporary "password" to access Rackspace services on your account. To authenticate, you only need your Rackspace account username (<code>$MYRAXUSERNAME</code>) and your API Key (<code>$MYRAXAPIKEY</code>).
 * Simple authentication against version 1.0 of the API (this should return, among other things, an "<code>X-Auth-Token</code>"):

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 * [[Rackspace API/Cloud Databases|Cloud Databases API Examples]] (DBaaS)
 * [[Rackspace API/Cloud Monitoring|Cloud Monitoring API Examples]] (MaaS)
 ==External links==

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 ==See also==
-* [[Rackspace API/Cloud Block Storage|Cloud Block Storage API Examples]]
+* [[Rackspace API/Cloud Block Storage|Cloud Block Storage API Examples]] (CBS)
-* [[Rackspace API/Cloud Databases|Cloud Databases API Examples]]
+* [[Rackspace API/Cloud Databases|Cloud Databases API Examples]] (DBaaS)
 ==External links==