pve rest api: basic examples?

[m.ardito]

Hi,

I need to automate some pve operations (eg: rebuild a clone by full cloning another vm), and I am experimenting with pvesh & http.

steps I need are
- stop the existing clone
- delete the existing clone
- clone a vm rebuilding the clone from scratch
- edit cloned vm settings
- start cloned vm

and so on.

using pvesh I can do everything no problems, so I know the api command are right.

Using http, with curl & php (or else), I can do most things (I know how to authenticate, get/send the auto ticket, CSRFPreventionToken, and download a spiceproxy conf to open a spice console)

but I ignore how to issue a delete vm or clone command through a URL, how to set parameters, etc.

Is there any basic good guide around, or examples?

Thanks!
Marco

 

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