+ Developer Guide Overview
From OSNEXUS Online Documentation Site
QuantaStor was designed from the ground up so that you can develop your own applications to remotely manage your storage systems.
Contents
Supported Languages
You can use just about any programming language you like to communicate with QuantaStor via our RESTful API. Recommended tools:
- C/C++ - libcurl [1]
- Python - PyCurl [2]
- Unix/Linux/VMware/XenServer scripting - curl [3]
- PHP curl - [4]
Async vs. Sync API calls
Task Monitoring
Supported SOAP / WebServices Implementations
- gSOAP (C++, all platforms)
- Apache Axis (Java, all platforms)
- .NET (C# & Visual Basic, Windows)
API List
userAdd API
Adds a new user to the system. User accounts can access QuantaStor via the web management interface, remote scripting and via the qstorapi RESTful API.
Example
https://hostname:8153/userAdd?username=tiger&password=passWORD1&firstName=Tiger&lastName=Woods&role=Administrator
Argument List
username: <xs:string> defaultChapPassword: <xs:string> alertSubscriptions: <xs:unsignedInt> description: <xs:string> firstName: <xs:string> lastName: <xs:string> flags: <xs:unsignedInt> emailAddress: <xs:string> role: <xs:string> password: <xs:string> defaultChapUsername: <xs:string>