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+ <title>Quick Overview of Proxmox VE REST API</title>
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+ <link href="css/steps.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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+ </head>
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+ <body>
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+ <div id="gridContainer">
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+ <div class="topMargin"></div>
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+ <div id="listName" class="topMargin">
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+ <h1>Quick Overview of Proxmox VE REST API</h1>
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+ </div>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <h2>Creating An API User</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Log into the Proxmox VE web UI</li>
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+ <li>Select Datacenter from the left navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Select Users from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Click the Add button at the top of the main content area</li>
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+ <li>Enter the Username API, set the Realm to Proxmox VE authentication server and set and confirm a password > Click Add</li>
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+ <li>Select API Tokens from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Select API@pve for the username</li>
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+ <li>Enter a secret key into the Token ID field > Click Add
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+ <p><em>TIP: Use a random string generator to create a unique Token ID</em> <a href="https://www.random.org/passwords/?num=1&len=24&format=plain&rnd=new" target="_blank">String Generator</a></p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Copy the displayed Token ID and Secret to a text document for use later</li>
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+ <li>Close the dialog</li>
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+ <li>Select Roles from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Click the Create button at the top of the main content area</li>
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+ <li>Name the new role APIAdmin and select all available Privileges > Click Create
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+ <p>NOTE: These permissions can be fine-tuned later<br />
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+ INFO: More information on each privilege can be found <a href="https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#pveum_permission_management" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Select Permissions from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Select the Add > User permission at the top of the main content area</li>
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+ <li>Set the Path to /, select the API@pve user and set the Role to APIAdmin > Click Add</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Downloading Postman</h2>
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+
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+<p><em>Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.</em> - <a href="https://postman.com" target="_blank">https://postman.com</a></p>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Download Postman <a href="https://github.com/portapps/postman-portable/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
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+ <li>Extract or install Postman</li>
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+ <li>Launch Postman</li>
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+ <li>Click the Skip and go to app link at the bottom left of the splash screen</li>
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+ <li>Select File > Settings from the top menu bar</li>
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+ <li>Disable SSL Certificate Verification and Send anonymous usage data to Postman > Close the Settings dialog window</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Proxmox API Authentication</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>In Postman, click the + next to the Overview tab to create a new HTTP request tab</li>
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+ <li>Complete the HTTP Request form as follows:
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+ <ul style="list-style-type: none;">
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+ <li>Method: POST</li>
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+ <li>URL: https://DNSorIP:8006/api2/json/access/ticket</li>
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+ <li>Body: x-www-form-urlencoded
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>username: API@pve</li>
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+ <li>password: <API@pve Password></li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Click the Send button</li>
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+ <li>From the response, copy the ticket value and CSRFPreventionToken values to a text document for use later</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Proxmox Version API Call</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>In Postman, click the + next to the Overview tab to create a new HTTP request tab</li>
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+ <li>Click the Cookies link below the send button</li>
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+ <li>Type the API URL up to /json/, (ie https://DNSorIP:8006/api2/json/) > Click Add</li>
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+ <li>Click Add Cookie</li>
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+ <li>Replace the Cookie_1 key with PVEAuthCookie</li>
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+ <li>Replace the value with the ticket value from authentication response, the result should look like
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+ <p>PVEAuthCookie=PVE:API@pve:611F9752::aXrYKYqiv8oV/MetlZl6FC40HSULSj4gt9EjDsTIwq+GXVXpkGyqvMlXqmGP6LP/rUYUgIKkSh9ioEhz91kR9/i+jDobDFIAtjBGLIP4yJVbxbtU6hfJL91YQNyYgvHqkPv4/W6EYWir5+LFQc3womgqVE9gKApk61J8zxFNTTjwh87HbMAtv12fvAqiICEqRMdqvE6ySJF5a8E+rOlqa46MlTbUTnzCbqPTY6tWBYHryy8WS8Typ3aSkOKecup18sCBtzqxnkm9bpws+f8vW9FdJV8eKnR+MbFLQtv/re5Cw/J7RpdvcQvMsZ0JLFWqnTaPgRzBc/mM7xZBKeCiSA==</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Click Save > Close the Manage Cookies dialog window</li>
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+ <li>Complete the HTTP Request form as follows:
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+ <ul style="list-style-type: none;">
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+ <li>Method: GET</li>
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+ <li>URL: https://DNSorIP:8006/api2/json/version</li>
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+ <li>Headers:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>CSRFPreventionToken: <CSRFPreventionToken value from authentication response></li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Click the Send button</li>
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+ <li>The response body should show details about the current Proxmox version</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Proxmox Nodes API Call</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>In Postman, right click the /version HTTP request tab > Duplicate Tab</li>
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+ <li>Change the URL to https://DNSorIP:8006/api2/json/nodes</li>
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+ <li>Click the Send button</li>
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+ <li>The response body should show details about the available Proxmox node(s)</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Proxmox Node Status API Call</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>In Postman, right click the /version HTTP request tab > Duplicate Tab</li>
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+ <li>Change the URL to https://DNSorIP:8006/api2/json/nodes/<node name>/status</li>
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+ <li>Click the Send button</li>
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+ <li>The response body should show details about the selected Proxmox node</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<p>Simple PHP API Communication Demo <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/i12bretro/tutorials/main/_Downloads/proxmox_api.php" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
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+
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+<p>Proxmox VE API Wiki: <a href="https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API" target="_blank">https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API</a><br />
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+Proxmox VE Visual API Reference: <a href="https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/index.html" target="_blank">https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/index.html</a></p>
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