... vCloudAPIisarichinterfacethatprovides for theconsumptionofresources in thecloud.Itenablesdeploymentandmanagementofvirtualizedworkloads in private,public,andhybridclouds.TheVMwarevCloudAPIenablestheuploadanddownloadofvAppsalongwiththeirinstantiation,deployment,andoperation.VMwarevCloudDirector1.5continuestoaddfunctionalitytotheVMwarevCloudAPIandnowincludesallGUI-accessibleactions.Additionally,1.5makesanumberofchangestoenablebroaderintegrationandscriptingusingtheAPI.Manyofthenewcommandsmakeiteasier for developerstobuildfunctionallycompleteapplications. For example,VMwarevCloudDirector1.5alsointroducesaVMwarevCloudAPIqueryservice,whichcansignicantlyimprovedevelopereciency,byminimizingthenumberofAPIrequestsandtheamountofdatatransferred for anAPIclienttoobtainneededinformation.Examplequeryparametersincludesortingand ordering, pagination, ... SimplifyingcoderequiredtonavigatetheOrgvDCs,networks,andsoon•Buildinginventory-relatedintegrations(CMDB,billing,andsoon)– Simplifyingconstructionofaninventoryofthecloud– Simplifyingtheprocessofzeroing -in onspecicobjects in theinventoryusingtheAPIqueryservice•Buildingbetterscripting/automationtools– ... Simplifyingtheprocessofzeroing -in onspecicobjects in theinventoryusingtheAPIqueryservice•Buildingbetterscripting/automationtools– Selectingsetsofobjectstoiterateover– Searchingandltering for specicpropertiesofanobject– Presentingdata in amanageableformatusingtheAPIqueryservicevSphere...