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GET /api/v1/data/techTips

Use this method to return a list of technical tips that are associated with a specific device.

Note
This REST API requires Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator v1.3 or later.

Authentication

Authentication with username and password is required.

Resource URI

GET https://{orchestrator_server_IP}/api/v1/data/techTips

Query parameters

ParametersRequired / OptionalDescription
deviceUUID={uuid}RequiredDevice UUID

To obtain the device UUIDs, use GET /api/v1/data/devices.

The following example return a list of technical tips that are associated with a specific device.
GET https://192.0.2.0/api/v1/data/techTips?deviceUUID=00632D78DE644E23B712E200FE449787

Request body

None

Response codes

CodeDescriptionComments
200OKThe request completed successfully.
400Bad RequestA query parameter or request attribute is missing or not valid, or the operation is not supported. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
404Not foundThe resource cannot be found. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.

Response body

When the request is successful, the following attributes are returned. If the request fails, standard message attributes are returned (see Status messages).

AttributesTypeDescription
resultsArray of objectsInformation about each tech tip
 abstractStringTech tip abstract
 timestampStringTimestamp when the tech tip was created

This timestamp is specified using ISO-8601 format (for example, 2019-05-02T19:28:14.000Z). For information about ISO-8601 format, see the W3C Date and Time Formats webpage.

 tipIDStringTechnical tip ID

You can get detailed information for this tech tip from the web using the following URL: https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/{techTipID}

_linksObjectRequest metadata (see Links)
The following example is returned if the request is successful.
{
"results": [{
"abstract": "System will hang at 'UEFI DXE INIT' when deploying iSCSI BOFM with QL45262
adapter - Lenovo ThinkSystem",
"timestamp": "2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z",
"tipID": "HT510220"
},
{
"abstract": "'An Uncorrectable Error has occurred on CPUs' when memory in closed page mode
- Lenovo ThinkAgile and Lenovo ThinkSystem",
"timestamp": "2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z",
"tipID": "ht510558"
}],
"_links": {
"rel": "self",
"uri": "/api/v1/techTips/07389DD8C45D11E793557ED30AE53667-155B46F6F9064C25ACE5177C69F5E07F"
}
}