Howto: API Access to Header and Footer Configuration in VMware Aria Automation Service Broker

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Configuring the header and footer templates of emails sent by Aria Automation as in Content and Policies > Notifications > Scenarios: Edit shared branding
• Looking to set and retrieve current header and footer programmatically via an API but unable to find a documented endpoint
• In particular, this branding configuration is not found within the Customization section of the API docs at https://<VRA_FQDN>/automation-ui/api-docs/

Environment

• VMware Aria Automation 8.x

Resolution

These APIs are found in the Deployment section of the Swagger API docs at https://<VRA_FQDN>/automation-ui/api-docs/

The header and footer can be retrieved, set or deleted respectively by using a GET, POST or DELETE request to this endpoint:

https://<VRA_FQDN>/notification/api/scenario-branding