topic Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc? in Software Development Kit (SDK) and API Discussions

Broken link for SDK API Doc?

ssikorsk — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:25:18 GMT

Team,

I see a lot of references that the documentation on the specific API calls of the SDK toolkit can be found at:

https://communities.netapp.com/community/interfaces_and_tools/developer/apidoc

However, that link seems to just direct me to the homepage:

http://community.netapp.com/t5/Developer-Network/ct-p/developer-network

Can someone help assist where we find specific API call syntax used in the SDK?

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

vladimirzhigulin — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:10:55 GMT

+1, same issue here, can't download the latest 5.2.2 documentation.

Please fix it.

Cheers,

Vladimir

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

slair — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:42:33 GMT

Same here, any update?

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

ekashpureff — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:47:37 GMT

There's extensive html documentation included in the SDK itself.

Open the SDK_help.htm file in the root install directory.

I hope this response has been helpful to you.

At your service,

Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr.
Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff
Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp
(P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

stuartlong — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:43:58 GMT

Doesn't help me. The SDK_help distributed with the SDK just covers the NaServer and NaElement API operations. Whay I (and apparently others) need is the detailed information about the API calls themselves, such as 'license-v2-list-info', which is my current problem. I need to know how to invoke said API and what it returns. I have this documentation for my current version (5.2.1R1), but I cannot find it for 5.3.

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

slair — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:55:16 GMT

Thanks for the reply, but that link does not help. I am looking for the API doc that shows the function and such. That link used to work a while back, but we really need that link back.

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

abhit — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:17:00 GMT

Here is the help documentation for Data ONTAP 8.2.2.

Documentation for 8.3 will be posted soon.

Regards

Abhi

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

ekashpureff — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:03:21 GMT

Abhit -

Thank you !

I'm teaching class in Hyderabad India this week, and one of the students was asking about this issue.

He referenced this post just this morning.

It will be such a pleasure for me to follow up in the morning tomorrow in class with a reference to your reply!

: )

I hope this response has been helpful to you.

At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr.

Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff

Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp

(P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

radhakrishnan — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 04:35:37 GMT

Thanks Eugene and Abhit for the Documentaion ..

This is exactly what i was looking for.

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

aborzenkov — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:42:40 GMT

Documentation for 8.3 will be posted soon.

WHERE will it be posted? Again in this thread? And how are we supposed to find it later? Should we now hunt for it all over this new community site? Why was it necessary to destroy very well working community and create this mess?

The page http://community.netapp.com/t5/Developer-Network-Articles-and-Resources/NetApp-Manageability-NM-SDK-Introduction-and-Download-Information/ta-p/86418 tells us to download documentation from http://community.netapp.com/community/interfaces_and_tools/developer/apidoc. Please fix this page and insert valid location there.

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

abhit — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:09:06 GMT

It was posted few days ago, in this community site.

Please book mark this page.

http://community.netapp.com/t5/Software-Development-Kit-SDK-and-API-Discussions/NetApp-Manageability-SDK-5-3-ONTAP-8-3-API-Documentation/m-p/97533#U97533

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

aborzenkov — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:15:55 GMT

It was posted few days ago

... in yet another discussion thread instead of fixing link in the document where everyone expects this link to be. This is exactly what I meant when saying "hunt for it all over this new community site".

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

alissa — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:18:52 GMT

I wanted to let you know that we are working on this issue and trying to fix the link within the document. We are sorry for the frustration this might have caused-please let me know if there is anything else within the Community that I can help you with.

Thanks,

Alissa Brown

NetApp Community Administrator

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

steiner — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:20:39 GMT

The RC1 is out. Is there a link for the 8.3 API documentation yet?

Also, please ensure there is link for the download that is easily found.

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

abhit — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:55:39 GMT

ONTAP 8.3 documentation is already posted here:

http://community.netapp.com/t5/Software-Development-Kit-SDK-and-API-Discussions/NetApp-Manageability-SDK-5-3-ONTAP-8-3-API-Documentation/m-p/97533#U97533

Regards

Abhi

Re: Broken link for SDK API Doc?

yannb — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 02:37:28 GMT

Hi Stuart, FYI and for the records, the documentation is actually embedded in the SDK download, in the zedi editor.

Yes, it took me a while to find out, and I'm not entirely sure it is not embedded somewhere else, but at least it is here if you need it.

I'm on a mac, so I just run it with java -jar zexplore.jar in the terminal and dismiss the warning it gived, I'm sure the .exe on windows is easier.

Once loaded, you choose the SDK version in the top left drop down, like "Ontapi 1.21 Cluster Mode", and you get a nice hierarchy of calls with attributes and return values.