# vSphere Web Services API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vsphere-web-services-api/  
**Provider:** VMware — https://apis.io/providers/vmware/  
**Base URL:** https://{{vcenter}}/sdk  
**Documentation:** https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vsphere-web-services-api/latest/

vSphere Web Services API is one of 59 APIs that [VMware](https://apis.io/providers/vmware/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Data-Center, SOAP, Virtualization, and VM Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference.

Comprehensive SOAP-based API providing access to all vSphere management functionality including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, networking, and storage.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vsphere-web-services-api/latest/
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-java
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other VMware APIs (12)

- [Virtual Infrastructure JSON API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/virtual-infrastructure-json-api/)
- [NSX-T Global Manager API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/nsx-t-global-manager-api/)
- [NSX Intelligence API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/nsx-intelligence-api/)
- [NSX Autonomous Edge API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/nsx-autonomous-edge-api/)
- [Tanzu Kubernetes Grid API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/tanzu-kubernetes-grid-api/)
- [Workspace ONE API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/workspace-one-api/)
- [VMware Cloud Foundation API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation-api/)
- [VMware Horizon Server API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vmware-horizon-server-api/)
- [vSAN Management API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vsan-management-api/)
- [VMware Aria Operations for Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vmware-aria-operations-for-logs-api/)
- [VMware Aria Operations for Networks API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vmware-aria-operations-for-networks-api/)
- [VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle API](https://apis.io/apis/vmware/vmware-aria-suite-lifecycle-api/)

## Tags

Data-Center, SOAP, Virtualization, VM Management

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