Data Type

Data Type provides tools for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting resources in F5 Distributed Cloud.

Tools

Tool	Description
`f5xc-api-dataandprivacysecurity-data-type-create`	Create Data Type.
`f5xc-api-dataandprivacysecurity-data-type-get`	Get Data Type.
`f5xc-api-dataandprivacysecurity-data-type-list`	List Data Type.
`f5xc-api-dataandprivacysecurity-data-type-update`	Update Data Type.
`f5xc-api-dataandprivacysecurity-data-type-delete`	Delete Data Type.

Parameters

Path Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`namespace`	Namespace This defines the workspace within which each the configuration object is to be created.	`system`
`name`	Name The name of the configuration object to be fetched.	`example-resource`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`response_format`	The format in which the configuration object is to be fetched. This could be for example - in GetSpec form for the contents of object…	`GET_RSP_FORMAT_DEFAULT`
`label_filter`	A LabelSelectorType expression that every item in list response will satisfy.	`-`
`report_fields`	The report_fields parameter…	`-`
`report_status_fields`	The report_status_fields parameter…	`-`

Example Usage

Ask Claude to help you work with Data Type resources:

Create Data Type

“Create a data-type named ‘example’ in the ‘production’ namespace”

List Data Types

“List all data-types in the ‘production’ namespace”

Get Data Type Details

“Get details of the data-type named ‘example’ in namespace ‘production‘“

CURL Examples

# List resources
curl -X GET "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/data_types" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"

# Get specific resource
curl -X GET "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/data_types/$${PARAM}" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"

# Create resource
curl -X POST "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/data_types" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @data_type.json

# Delete resource
curl -X DELETE "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/data_types/$${PARAM}" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"