1. Operations
2. vcenter
3. datacenter

## vcenter datacenter: get

Retrieves information about the datacenter corresponding to `datacenter`.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

GET https://{server}/rest/vcenter/datacenter/{datacenter}

#### Path Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
datacenter | string | Identifier of the datacenter.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

#### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"value": {
"datastore_folder": "obj-103",
"host_folder": "obj-103",
"name": "string",
"network_folder": "obj-103",
"vm_folder": "obj-103"
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Get-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/datacenter" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value>
<host_folder>obj-103</host_folder>
<network_folder>obj-103</network_folder>
<name>string</name>
<vm_folder>obj-103</vm_folder>
<datastore_folder>obj-103</datastore_folder>
</value>
</ns0:Get-Result>

#### Response Type:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
value | info | The vcenter.datacenter.info instances that corresponds to the `datacenter`.
value.name | string | The name of the datacenter.
value.datastore_folder | string | The root datastore folder associated with the datacenter. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`.
value.host_folder | string | The root host and cluster folder associated with the datacenter. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`.
value.network_folder | string | The root network folder associated with the datacenter. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`.
value.vm_folder | string | The root virtual machine folder associated with the datacenter. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`.

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
500 | error | if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
404 | not_found | if there is no datacenter associated with `datacenter` in the system.
503 | service_unavailable | if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 | unauthenticated | if the user can not be authenticated.
403 | unauthorized | if the user doesn't have the required privileges.