1. Operations
2. vapi
3. metadata
4. cli
5. command

## vapi metadata cli command: fingerprint

Returns the aggregate fingerprint of all the command metadata from all the metadata sources.

The fingerprint provides clients an efficient way to check if the metadata for commands has been modified on the server.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/vapi/metadata/cli/command?~action=fingerprint
No request parameters

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

#### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"value": "string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Fingerprint-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/cli/command" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value>string</value>
</ns0:Fingerprint-Result>

#### Response Type:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
value | string | Fingerprint of all the command metadata present on the server.

#### Errors:

None