This is my request: POST /api/vms HTTP/1.1 Authorization: Basic YWRatW5AaA50YSJuYWw1aABja2VyMTM= Content-Type: application/json Accept: application/json Host: 192.168.2.21 Connection: close User-Agent: Paw/2.2.1 (Macintosh; OS X/10.10.3) GCDHTTPRequest Content-Length: 83 {"vm":{"name":"superduper","cluster.name":"local_cluster","template.name":"Blank"}} This is the message I get back: { "message": "Request syntactically incorrect. See the description below for the correct usage:", "detailedLink": { "description": "add a virtual machine to the system", "request": { "http_method": "POST", "headers": { "header": [ { "value": "application/xml|json", "name": "Content-Type", "required": "true" }, { "value": "any string", "name": "Correlation-Id", "required": "false" }, { "value": "201-created", "name": "Expect", "required": "false" } ] }, "body": { "type": "VM", "parameters_set": [ { "description": "add a virtual machine to the system from scratch", "parameter": [ { "name": "vm.name", "required": "true", "type": "xs:string" }, { "name": "vm.template.id|name", "required": "true", "type": "xs:string" }, { "name": "vm.cluster.id|name", "required": "true", "type": "xs:string" }, On 24 May 2015 at 15:00:26, X.Smalbil (xander@netbulae.eu) wrote: Hi everybody, Where can I find some examples of using the REST api? I find it hard to find out what parameters I can send to in order to get rid of the “Request is syntactically incorrect” or “Bad request” errors so I can have a good play around. Best regards, Xander Smalbil Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, Xander Smalbil Netbulae Virtualization Experts ---------------- Tel: 053 20 30 270 info@netbulae.eu Staalsteden 4-3A KvK 08198180 Fax: 053 20 30 271 www.netbulae.eu 7547 TA Enschede BTW NL821234584B01 ----------------