The following GET request lists the virtual machines in the vms collection. Note that a GET request does not contain a body.

GET /api/vms HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml

Adapt the method (GET), header (Accept: application/xml) and URI (https://[RHEVM-Host]:443/api/vms) into the following cURL command:

$ curl -X GET -H "Accept: application/xml" -u [USER:PASS] --cacert [CERT] https://[RHEVM-Host]:443/api/vms

An XML representation of the vms collection displays.