You can retrieve a list of all content library IDs in your virtual environment, regardless of their type, by using the

Library

service. You can use the

List Library

operation to retrieve all local and subscribed libraries in your system.

You can use the

vSphere Automation

API to retrieve content libraries of a specific type. For example, you can list only the local libraries in your virtual environment.

If you want to retrieve only a list of the local libraries, you must retrieve the

LocalLibrary

service and use the

List Local Library

operation on the

LocalLibrary

service. To list only subscribed libraries, you must retrieve the

SubscribedLibrary

service and call the

List Subscribed Library

operation on the

SubscribedLibrary

service.

You can filter the list of content libraries and retrieve only the libraries that match your specific criteria. For example, you might want to publish all local libraries with a specific name.

To filter with specific search criteria, use the

Find Library

operation of the

Library

service. Specify the properties of the

LibraryFindSpec

data structure that contains your search criteria. Upon a successful completion of the operation, you receive a list of all content libraries that match your search criteria.