The following definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations are used throughout this document:
- HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
- RPC – Remote Procedure Calls.
- XML – eXtensible Markup Language.
- XML-RPC – Remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding.
Optional parameter (parameter name enclosed in square brackets) – when you come over the method parameter enclosed in square brackets [...], it means that the parameter is optional and that you can do not initialize this parameter during method call. For example, [host_id].
Deprecated method – if a method is marked as deprecated, it means that there exist other newer methods that can deliver the same result as the deprecated method. Still, the deprecated method works fine as well until you see it in the document.
Internal method – if a method is marked as internal, it means that method is exclusively intended for system maintenance purposes and should be invoked by the system developers only. It is strongly recommended do not use such methods by the usual system users. It is not guaranteed that method marked as internal will be available or will support back-compatibility in future versions of system.