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Describing Type Providers
A type provider
is an API that has been integrated with Deployment Manager as a type. You can describe a single type provider, get a list of all type providers, or get a list of all types provided by a type provider.
Describing a single type provider
You can describe a type provider to get information such as the descriptor
document URL and advanced API options that have been set for this API.
For more information, see the documentation for the
list method.
Describing composite types
A composite type is a set of templates that have been permanently added to
Deployment Manager as a type. You can describe a single composite type or get a
list of composite types available to the project.
Describing a single composite type
You can describe a single composite type to get information about the type.
gcloud
Run the types describe command to describe a type:
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You can describe a single type provider, get a list of all type providers, or get a list of all types provided by a type provider.\n\n### Describing a single type provider\n\nYou can describe a type provider to get information such as the descriptor\ndocument URL and advanced API options that have been set for this API.\n\n[See the list of default Google Cloud type providers](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/supported-gcp-types). \n\n### gcloud\n\nRun the `type-providers describe` command to describe a type provider. \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager type-providers describe \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROVIDER_NAME\u003c/var\u003e --project \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e\n\nFor example, use this command to describe the Pub/Sub type\nprovider: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager type-providers describe pubsub-v1 --project gcp-types\n\n### API\n\nMake a `GET` request to the following URI: \n\n https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[PROJECT_ID]\u003c/var\u003e/global/typeProviders/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[PROVIDER_NAME]\u003c/var\u003e\n\nFor example, use this URI for the Pub/Sub type provider: \n\n https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/gcp-types/global/typeProviders/pubsub-v1\n\n### Getting a list of types provided by a type provider\n\nA type provider exposes all resources of the underlying API as base types. You\ncan get a list of base types provided by a type provider. \n\n### gcloud\n\nTo get a list of base types provided by a type provider: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager types list --provider \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[TYPE_PROVIDER]\u003c/var\u003e --project \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[PROJECT_ID]\u003c/var\u003e\n\nFor example, to get a list of base types in the Compute Engine\ntype provider, run this command: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager types list --provider compute-v1 --project gcp-types\n\n### API\n\nMake a `GET` request to the following URI: \n\n GET https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[\u003c/var\u003ePROJECT_ID]/global/typeProviders/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e[\u003c/var\u003ePROVIDER_NAME]/types\n\nFor example, for a list of types in the Compute Engine type\nprovider, use this URI: \n\n GET https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/gcp-types/global/typeProviders/compute-v1/types\n\n### Listing type providers\n\nYou can get a list of your type providers using the gcloud CLI, or\nthe API. \n\n### gcloud\n\nTo list your type providers, make a `type-providers list` request: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager type-providers list\n\n### API\n\nIn the API, make a `GET` request to the global type providers list: \n\n GET https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/global/typeProviders\n\nFor more information, see the documentation for the\n[`list`](/deployment-manager/docs/reference/v2beta/typeProviders/list) method.\n\nDescribing composite types\n--------------------------\n\nA [composite type](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/templates/create-composite-types) is a set of templates that have been permanently added to\nDeployment Manager as a type. You can describe a single composite type or get a\nlist of composite types available to the project.\n\n### Describing a single composite type\n\nYou can describe a single composite type to get information about the type. \n\n### gcloud\n\nRun the `types describe` command to describe a type: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager types describe [COMPOSITE_TYPE_NAME] --provider composite\n\n### API\n\nMake a `GET` request to the following URI: \n\n https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/global/compositeTypes/[COMPOSITE_TYPE_NAME]\n\n### Listing composite types\n\nYou can get a list of your composite types using the gcloud CLI, or\nthe API. \n\n### gcloud\n\nTo list your composite types, make a `types list` request: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager types list --provider composite\n\n### API\n\nIn the API, make a `GET` request to the global types list: \n\n GET https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/global/types\n\nFor more information, see the documentation for the\n[`list`](/deployment-manager/docs/reference/v2beta/types/list) method.\n\nDeleting a type provider\n------------------------\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo delete a type provider, make a `type-providers delete` request. For example: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager type-providers delete [TYPE_PROVIDER]\n\n### API\n\nIn the API, make a `DELETE` request to the type provider you want to delete: \n\n DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/global/typeProviders/[TYPE_PROVIDER]\n\nFor more information, see the documentation for the\n[`delete`](/deployment-manager/docs/reference/v2beta/typeProviders/delete) method.\n\nDeleting a composite type\n-------------------------\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo delete a composite type, make a `types delete` request. For example: \n\n gcloud beta deployment-manager types delete [COMPOSITE_TYPE]\n\n### API\n\nIn the API, make a `DELETE` request to the type you want to delete: \n\n DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/deploymentmanager/v2beta/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/global/compositeTypes/[COMPOSITE_TYPE]\n\nFor more information, see the documentation for the\n[`delete`](/deployment-manager/docs/reference/v2beta/compositeTypes/delete) method.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn how to [use a type provider](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/type-providers/calling-type-provider).\n- Read about [creating a configuration](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration).\n- [Create a deployment](/deployment-manager/docs/deployments).\n- Learn how to [create a type provider](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/type-providers/creating-type-provider)."]]
