Channel Software Methods

`channel.software.getDetails`

The getDetails method returns the details of the given channel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Description
`sessionKey`	The session key for the session.
`channelLabel`	The channel label for the channel that you want to query.

Return Parameters

Field	Description
`channel_arch_name`	The channel architecture name.
`channel_description`	The channel description.
`channel_summary`	The channel summary, usually the same as the channel name.
`metadata_urls`	A dictionary or associative array of metadata locations and checksum information, including the URLs to download channel metadata. `filelists` `checksum_type` The hashing algorithm used to generate the checksum. `checksum` The checksum for the filelists metadata file. `file_name` The file name for the filelists metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the filelists metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated. `group` `checksum_type` The hashing algorithm used to generate the checksum. `checksum` The checksum for the group metadata file. `file_name` The file name for the group metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the group metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated. `other` `checksum_type` The hashing algorithm used to generate the checksum. `checksum` The checksum for the other metadata file. `file_name` The file name for the other metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the other metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated. `primary` `checksum_type` The hashing algorithm used to generate the checksum. `checksum` The checksum for the primary metadata file. `file_name` The file name for the primary metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the primary metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated. `repomd` `file_name` The file name for the repomd metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the repomd metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated. `updateinfo` `checksum_type` The hashing algorithm used to generate the checksum. `checksum` The checksum for the updateinfo metadata file. `file_name` The file name for the updateinfo metadata at the channel location. `url` The URL where the updateinfo metadata can be accessed. To access the URL, include the `X-ULN-Api-User-Key` header with the value of the session key that was returned when you authenticated.

Example Input Parameters


sessionKey: uyjAN3cB7ySsAUra27CKj3qx9fuGyio5uQ6w4q4ALNX
channelLabel: ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest

Example Output Parameters


{
    "channel_description": "Base operating system packages released for Oracle Linux 10 (x86_64) including the latest errata packages",
    "channel_summary": "Oracle Linux 10 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)",
    "metadata_urls": {
        "group": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/a02a929c88a276cf81b88ff672457550172a5a28-comps.xml",
                "checksum": "a02a929c88a276cf81b88ff672457550172a5a28",
                "file_name": "repodata/a02a929c88a276cf81b88ff672457550172a5a28-comps.xml",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "filelists": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/3cbd811376b2e4aeb061786723ae7d8f3bd4de16-filelists.xml.gz",
                "checksum": "3cbd811376b2e4aeb061786723ae7d8f3bd4de16",
                "file_name": "repodata/3cbd811376b2e4aeb061786723ae7d8f3bd4de16-filelists.xml.gz",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "updateinfo": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/b15bbd51b9077e12e798a906ef353900b8d6b018-updateinfo.xml.gz",
                "checksum": "b15bbd51b9077e12e798a906ef353900b8d6b018",
                "file_name": "repodata/b15bbd51b9077e12e798a906ef353900b8d6b018-updateinfo.xml.gz",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "group_gz": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/13b7d0bf3fa83daa9133dcc9c1759c182a931678-comps.xml.gz",
                "checksum": "13b7d0bf3fa83daa9133dcc9c1759c182a931678",
                "file_name": "repodata/13b7d0bf3fa83daa9133dcc9c1759c182a931678-comps.xml.gz",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "primary": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/5c6108529bf4d5c3bc916aa56d3ebb86a447f43b-primary.xml.gz",
                "checksum": "5c6108529bf4d5c3bc916aa56d3ebb86a447f43b",
                "file_name": "repodata/5c6108529bf4d5c3bc916aa56d3ebb86a447f43b-primary.xml.gz",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "repomd": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/repomd.xml",
                "file_name": "repodata/repomd.xml"
            }
        ],
        "other": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/45576c9eefa12f1fe1188044763be5a56f765699-other.xml.gz",
                "checksum": "45576c9eefa12f1fe1188044763be5a56f765699",
                "file_name": "repodata/45576c9eefa12f1fe1188044763be5a56f765699-other.xml.gz",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "other_db": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/ff29e8fc2fb34c5ccf162b9799a518c00372794f-other.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum": "ff29e8fc2fb34c5ccf162b9799a518c00372794f",
                "file_name": "repodata/ff29e8fc2fb34c5ccf162b9799a518c00372794f-other.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "primary_db": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/a17b11542d6b426a3a115bf3b144ef2394430a06-primary.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum": "a17b11542d6b426a3a115bf3b144ef2394430a06",
                "file_name": "repodata/a17b11542d6b426a3a115bf3b144ef2394430a06-primary.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ],
        "filelists_db": [
            {
                "url": "https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest/repodata/ac1c90f41e8e81e0348a4a83ab069bb19e59a79b-filelists.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum": "ac1c90f41e8e81e0348a4a83ab069bb19e59a79b",
                "file_name": "repodata/ac1c90f41e8e81e0348a4a83ab069bb19e59a79b-filelists.sqlite.bz2",
                "checksum_type": "sha1"
            }
        ]
    },
    "channel_arch_name": "x86_64"
}

`channel.software.listAllPackages`

The listAllPackages method returns a list of all packages that are available from a channel, including packages that aren't the latest.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Description
`sessionKey`	The session key for the session. For example: `JyUVNoT74BFaRJ6fRjDIQ5idPmCaj5UJLb76E2f45Gc`
`channelLabel`	The channel label for the channel that you want to query.

Return Parameters

Field Description

Field	Description
`array`	An array of all packages: `struct (package)` `package_arch_label` The package architecture label. For example: `noarch` `package_epoch` The package epoch value, if specified. The epoch value can help RPM decide package version ordering if the versioning doesn't make sense or doesn't follow sequentially. For example: `1` `package_id` The package ID within the ULN infrastructure. For example: `11776733` `package_last_modified` The date and timestamp for when a package was last modified. For example: `2018-09-27 19:31:13` `package_name` The name of the package. For example: `selinux-policy-mls` `package_release` The package release information. For example: `192.0.6.el7_5.6` `package_version` The package version number. For example: `3.13.1`

array

An array of all packages:

struct (package)

package_arch_label: The package architecture label. For example: noarch
package_epoch: The package epoch value, if specified. The epoch value can help RPM decide package version ordering if the versioning doesn't make sense or doesn't follow sequentially. For example: 1
package_id: The package ID within the ULN infrastructure. For example: 11776733
package_last_modified: The date and timestamp for when a package was last modified. For example: 2018-09-27 19:31:13
package_name: The name of the package. For example: selinux-policy-mls
package_release: The package release information. For example: 192.0.6.el7_5.6
package_version: The package version number. For example: 3.13.1

Example Input Parameters


sessionKey: uyjAN3cB7ySsAUra27CKj3qx9fuGyio5uQ6w4q4ALNX
channelLabel: ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest

Example Output Parameters


[
    {
        "package_arch_label": "x86_64",
        "package_name": "ethtool",
        "package_epoch": "2",
        "package_version": "6.11",
        "package_release": "5.el10_0",
        "package_id": 33833622,
        "package_last_modified": "2025-07-01 13:59:36"
    },
    {
        "package_arch_label": "x86_64",
        "package_name": "oraclelinux-release",
        "package_epoch": "10",
        "package_version": "10.0",
        "package_release": "1.0.15.el10",
        "package_id": 33833623,
        "package_last_modified": "2025-06-27 22:22:26"
    }
]

`channel.software.listErrata`

The listErrata method returns a list of all errata that are associated with a channel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Description
`sessionKey`	The session key for the session.
`channelLabel`	The channel label for the channel that you want to query.

Return Parameters

Field	Description
`array`	An array of all errata associated with the channel label: `struct (errata)` `errata_advisory_type` The errata advisory type. `errata_advisory` The errata advisory label. `errata_issue_date` The date the errata was issued. `errata_last_modified_date` The date the errata was last modified. `errata_synopsis` A brief synopsis of the errata. `errata_update_date` The errata update date.

Example Input Parameters


sessionKey: uyjAN3cB7ySsAUra27CKj3qx9fuGyio5uQ6w4q4ALNX
channelLabel: ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest

Example Output Parameters


[
    {
        "errata_update_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00",
        "errata_advisory_type": "Bug Fix Advisory",
        "errata_synopsis": "sos bug fix and enhancement update",
        "errata_advisory": "ELBA-2025-11538",
        "errata_last_modified_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00",
        "errata_issue_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00"
    },
    {
        "errata_update_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00",
        "errata_advisory_type": "Security Advisory",
        "errata_synopsis": "kernel security update",
        "errata_advisory": "ELSA-2025-11428",
        "errata_last_modified_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00",
        "errata_issue_date": "2025-07-22 00:00:00"
    }
]

`channel.software.listLatestPackages`

The listLatestPackages method returns a list of the latest packages that are available from a channel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Description
`sessionKey`	The session key for the session.
`channelLabel`	The channel label for the channel that you want to query.

Return Parameters

Field Description

Field	Description
`array`	An array of latest packages: `struct (package)` `package_arch_label` The package architecture label. `package_epoch` The package epoch value, if specified. The epoch value can help RPM decide package version ordering if the versioning doesn't make sense or doesn't follow sequentially. `package_id` The package ID within the ULN infrastructure. `package_name` The name of the package. `package_release` The package release information. `package_version` The package version number.

array

An array of latest packages:

struct (package)

package_arch_label: The package architecture label.
package_epoch: The package epoch value, if specified. The epoch value can help RPM decide package version ordering if the versioning doesn't make sense or doesn't follow sequentially.
package_id: The package ID within the ULN infrastructure.
package_name: The name of the package.
package_release: The package release information.
package_version: The package version number.

Example Input Parameters


sessionKey: uyjAN3cB7ySsAUra27CKj3qx9fuGyio5uQ6w4q4ALNX
channelLabel: ol10_x86_64_baseos_latest

Example Output Parameters


[
    {
        "package_arch_label": "x86_64",
        "package_name": "libcomps",
        "package_epoch": " ",
        "package_version": "0.1.21",
        "package_release": "3.el10",
        "package_id": 33658475
    },
    {
        "package_arch_label": "x86_64",
        "package_name": "fuse-common",
        "package_epoch": " ",
        "package_version": "3.16.2",
        "package_release": "5.el10",
        "package_id": 33658505
    }
]