How to use cmd.run in salt-api

curl -skS "https://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/run"     -H 'Accept: application/x-yaml'     -H 'Content-type: application/json'     -d '[{
        "client": "local",
        "tgt": "*",
        "fun": "cmd.run",
        "name": "df -h",
        "username": "ravi",
        "password": "teledna",
        "eauth": "pam" }]'

I want to run a command through the salt-api. But I am getting an error. Where test.ping is working fine. I think I am missing the params in the body. Can anybody point out the documentation or adjust the curl command above here. Thanks.

Solution

You will want to use cmd

curl -skS https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/run \
    -H 'Accept: application/x-yaml' \
    -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
    -d '[{
        "client": "local",
        "tgt": "*",
        "fun": "cmd.run",
        "kwarg": {
           "cmd": "df -h"
        },
        "username": "ravi",
        "password": "teledna",
        "eauth": "auto"
     }]'

You need to use the name from the function in the modules, not the state.

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.cmdmod.html#salt.modules.cmdmod.run