VMware vAPI Runtime library provides the core infrastructure for consuming VMware vSphere Automation and Cloud Foundation APIs. Current version 2.61.2. Release cadence is tied to VMware SDK releases, approximately quarterly.
pip install vmware-vapi-runtimeNo compatibility data collected yet for this library.
Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.
Initialize vSphere client, authenticate, and list VMs using vAPI runtime.
Replace 'from vapi...' with 'from vmware.vapi...'
Use `from vmware.vapi.vsphere.client import create_vsphere_client`
Migrate to REST API calls using requests library.