Virtual File System¶

Cozy applications can use files for storing binary content, like photos or bills in PDF. This service offers a REST API to manipulate easily without having to know the underlying storage layer. The metadata are kept in CouchDB, but the binaries can go to the local system, or a Swift instance.

Directories¶

A directory is a container for files and sub-directories.

Its path is the path of its parent, a slash (/), and its name. It’s case sensitive.

Root directory¶

The root of the virtual file system is a special directory with id io.cozy.files.root-dir.

You can use it in any request where you would use a directory, except you cannot delete it.

POST /files/:dir-id¶

Create a new directory. The dir-id parameter is optional. When it’s not given, the directory is created at the root of the virtual file system.

Query-String¶

Parameter	Description
Type	`directory`
Name	the directory name
Tags	an array of tags

HTTP headers¶

Parameter	Description
Date	The modification date of the directory

Request¶

POST /files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81?Type=directory&Name=phone&Tags=bills,konnectors HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:35:08 GMT

Status codes¶

201 Created, when the directory has been successfully created
404 Not Found, when the parent directory does not exist
409 Conflict, when a directory with the same name already exists
413 Payload Too Large, when there is not enough available space on the cozy to upload the file
422 Unprocessable Entity, when the Type or Name parameter is missing or invalid

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Location: http://cozy.example.com/files/6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "1-ff3beeb456eb"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "directory",
            "name": "phone",
            "path": "/Documents/phone",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:08Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:08Z",
            "tags": ["bills"]
        },
        "relationships": {
            "parent": {
                "links": {
                    "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                },
                "data": {
                    "type": "io.cozy.files",
                    "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                }
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee"
        }
    }
}

GET /files/:file-id¶

Get a directory or a file informations. In the case of a directory, it contains the list of files and sub-directories inside it.

Contents is paginated following jsonapi conventions. The default limit is 30 entries.

Request¶

GET /files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "links": {
        "next": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81?page[cursor]=9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
    },
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "1-e36ab092"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "directory",
            "name": "Documents",
            "path": "/Documents",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:00Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:00Z",
            "tags": []
        },
        "relationships": {
            "contents": {
                "data": [
                    {
                        "type": "io.cozy.files",
                        "id": "6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "io.cozy.files",
                        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
        }
    },
    "included": [
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee",
            "meta": {
                "rev": "1-ff3beeb456eb"
            },
            "attributes": {
                "type": "directory",
                "name": "phone",
                "path": "/Documents/phone",
                "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:08Z",
                "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:35:08Z",
                "tags": ["bills"]
            },
            "relationships": {
                "parent": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                    },
                    "data": {
                        "type": "io.cozy.files",
                        "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "/files/6494e0ac-dfcb-11e5-88c1-472e84a9cbee"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
            "meta": {
                "rev": "1-0e6d5b72"
            },
            "attributes": {
                "type": "file",
                "name": "hello.txt",
                "trashed": false,
                "md5sum": "ODZmYjI2OWQxOTBkMmM4NQo=",
                "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "tags": [],
                "size": 12,
                "executable": false,
                "class": "document",
                "mime": "text/plain"
            },
            "relationships": {
                "parent": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                    },
                    "data": {
                        "type": "io.cozy.files",
                        "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
            }
        }
    ]
}

DELETE /files/:dir-id¶

Put a directory and its subtree in the trash.

HTTP headers¶

It’s possible to send the If-Match header, with the previous revision of the file/directory (optional).

Files¶

A file is a binary content with some metadata.

POST /files/:dir-id¶

Upload a file

Query-String¶

Parameter	Description
Type	`file`
Name	the file name
Tags	an array of tags
Executable	`true` if the file is executable (UNIX permission)
Metadata	a JSON with metadata on this file (gps, persons)

HTTP headers¶

Parameter	Description
Content-Length	The file size
Content-MD5	A Base64-encoded binary MD5 sum of the file
Content-Type	The mime-type of the file
Date	The modification date of the file

Request¶

POST /files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81?Type=file&Name=hello.txt HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
Content-Length: 12
Content-MD5: hvsmnRkNLIX24EaM7KQqIA==
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:38:04 GMT

Hello world!

Status codes¶

201 Created, when the file has been successfully created
404 Not Found, when the parent directory does not exist
409 Conflict, when a file with the same name already exists
412 Precondition Failed, when the md5sum is Content-MD5 is not equal to the md5sum computed by the server
422 Unprocessable Entity, when the sent data is invalid (for example, the parent doesn’t exist, Type or Name parameter is missing or invalid, etc.)

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Location: http://cozy.example.com/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "1-0e6d5b72"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "file",
            "name": "sunset.jpg",
            "trashed": false,
            "md5sum": "ODZmYjI2OWQxOTBkMmM4NQo=",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "tags": [],
            "metadata": {
                "datetime": "2016-09-18T20:38:04Z",
                "height": 1080,
                "width": 1920
            },
            "size": 12,
            "executable": false,
            "class": "image",
            "mime": "image/jpg"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "parent": {
                "links": {
                    "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                },
                "data": {
                    "type": "io.cozy.files",
                    "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                }
            },
            "referenced_by": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81/relationships/references"
                },
                "data": [
                    {
                        "type": "io.cozy.albums",
                        "id": "94375086-e2e2-11e6-81b9-5bc0b9dd4aa4"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
            "small": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b/thumbnails/0f9cda56674282ac/small",
            "medium": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b/thumbnails/0f9cda56674282ac/medium",
            "large": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b/thumbnails/0f9cda56674282ac/large"
        }
    }
}

Note: see references of documents in VFS for more informations about the references field.

GET /files/download/:file-id¶

Download the file content.

By default the content-disposition will be inline, but it will be attachment if the query string contains the parameter Dl=1

Request¶

GET /files/download/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81 HTTP/1.1

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 12
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="hello.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

Hello world!

GET /files/download¶

Download the file content from its path.

By default the content-disposition will be inline, but it will be attachment if the query string contains the parameter Dl=1

Request¶

GET /files/download?Path=/Documents/hello.txt&Dl=1 HTTP/1.1

GET /files/:file-id/thumbnails/:secret/:format¶

Get a thumbnail of a file (for an image only). :format can be small (640x480), medium (1280x720), or large (1920x1080).

PUT /files/:file-id¶

Overwrite a file

HTTP headers¶

The HTTP headers are the same than for uploading a file. There is one additional header, If-Match, with the previous revision of the file (optional).

Request¶

PUT /files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
Content-Length: 12
Content-MD5: hvsmnRkNLIX24EaM7KQqIA==
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2016 16:43:12 GMT
If-Match: 1-0e6d5b72

HELLO WORLD!

Status codes¶

200 OK, when the file has been successfully overwritten
404 Not Found, when the file wasn’t existing
412 Precondition Failed, when the If-Match header is set and doesn’t match the last revision of the file

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "2-d903b54c"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "file",
            "name": "hello.txt",
            "trashed": false,
            "md5sum": "YjU5YmMzN2Q2NDQxZDk2Nwo=",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "tags": [],
            "size": 12,
            "executable": false,
            "class": "document",
            "mime": "text/plain"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "parent": {
                "links": {
                    "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                },
                "data": {
                    "type": "io.cozy.files",
                    "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                }
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
        }
    }
}

DELETE /files/:file-id¶

Put a file in the trash.

Common¶

GET /files/metadata¶

Same as /files/:file-id but to retrieve informations from a path.

Request¶

GET /files/metadata?Path=/Documents/hello.txt HTTP/1.1

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Location: http://cozy.example.com/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "1-0e6d5b72"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "file",
            "name": "hello.txt",
            "trashed": false,
            "md5sum": "ODZmYjI2OWQxOTBkMmM4NQo=",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "tags": [],
            "size": 12,
            "executable": false,
            "class": "document",
            "mime": "text/plain"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "parent": {
                "links": {
                    "related": "/files/fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                },
                "data": {
                    "type": "io.cozy.files",
                    "id": "fce1a6c0-dfc5-11e5-8d1a-1f854d4aaf81"
                }
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
        }
    }
}

PATCH /files/:file-id and PATCH /files/metadata¶

Both endpoints can be used to update the metadata of a file or directory, or to rename/move it. The difference is the first one uses an id to identify the file/directory to update, and the second one uses the path.

Some specific attributes of the patch can be used:

dir_id attribute can be updated to move a file or directory
move_to_trash boolean to specify that the file needs to be moved to the trash
permanent_delete boolean to specify that the files needs to be deleted (after being trashed)

HTTP headers¶

It’s possible to send the If-Match header, with the previous revision of the file/directory (optional).

Request¶

PATCH /files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
        "attributes": {
            "type": "file",
            "name": "hi.txt",
            "dir_id": "f2f36fec-8018-11e6-abd8-8b3814d9a465",
            "tags": ["poem"]
        }
    }
}

Status codes¶

200 OK, when the file or directory metadata has been successfully updated
400 Bad Request, when a the directory is asked to move to one of its sub-directories
404 Not Found, when the file/directory wasn’t existing
412 Precondition Failed, when the If-Match header is set and doesn’t match the last revision of the file/directory
422 Unprocessable Entity, when the sent data is invalid (for example, the parent doesn’t exist)

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Location: http://cozy.example.com/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files",
        "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
        "meta": {
            "rev": "1-0e6d5b72"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "type": "file",
            "name": "hi.txt",
            "trashed": false,
            "md5sum": "ODZmYjI2OWQxOTBkMmM4NQo=",
            "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
            "tags": ["poem"],
            "size": 12,
            "executable": false,
            "class": "document",
            "mime": "text/plain"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "parent": {
                "links": {
                    "related": "/files/f2f36fec-8018-11e6-abd8-8b3814d9a465"
                },
                "data": {
                    "type": "io.cozy.files",
                    "id": "f2f36fec-8018-11e6-abd8-8b3814d9a465"
                }
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "/files/9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b"
        }
    }
}

PATCH /files/¶

Endpoint to update the metadata of files and directories in batch. It can be used, for instance, to move many files in a single request.

Request¶

PATCH /files/
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data": [
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4b",
            "meta": { "rev": "1-0e6d5b72" },
            "attributes": { "dir_id": "f2f36fec-8018-11e6-abd8-8b3814d9a465" }
        },
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "9152d568-7e7c-11e6-a377-37cbfb190b4c",
            "meta": { "rev": "2-123123" },
            "attributes": { "move_to_trash": true }
        }
    ]
}

Status codes¶

The same status codes can be encountered as the PATCH /files/:file-id route.

POST /files/archive¶

Create an archive. The body of the request lists the files and directories that will be included in the archive. For directories, it includes all the files and sub-directories in the archive.

It’s possible to give a file by its id (in the ids array) or by its path (in the files array).

Request¶

POST /files/archive HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/zip
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files.archives",
        "attributes": {
            "name": "project-X",
            "ids": ["a51aeeea-4f79-11e7-9dc4-83f67e9494ab"],
            "files": [
                "/Documents/bills",
                "/Documents/images/sunset.jpg",
                "/Documents/images/eiffel-tower.jpg"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "links": {
        "related": "/files/archive/4521DC87/project-X.zip"
    },
    "data": {
        "type": "io.cozy.files.archives",
        "id": "4521DC87",
        "attributes": {
            "href": "/files/archive/4521DC87/project-X.zip"
        }
    }
}

GET /files/archive/:key/:name¶

Download a previously created archive. The name parameter is not used in the stack but aims to allow setting a name even for browser / downloader that do not support Content-Disposition filename.

This route does not require Basic Authentification

GET /files/archive/4521DC87/project-X.zip HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/zip
Content-Length: 12345
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="project-X.zip"
Content-Type: application/zip

POST /files/downloads?Path=file_path¶

Create a file download. The Path query parameter specifies the file to download. The response json API links contains a related link for downloading the file, see below.

POST /files/downloads?Id=file_id¶

Also create a file download. But it takes the id of the file and not its path.

GET /files/downloads/:secret/:name¶

Allows to download a file with a secret created from the route above.

The name parameter is not used in the stack but aims to allow setting a name even for browser / downloader that do not support Content-Disposition filename.

By default the content-disposition will be inline, but it will be attachment if the query string contains the parameter Dl=1

This route does not require Basic Authentification

Trash¶

When a file is deleted, it is first moved to the trash. In the trash, it can be restored. Or, after some time, it will be removed from the trash and permanently destroyed.

The file trashed attribute will be set to true.

GET /files/trash¶

List the files inside the trash. It’s paginated.

Query-String¶

Parameter	Description
page[cursor]	the last id of the results
page[limit]	the number of entries (30 by default)

Request¶

GET /files/trash HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data": [
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "df24aac0-7f3d-11e6-81c0-d38812bfa0a8",
            "meta": {
                "rev": "1-3b75377c"
            },
            "attributes": {
                "type": "file",
                "name": "foo.txt",
                "trashed": true,
                "md5sum": "YjAxMzQxZTc4MDNjODAwYwo=",
                "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "tags": [],
                "size": 123,
                "executable": false,
                "class": "document",
                "mime": "text/plain"
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "/files/trash/df24aac0-7f3d-11e6-81c0-d38812bfa0a8"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "io.cozy.files",
            "id": "4a4fc582-7f3e-11e6-b9ca-278406b6ddd4",
            "meta": {
                "rev": "1-4a09030e"
            },
            "attributes": {
                "type": "file",
                "name": "bar.txt",
                "trashed": true,
                "md5sum": "YWVhYjg3ZWI0OWQzZjRlMAo=",
                "created_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "updated_at": "2016-09-19T12:38:04Z",
                "tags": [],
                "size": 456,
                "executable": false,
                "class": "document",
                "mime": "text/plain"
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "/files/trash/4a4fc582-7f3e-11e6-b9ca-278406b6ddd4"
            }
        }
    ]
}

POST /files/trash/:file-id¶

Restore the file with the file-id identifiant.

The file’s trashed attributes will be set to false.

DELETE /files/trash/:file-id¶

Destroy the file and make it unrecoverable (it will still be available in backups).

DELETE /files/trash¶

Clear out the trash.

Trashed attribute¶

All files that are inside the trash will have a trashed: true attribute. This attribute can be used in mango queries to only get “interesting” files.