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files/{fileid}/properties (GET)

Overview

Retrieve the properties associated with a file attachment

  • REST Method: GET
  • Method Access: public

Uri Parameters

Name Type Description
fileid int identifies a file by ID

Query Parameters

Name Type Description
redirects int? If zero, do not follow page redirects.
names string? Comma separated list of names of properties to return. The entire value should be URI encoded including the commas. Use '*' at the start or end of a name for wildcard matches. Default: all properties
contentcutoff int? Only show property content shorter than this number of bytes. Default: 2048
authenticate bool? Force authentication for request (default: false)

Return Codes

Name Value Description
OK 200 The request completed successfully
Bad Request 400 Invalid input parameter or request body
Forbidden 403 READ access is required
Not Found 404 Requested file could not be found

Message Format

Response is a list of the standard property xml blocks as well as the language element.

<properties count="{int}" href="{uri}">
 <property name="{text}" href="{uri}" etag="{text}">
  <contents type="{text}" href="{uri}">{text}</contents>
  <date.modified>{date}</date.modified>
  <user.modified id="{int}" href="{uri}">
    <nick>{text}</nick>
    <username>{text}</username>
  </user.modified>
  <change-description>{text}</change-description>
 </property>
 <language>{language}</language> 
</properties>

Implementation Notes

  • This feature shows the page language. An empty language indicates culture invariant.
  • READ access to the page is required to see file properties

C# Code Sample: Retrieve File Properties

The following code authenticates and retrieves all properties belonging to a file.

Sample Code

Plug p = Plug.New("http://devwiki/@api/deki"); 
p.At("users", "authenticate")
 .WithCredentials("sysop", "password").Get(); 
XDoc props = p.At("files", "42", "properties")
 .Get().AsDocument()

Sample Response from executing Code

<properties count="1" href="http://devwiki/@api/deki/files/42/properties">
  <property name="myprop" href="http://devwiki/@api/deki/files/42/properties/myprop/info" etag="4465.r2_ts2009-03-20T23:52:50Z">
    <contents type="text/plain" href="http://devwiki/@api/deki/files/42/properties/myprop">new value for property</contents>
    <date.modified>2009-03-20T23:52:50Z</date.modified>
    <user.modified id="1" href="http://devwiki/@api/deki/users/1">
      <nick>Sysop</nick>
      <username>Sysop</username>
    </user.modified>
    <change-description>description of change</change-description>
  </property>
</properties>

Implementation notes 

Add notes about requirements or config values

Curl Code Sample: Retrieve File Properties

The following command retrieves all properties assigned to a file with file ID = 1:

Sample Code

curl -u username:password -i http://mindtouch.address/@api/deki/files/1/properties

Sample Response from executing Code

file ID = 71, has 2 properties.

Content-Type: application/xml

<properties count="2" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/71/properties">
  <property name="urn:deki.mindtouch.com#description" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/71/properties/urn%253adeki.mindtouch.com%2523description/info" etag="109.r3_ts2010-01-27T22:34:31Z">
    <contents type="text/plain; charset=utf-8" size="8" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/71/properties/urn%253adeki.mindtouch.com%2523description">Problem?</contents>
    <date.modified>2010-01-27T22:34:31Z</date.modified>
    <user.modified id="1" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/users/1">
      <nick>Admin</nick>
      <username>Admin</username>
      <email hidden="true"/>
      <hash.email>64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</hash.email>
      <uri.gravatar>http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</uri.gravatar>
    </user.modified>
  </property>
  <property name="iscopyright" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/71/properties/iscopyright/info" etag="106.r2_ts2010-01-21T19:54:52Z">
    <contents type="text/plain" size="3" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/71/properties/iscopyright">yes</contents>
    <date.modified>2010-01-21T19:54:52Z</date.modified>
    <user.modified id="1" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/users/1">
      <nick>Admin</nick>
      <username>Admin</username>
      <email hidden="true"/>
      <hash.email>64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</hash.email>
      <uri.gravatar>http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</uri.gravatar>
    </user.modified>
    <change-description/>
  </property>
</properties>

Implementation notes 

curl flags

-u
Provides external user authentication. Note that if anonymous access is available and authentication is not forced, this flag may be omitted.
-i
Outputs the HTTP response headers. Useful for debugging.

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