Backendless Files API

File and directory storage operations.

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backendless-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Backendless REST Cache Files API
  description: REST API for the Backendless backend-as-a-service platform. Every request is addressed to a specific application using its application id and REST API key, both carried as path segments immediately after the host. Authenticated operations additionally require the user-token returned by the login endpoint, sent in the user-token request header. This specification covers the core documented services - Data, Users, Files, Messaging and Push, Geo, Cache, Atomic Counters, and Cloud Code custom service invocation.
  termsOfService: https://backendless.com/terms-of-service/
  contact:
    name: Backendless Support
    url: https://support.backendless.com
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.backendless.com/{app-id}/{rest-api-key}
  description: Backendless application endpoint
  variables:
    app-id:
      default: APP_ID
      description: The application id assigned to your Backendless app.
    rest-api-key:
      default: REST_API_KEY
      description: The REST API key generated for your Backendless app.
security:
- userToken: []
tags:
- name: Files
  description: File and directory storage operations.
paths:
  /files/{path}:
    post:
      operationId: uploadFile
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Upload a file
      description: Uploads a file to the given path in the hosted file repository. Missing directories in the path are created automatically.
      parameters:
      - name: path
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Directory path and filename, e.g. images/photo.png.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: overwrite
        in: query
        description: Whether to overwrite an existing file at the path.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata for the uploaded file.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteFile
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Delete a file or directory
      parameters:
      - name: path
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The file or directory was deleted.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Backendless error code (e.g. 3003 for invalid credentials).
        message:
          type: string
    FileInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        fileURL:
          type: string
          format: uri
  responses:
    Error:
      description: A Backendless error response.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    userToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: user-token
      description: Session token returned by POST /users/login. Required on operations that run in the context of an authenticated user. The application id and REST API key that scope every request are carried in the server URL path rather than as a security scheme.