Coder Files API

The Files API from Coder — 2 operation(s) for files.

Operations 2

POST /api/v2/files Upload file #
GET /api/v2/files/{fileID} Get file by ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

coder-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Coderd is the service created by running coder server. It is a thin API that connects workspaces, provisioners and users. coderd stores its state in Postgres and is the only service that communicates with Postgres.
  title: Coder Files API
  termsOfService: https://coder.com/legal/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: API Support
    url: https://coder.com
    email: support@coder.com
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: /
tags:
- name: Files
paths:
  /api/v2/files:
    post:
      description: 'Swagger notice: Swagger 2.0 doesn''t support file upload with a `content-type` different than `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.'
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Upload file
      operationId: upload-file
      parameters:
      - description: Content-Type must be `application/x-tar` or `application/zip`
        name: Content-Type
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: application/x-tar
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns existing file if duplicate
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/codersdk.UploadResponse'
        '201':
          description: Returns newly created file
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/codersdk.UploadResponse'
        '413':
          description: Request body exceeds 100 MiB, or a .zip archive exceeds it once expanded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/codersdk.Response'
      security:
      - CoderSessionToken: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-tar:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  description: File to be uploaded. If using tar format, file must conform to ustar (pax may cause problems).
                  format: binary
              required:
              - file
  /api/v2/files/{fileID}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Get file by ID
      operationId: get-file-by-id
      parameters:
      - description: File ID
        name: fileID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      security:
      - CoderSessionToken: []
components:
  schemas:
    codersdk.UploadResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        hash:
          type: string
          format: uuid
    codersdk.Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          description: 'Detail is a debug message that provides further insight into why the

            action failed. This information can be technical and a regular golang

            err.Error() text.

            - "database: too many open connections"

            - "stat: too many open files"'
          type: string
        message:
          description: 'Message is an actionable message that depicts actions the request took.

            These messages should be fully formed sentences with proper punctuation.

            Examples:

            - "A user has been created."

            - "Failed to create a user."'
          type: string
        validations:
          description: 'Validations are form field-specific friendly error messages. They will be

            shown on a form field in the UI. These can also be used to add additional

            context if there is a set of errors in the primary ''Message''.'
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/codersdk.ValidationError'
    codersdk.ValidationError:
      type: object
      required:
      - detail
      - field
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        field:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    AIGatewayKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-AI-Governance-Gateway-Key
      in: header
    Authorization:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    CoderSessionToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: Coder-Session-Token
      in: header
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Coder
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coder/coder/main/coderd/apidoc/swagger.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)