Filen File Transfers API

The File Transfers API from Filen — 1 operation(s) for file transfers.

Operations 1

POST /upload/done Mark an upload completed #

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OpenAPI Specification

filen-file-transfers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Filen File Transfers API
  description: 'The Filen API is used by Filen clients for uploading and downloading files, managing files and directories, sharing items, accessing notes and contacts, having chat conversations, managing user-specific settings, and more.


    ### API hosts

    The Filen API is located at `gateway.filen.io`.

    For file transfers, there''s `ingest.filen.io` and `egest.filen.io`. `ingest.filen.io` is used for uploads while `egest.filen.io` is used for downloads.


    ### API responses

    All API responses follow the scheme (TypeScript type definition):

    ```ts

    {

    status: boolean, // indicates whether the request was successful

    message: string, // additional information

    code: string, // a status code

    data: any? // optionally, response data

    }

    ```


    ### Internal endpoints

    There are a number of internal endpoints whose specifics are not documented here.

    If you need them, you can infer their definitions and usage from the TypeScript SDK''s API wrapper.'
  version: v3
servers:
- url: https://gateway.filen.io/v3
tags:
- name: File Transfers
paths:
  /upload/done:
    post:
      tags:
      - File Transfers
      summary: Mark an upload completed
      description: Marks an upload as completed. Use this after you've uploaded file chunks to the Ingest API.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                uuid:
                  type: string
                  description: the UUID of the uploaded file
                  example: (file uuid)
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: the file name (metadata-encrypted)
                  example: (file name, metadata-encrypted)
                nameHashed:
                  type: string
                  description: the hex-encoded SHA-512 hash of the file name
                  example: (SHA-512 hash of file name, as hex)
                size:
                  type: string
                  description: the file's total size in bytes (metadata-encrypted)
                  example: (file size in bytes, metadata-encrypted)
                chunks:
                  type: integer
                  description: the number of chunks uploaded
                  example: (number of chunks uploaded)
                mime:
                  type: string
                  description: the file's MIME type
                  example: (file MIME type)
                rm:
                  type: string
                  description: a cryptographically-secure random string of length 32
                  example: (random string of length 32)
                metadata:
                  type: string
                  description: "the file's metadata (stringified and metadata-encrypted) following the schema (TypeScript type definition):\n```ts\n{\n  name: string, // the file name\n  size: number, // the file size in bytes\n  mime: string, // the file's MIME type\n  key: string, // the key used to encrypt the file chunks\n  lastModified: number, // the file's modification time in milliseconds\n  creation: string, // the file's creation time in milliseconds\n}\n```"
                  example: (-> see description)
                version:
                  type: string
                  description: the file encryption version, currently `2`
                  example: 2
                uploadKey:
                  type: string
                  description: a cryptographically-secure random string of length 32, which had been passed along with each file chunk
                  example: (upload key from chunk uploads)
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      chunks:
                        type: number
                        description: the number of chunks uploaded
                        example: (number of chunks uploaded)
                      size:
                        type: number
                        description: the file's total size in bytes
                        example: (file size in bytes)
      operationId: postUploadDone
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: API Key
      in: header
externalDocs:
  description: Get general information about usage of the Filen API at docs.filen.io
  url: https://docs.filen.io/docs/api