Filen (internal) API

The (internal) API from Filen — 3 operation(s) for (internal).

Operations 3

POST /user/affiliate/payout Request an affiliate payout (internal) #
POST /user/sub/create Create a subscription checkout URL (internal) #
POST /user/avatar Upload an avatar (internal) #

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filen-internal-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Filen (internal) 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: (internal)
paths:
  /user/affiliate/payout:
    post:
      tags:
      - (internal)
      summary: Request an affiliate payout (internal)
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                method:
                  type: string
                address:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/response'
      operationId: postUserAffiliatePayout
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /user/sub/create:
    post:
      tags:
      - (internal)
      summary: Create a subscription checkout URL (internal)
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                method:
                  type: string
                  description: paypal | stripe | crypto
                planId:
                  type: number
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/response'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    data:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        url:
                          type: string
      operationId: postUserSubCreate
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /user/avatar:
    post:
      tags:
      - (internal)
      summary: Upload an avatar (internal)
      requestBody:
        description: Body JSON
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                avatar:
                  type: string
                  example: base64 string
                hash:
                  type: string
                  example: string
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: boolean
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: string
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      avatarURL:
                        type: string
                        example: string
                xml:
                  name: main
      x-codegen-request-body-name: body
      operationId: postUserAvatar
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    response:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
  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