Filen Item API
The item API from Filen — 8 operation(s) for item.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Filen Item 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: Item
paths:
/item/favorite:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Change item favorite status
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
type:
type: string
example: file | folder
value:
type: string
example: 0 | 1
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:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
type:
type: string
example: file | folder
value:
type: string
example: 0 | 1
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item favorite
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemFavorite
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/share:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Share an item to a user
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
parent:
type: string
example: string
email:
type: string
example: string
type:
type: string
example: file | folder
metadata:
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
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item share
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemShare
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/shared/rename:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Rename a shared item
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
receiverId:
type: string
example: number
metadata:
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
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item shared rename
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemSharedRename
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/linked/rename:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Rename a public linked folder item
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
linkUUID:
type: string
example: uuidv4
metadata:
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
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item linked rename
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemLinkedRename
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/linked:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Check if an item is in a public link
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
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:
link:
type: string
example: boolean
links:
type: string
example: '{ linkUUID: uuidv4, linkKey: string }[]'
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item linked
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemLinked
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/shared:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Check if an item is shared
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
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:
sharing:
type: string
example: boolean
users:
type: string
example: '{ email: string, publicKey: string, id: number }[]'
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item shared
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemShared
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/shared/in/remove:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Remove an item that is shared with your account
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
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
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item shared in remove
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemSharedInRemove
x-operation-id-source: derived
/item/shared/out/remove:
post:
tags:
- Item
description: Remove an item that is shared with another user
requestBody:
description: Body JSON
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
example: uuidv4
receiverId:
type: string
example: number
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
xml:
name: main
x-codegen-request-body-name: body
summary: Create item shared out remove
x-summary-source: derived
operationId: postItemSharedOutRemove
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