Gencove File API
The file API from Gencove — 2 operation(s) for file.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Gencove Back File API
version: v2
contact:
email: support@gencove.com
license:
name: Proprietary
description: 'API for Gencove REST service. Visit enterprise.gencove.com and docs.gencove.com for more information.
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servers:
- url: https://api.gencove.com
tags:
- name: File
paths:
/api/v2/file-types/:
get:
operationId: file_types_list
description: List all legal file types
parameters:
- name: limit
required: false
in: query
description: Number of results to return per page.
schema:
type: integer
- in: query
name: object
schema:
type: string
enum:
- reference_genome
- sample
description: List file types for a specific object, defaults to sample
- name: offset
required: false
in: query
description: The initial index from which to return the results.
schema:
type: integer
- in: query
name: project_id
schema:
type: string
description: List file types for a project
tags:
- File
security:
- JWT: []
- API key: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedFileTypeList'
description: ''
summary: File types list
x-summary-source: derived
/api/v2/files/{file_id}.sha256:
get:
operationId: files_.sha256_retrieve
parameters:
- in: path
name: file_id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
required: true
tags:
- File
security:
- JWT: []
- API key: []
responses:
'200':
description: No response body
summary: Files sha256 retrieve
x-summary-source: derived
components:
schemas:
PaginatedFileTypeList:
type: object
required:
- results
properties:
meta:
type: object
properties:
count:
type: integer
next:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: uri
previous:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: uri
required:
- count
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileType'
FileType:
type: object
properties:
key:
type: string
description: File extension
maxLength: 50
description:
type: string
required:
- key
securitySchemes:
API_key:
type: apiKey
description: 'Authorization header content formated as: `Api-Key <API-key>`
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in: header
name: Authorization
JWT:
type: apiKey
description: 'Authorization header content formated as: `Bearer <json-web-token>`
You can obtain access token using `jwt-create` endpoint.'
in: header
name: Authorization