Get top level folders and files by itwin - Storage

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Get top level folders and files by itwin

GET https://dev-api.bentley.com/storage/?iTwinId[&$top][&$skip]

Retrieves all files and folders stored at the root level of your iTwin using the iTwinId.

The Root Folder serves as the primary directory for your iTwin, identified by the iTwinId.

Root Folder: Base folder created when iTwin is created.

While the old endpoint remain supported for backward compatibility, we strongly recommend transitioning to the new endpoints to take full advantage of the latest features and improvements.

Old Endpoints: https://api.bentley.com/storage/?projectId={PROJECT_ID}

Parameters: projectId - id of the project.
Status: Supported

New Endpoints: https://api.bentley.com/storage/?iTwinId={ITWIN_ID}

Parameters: iTwinId - id of the iTwin.
Status: Supported

Authentication

Requires Authorization header with valid Bearer token for scope itwin-platform.

For more documentation on authorization and how to get access token visit OAUTH2 Authorization page.

Authorization

User must be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given Project or have storage_read permission assigned at the Project level.

An Organization Administrator must have at least one of the following roles assigned in User Management: Account Administrator, Co-Administrator, or CONNECT Services Administrator. For more information about User Management please visit our Bentley Communities Licensing, Cloud, and Web Services wiki page.

Request

Request parameters

iTwinId

Yes

Id of the iTwin

$top

The $top system query option requests the number of items in the queried collection to be included in the result.

$skip

The $skip query option requests the number of items in the queried collection that are to be skipped and not included in the result.

Request headers

Authorization

Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Yes

Setting to application/vnd.bentley.itwin-platform.v1+json is recommended.

Response

Response 200 OK

json

{
    "items": [{
            "type": "folder",
            "id": "TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5pN5AQzuullIkxz5aDnDJSI",
            "displayName": "test",
            "description": "test folder",
            "path": "folderName/test",
            "lastModifiedByDisplayName": "Bob User",
            "createdDateTime": "2020-05-03T11:05:11.0133549Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-05-03T11:05:11.0133549Z",
            "parentFolderId": "TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5g0CIYaGZLxEozrWBCOcS_s",
            "_links": {
                "createdBy": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/accesscontrol/itwins/6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff/members/1140f95b-1ba0-49d9-bbf4-b53e54d80387"
                },
                "lastModifiedBy": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/accesscontrol/itwins/6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff/members/1140f95b-1ba0-49d9-bbf4-b53e54d80387"
                },
                "parentFolder": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage/folders/TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5g0CIYaGZLxEozrWBCOcS_s"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "file",
            "id": "TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5s4FlCroosBMlyDhZZmlzoc",
            "displayName": "test2.txt",
            "description": "test file 2",
            "path": "folderName/test2.txt",
            "size": 1,
            "lastModifiedByDisplayName": "Bob User",
            "createdDateTime": "2020-05-03T11:05:12.0133549Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-05-03T11:05:12.0133549Z",
            "parentFolderId": "TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5g0CIYaGZLxEozrWBCOcS_s",
            "_links": {
                "createdBy": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/accesscontrol/itwins/6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff/members/1140f95b-1ba0-49d9-bbf4-b53e54d80387"
                },
                "lastModifiedBy": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/accesscontrol/itwins/6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff/members/1140f95b-1ba0-49d9-bbf4-b53e54d80387"
                },
                "parentFolder": {
                    "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage/folders/TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5g0CIYaGZLxEozrWBCOcS_s"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage?iTwinId=6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff&$skip=4&$top=2"
        },
        "prev": {
            "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage?iTwinId=6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff&$skip=2&$top=2"
        },
        "next": {
            "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage?iTwinId=6959daff-27f5-4b87-96ea-9917daa3a8ff&$skip=6&$top=2"
        },
        "folder": {
            "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage/folders/TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5g0CIYaGZLxEozrWBCOcS_s"
        }
    }
}

Response 401 Unauthorized

This response indicates that request lacks valid authentication credentials. Access token might not been provided, issued by the wrong issuer, does not have required scopes or request headers were malformed.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "HeaderNotFound",
        "message": "Header Authorization was not found in the request. Access denied."
    }
}

Response 404 Not Found

iTwin cannot be found.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "iTwinNotFound",
        "message": "Requested iTwin is not available."
    }
}

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

Invalid request to get top level folders and files

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "InvalidStorageRequest",
        "message": "Page size is over 1000 items limit."
    }
}

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "RateLimitExceeded",
        "message": "The client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client."
    }
}

Response headers

retry-after

Number of seconds to wait until client is allowed to make more requests.

Definitions

links (paging with folder link)

URLs for redoing the current request, getting to the previous or next page of results, if applicable containg, and retrieving root folder.

self

link

URL for redoing the current request.

link

URL for getting the next page of results.

link

URL for getting the previous page of results.

folder

link

URL for getting root folder.

links (item)

URLs for accessing users' details and parent folder.

createdBy

link

URL for getting user's details who created item.

lastModifiedBy

link

URL for getting user's details who last modified item.

parentFolder

link

URL for getting the parent folder.

link

Hyperlink container.

href

String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

item (typed)

String

Unique Identifier of the item.

type

String

Identification of the item entity.

displayName

String

Display name of the item.

description

String

Description of the item.

path

String

Absolute path to the item.

lastModifiedByDisplayName

String

Display name of the user who modified item last.

createdDateTime

Date-time

Date when the item was created.

lastModifiedDateTime

Date-time

Date when the item was last time modified.

parentFolderId

String

Unique Identifier of the parent folder.

_links

links-item

Contains the hyperlinks to users' details and parent folder.

items (with folder link)

items

item-details[]

_links

links-paging-with-folder-link

URLs for redoing the current request, getting to the previous or next page of results, if applicable containg, and retrieving root folder.

Error

Contains error information.

code

String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

String, null

The target of the error.

Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

error

Error

Error information.

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