Update file's content

As shown in the request section below, you must provide a request body.

The displayName MUST be provided in the request body, and the fileId MUST be provided in the parameters.

Parameters

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fileId – Id of the file in which you want to update the content.

Notes

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File update is a three step process. This request creates hyperlinks for file content update and confirmation.

Next two requests need to be executed by using links from the response. Maximum file size to upload with single request is 256 MiB. If bigger files needs to uploaded there are possibility to use Azure libraries or by uploading file with multiple requests.

• uploadUrl is required for file upload. Upload can be done by sending http PUT request and specifying x-ms-blob-type header to BlockBlob. You can use Postman, Azcopy or any libraries with support Azure blob upload to upload the file to provided uploadUrl.

• completeUrl is used to confirm file upload and it is final request for file creation.

Maximum file size to upload with single request is 256 MiB. If bigger file needs to be uploaded there are ways to use Azure libraries to upload file via given Azure SAS url or by uploading file with multiple requests.

For large size file upload you can upload the file in chunks using FileStream depending on the tech-stack you are using.

Authentication

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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

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User must be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given Project or have storage_write 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.

{
    "_links": {
        "completeUrl": {
            "href": "https://api.bentley.com/storage/files/TYJsPN0xtkWId0yUrXkS5pN5AQzuullIkxz5aDnDJSI/complete"
        },
        "uploadUrl": {
            "href": "https://projectshareprodeussa01.blob.core.windows.net/azuresqldbecpluginstorage/ProjectShare/File/b6145b7f-fee9-4a13-b1e4-5d061970373e?sv=2017-04-17&sr=b&sig=4NfdEriAONQhbHGkrTAL4bNMzjW8Qm5l%2FoEPiSQl%2BPo%3D&se=2020-10-19T15:12:51Z&sp=rw&rscd=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22test.txt%22&userid=b905387c-a685-4d27-aab7-468c9ff0c9a6"
        }
    }
}

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

{
    "error": {
        "code": "FileNotFound",
        "message": "Requested file is not available."
    }
}

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