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Library
Download API definition:
POST https://qa-api.bentley.com/library/components/{componentId}/documents

Creates a component document in user's organization context.

Notes

To create a component document, displayName extension and purpose are required properties.

Document purpose values are: -Design -Thumbnail -Reference -GalleryImage -TypeCatalog

Uploading Associated File

To complete the process, associated file should be uploaded to fileUrl (property in response) and a subsequent update document request should be made by setting 'available' property to true.

Associated Documents

Document with purpose Thumbnail, GalleryImage and TypeCatalog can have associated design document, this should be a valid Id of existing design document. PreviousVersionId is only valid for Design documents and requires a valid Id of an existing design document, in case a design document needs up-version. In case there are multiple versions of the design document, only one design document and it's corresponding thumbnail can be active.

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 or have Write permission assigned at the organization 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.

Rate limits

All iTwin Platform API operations have a rate limit. For more documentation on that visit Rate limits and quotas page.

Request parameters

Name
Required?
Description
componentId
Yes

Id of the component.

Request headers

Name
Required?
Description
Authorization
Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Accept
Yes

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

Request body

Document (create/update)

Name
Type
Required?
Description
displayName
String
Yes

Display name of the document. Maximum length of the display name is 250, it must not include these special characters >, <, ^, $, ?, ||.

extension
String
Yes

Extension of the file associated with this document, e.g., rfa, dgn, txt etc.

version
String
No

Version of the document.

previousVersionId
Object, null
No

This is only used with document purpose 'Design'. Once a design document is being up-versioned, this should have value of previous active design document.

associatedDesignDocument
Object, null
No

This is only used with purpose 'Thumbnail' or 'TypeCatalog' and refers to associated design document.

Document (create/update) purpose
Yes

Indicates the purpose of document. Only one 'TypeCatalog' document can be added to a component with an existing design document. Display name of the type catalog and design document for a component must be same.

available
Boolean
No

This indicates if a file is associated to the document.

isActive
Boolean
No

This is by default true for all documents except where purpose is 'Design' or a 'Thumbnail' associated to the design document, in case there are multiple versions of the design document, only one can be active.

Example

json
{
    "displayName": "Electric Water Heater_DRE",
    "extension": "rfa",
    "purpose": "Design",
    "available": false,
    "isActive": true,
    "version": "2",
    "previousVersionId": null,
    "associatedDesignDocument": null
}

Response 201 Created

Created

json
{
    "document": {
        "id": "4ca8dcff-5ebb-b236-ea2f-0bfbdf3c623e",
        "displayName": "Electric Water Heater_DRE",
        "extension": "rfa",
        "purpose": "Design",
        "size": 890456,
        "available": true,
        "isActive": true,
        "version": "2",
        "previousVersionId": "5ty8dcff-5ebb-b236-ea2f-0bfbdf3c645g",
        "createdDateTime": "2019-11-26T17:12:40.8516569Z",
        "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-11-26T17:14:12.3846681Z",
        "_links": {
            "associatedDesignDocument": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/library/components/r444f052-c026-40d6-b412-8c3c12004ebe/documents/2da8dcff-5ebb-b236-ea2f-0bfbdf3c667s"
            },
            "fileUrl": {
                "href": "https://componentscenprodeussa01.blob.core.windows.net/private-3920224a-6600-41c9-aadb-2510159e373c/f8546e53-fd19-06f2-8071-ace2d70b05b6/Electric Water Heater_DRE.rvt"
            }
        }
    }
}

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 403 Forbidden

This response indicates that user does not have required permissions to create document.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "InsufficientPermissions",
        "message": "The user has insufficient permissions for the requested operation."
    }
}

Response 409 Conflict

Document with the same name, extension and version already exists.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "ComponentDocumentExists",
        "message": "Component Document with the same name, extension and version already exists."
    }
}

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

Invalid request to upload component.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "InvalidDocumentRequest",
        "message": "Cannot perform operation.",
        "details": [{
                "code": "MissingRequiredProperty",
                "message": "Required property is missing.",
                "target": "displayName"
            },
            {
                "code": "MissingRequiredProperty",
                "message": "Required property is missing.",
                "target": "purpose"
            },
            {
                "code": "MissingRequiredProperty",
                "message": "Required property is missing.",
                "target": "extension"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Purpose must be one of:  Design, Thumbnail, Reference, GalleryImage, TypeCatalog.",
                "target": "purpose"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "AssociatedDesignDocument value is not valid.",
                "target": "associatedDesignDocument"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "DisplayName is not valid, document with purpose 'TypeCatalog' displayName match refereneced 'AssociatedDesignDocument' displayName.",
                "target": "displayName"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "IsActive must be true for a document to upversion.",
                "target": "isActive"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "PreviousVersionId is not valid, it should be valid and active design document Id.",
                "target": "previousVersionId"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Document with purpose 'TypeCatalog' must have associatedDesignDocument.",
                "target": "associatedDesignDocument"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Document with purpose 'TypeCatalog' only support extension 'txt'.",
                "target": "extension"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Provided PreviousVersionId is not valid.",
                "target": "previousVersionId"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "DisplayName is over '250' length limit.",
                "target": "displayName"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "DisplayName must not include these special characters. >, <, ^, $, ?, ||.",
                "target": "displayName"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Extension is over '250' length limit.",
                "target": "extension"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "TooManyRequests",
        "message": "More requests were received than the subscription rate-limit allows."
    }
}

Response headers

Name
Description
retry-after

The number of requests exceeds the rate-limit for the client subscription.

Document (response)

Retrieved document response containing document.

Name
Type
Description
document

Full representation of the document.

Document purpose

Indicates the purpose of document.

Name
Type
Description
Design
String
Thumbnail
String
Reference
String
GalleryImage
String
TypeCatalog
String

Document

Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the document.

displayName
String

Display name of the document.

extension
String

Extension of the associated file to the document.

version
String

Version of the document.

previousVersionId
String

This property is only used for design documents for up-version. Once a design document is up-versioned, this contains id of the previous design document.

Document purpose

Indicates the purpose of document.

size
Number

Size of the document.

available
Boolean

This indicates if associated file to this document is available.

isActive
Boolean

This is always true for all documents except design documents. In case there are multiple versions of a design document, only one can be active.

createdDateTime
String

Created datetime of the document.

lastModifiedDateTime
String

Last modified datetime of the document.

_links

Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of document.

Document (create/update) purpose

Indicates the purpose of document. Only one 'TypeCatalog' document can be added to a component with an existing design document. Display name of the type catalog and design document for a component must be same.

Name
Type
Description
Design
String
Thumbnail
String
Reference
String
GalleryImage
String
TypeCatalog
String

Document (create/update)

Name
Type
Description
displayName
String

Display name of the document. Maximum length of the display name is 250, it must not include these special characters >, <, ^, $, ?, ||.

extension
String

Extension of the file associated with this document, e.g., rfa, dgn, txt etc.

version
String

Version of the document.

previousVersionId
Object, null

This is only used with document purpose 'Design'. Once a design document is being up-versioned, this should have value of previous active design document.

associatedDesignDocument
Object, null

This is only used with purpose 'Thumbnail' or 'TypeCatalog' and refers to associated design document.

Document (create/update) purpose

Indicates the purpose of document. Only one 'TypeCatalog' document can be added to a component with an existing design document. Display name of the type catalog and design document for a component must be same.

available
Boolean

This indicates if a file is associated to the document.

isActive
Boolean

This is by default true for all documents except where purpose is 'Design' or a 'Thumbnail' associated to the design document, in case there are multiple versions of the design document, only one can be active.

Document Links

Hyperlinks to related data which complements this entity.

Name
Type
Description
associatedDesignDocument

Link to associated design document.

fileUrl

Link to download the file associated to this document.

Link

Name
Type
Description
href
String

Error

Contains error information.

Name
Type
Description
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.

Name
Type
Description
error

Error information.