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Storage
Download API definition:
GET https://qa-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

Parameters

iTwinId : an Id of the iTwin.

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 parameters

Name
Required?
Description
iTwinId
Yes

Id of the iTwin

$top
No

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

$skip
No

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

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.

Response 200 OK

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

Name
Description
retry-after

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

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.

Name
Type
Description
self

URL for redoing the current request.

next

URL for getting the next page of results.

prev

URL for getting the previous page of results.

folder

URL for getting root folder.

links (item)

URLs for accessing users' details and parent folder.

Name
Type
Description
createdBy

URL for getting user's details who created item.

lastModifiedBy

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

parentFolder

URL for getting the parent folder.

link

Hyperlink container.

Name
Type
Description
href
String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

item (typed)

Name
Type
Description
id
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

Contains the hyperlinks to users' details and parent folder.

items (with folder link)

Name
Type
Description
_links

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.

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.

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