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Obtaining the File Content

Function

This API is used to obtain file content.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

GET https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/repository/blobs

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A.

Value range:

1~2147483647

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

blob_id

Yes

String

Definition:

Blog file ID You can obtain file information of a repository by calling the API used to query file information of a repository.

Value range:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain a token by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

Mandatory.

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response header parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

X-Total

String

Total number of results of the current request.

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

size

Long

Definition

File size (in bytes).

Constraints

N/A.

encoding

String

Definition

File encoding mode.

Constraints

  • Base64.

Default value:

Base64.

content

String

Definition

File content encoded using Base64.

Constraints

N/A.

blob_id

String

Definition

Blob file ID.

Constraints

N/A

Status code: 401

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 404

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

GET https://{endpoint}/v4/repositories/2112029050/repository/blobs?blob_id=63c469b50f8a4f2c2e734c05cab664939ffe5256

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

[ {
  "size" : 13,
  "encoding" : "base64",
  "content" : "MTIzZGFkc+aYr+aYrw==",
  "blob_id" : "63c469b50f8a4f2c2e734c05cab664939ffe5256"
} ]

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00000001",
  "error_msg" : "User authentication info not found."
}

Status code: 403

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00401008",
  "error_msg" : "Insufficient permissions. Apply for the required permissions and try again."
}

Status code: 404

Not Found

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00402000",
  "error_msg" : "The repository does not exist. Check and try again."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

403

Bad Request

404

Not Found

Error Codes

See Error Codes.