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Viewing File Attributes and Content

Function

This API is used to view file attributes and content.

Debugging

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

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

codeartsrepo:repository:getRepository

Read

-

-

-

-

URI

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

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

Default Value

N/A

Value range:

1~2147483647
Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

ref

No

String

Definition

Reference, which can be a branch name, label name, or commit ID. If this parameter is not transferred, the default branch is used.

Range

1–2,000 characters.

file_path

Yes

String

Definition

File path.

Range

1–10,000 characters.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

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

Constraints

N/A

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

View file attributes and content.
Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

name

String

File name

path

String

File path

size

Long

File size

Value range:

1~9007199254740992

encoding

String

File encoding format

ref

String

Branch name, tag name, or commit ID

blob_id

String

File identifier

file_type

String

File type

commit

RepositoryCommitDto object

Commit

content

String

File content

is_limited

Boolean

Definition

Whether a file is restricted.

Range

  • false: the file is not restricted.

  • true: the file is restricted.

content_sha256

String

SHA256 value

last_commit_id

String

Latest commit ID

nick_name

String

User alias

tenant_name

String

Tenant name

user_name

String

Username
Table 6 RepositoryCommitDto

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

id

message

String

Message

parent_ids

Array of strings

Parent node commit ID

authored_date

String

Time when the branch was created.

author_name

String

Creator name

author_email

String

Creator's email.

committed_date

String

Code commit date and time

committer_name

String

Committer name

committer_email

String

Committer email

open_gpg_verified

Boolean

Whether to enable the GPG verification

verification_status

Integer

Verification status

Value range:

0~1

gpg_primary_key_id

String

Identifier of the GPG public key

name

String

Username

gpg_nick_name

String

Alias

gpg_tenant_name

String

Tenant name

gpg_user_name

String

Information about a specific GPG user

Status code: 401

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 404

Table 9 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/2112015538/repository/file?file_path=2112016471&ref=master

Example Responses

Status code: 200

View file attributes and content.

{
  "name" : "README.md",
  "path" : "README.md",
  "size" : 52,
  "encoding" : "base64",
  "ref" : "main",
  "blob_id" : "****",
  "file_type" : "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
  "commit" : {
    "id" : "****",
    "message" : "****",
    "parent_ids" : [ "****" ],
    "authored_date" : "2025-01-14T02:56:17.000Z",
    "author_name" : "CodeHub_beta_dev",
    "author_email" : "liujian@example.com",
    "committed_date" : "2025-01-14T02:56:17.000Z",
    "committer_name" : "****",
    "committer_email" : "****",
    "open_gpg_verified" : null,
    "verification_status" : null,
    "gpg_primary_key_id" : null,
    "name" : null,
    "gpg_nick_name" : null,
    "gpg_tenant_name" : null,
    "gpg_user_name" : null
  },
  "content" : "****",
  "is_limited" : false,
  "content_sha256" : "****",
  "last_commit_id" : "****",
  "nick_name" : "****",
  "tenant_name" : "****",
  "user_name" : "****"
}

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

View file attributes and content.

401

Unauthorized

403

Bad Request

404

Not Found

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: File