POST /api/models/readfiledetails

Reads the contents of a schema definition file to the Dropbox, and returns a list of models defined in the schema.

Authorization Roles/Permissions: Must have Read permission for the resource.

This topic includes the following sections:

HTTP Method

POST

URL

https://{hostname}/api/models/readfiledetails

Sample Request

The example below shows upload of the specified JSON schema file to the Dropbox.

Sample Request URL

https://{hostname}/api/models/readfiledetails

Sample request headers

Accept: application/json
X-Csrf-Token_acmepaymentscorp: TokenID%3D8ed70a13-8469-11e8-b37a-b155e4eabeb8%2CexpirationTime%3D153...

Sample request body: Postman

The request body is the uploaded model schema file. An example in Postman is shown below.

Uploading a model schema file

Request Headers

For general information on request header values, refer to HTTP Request Headers.

Header Description
Accept application/json
Content-Type multipart/form-data
Cookie AtmoAuthToken_{fedmemberid}={cookie value, which usually starts with TokenID}—The platform cookie. This is the Akana API Platform authorization token, and must be sent with every API request that requires login. For more information and an example, see Session cookies.
X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} The CSRF prevention header; may or may not be required, depending on platform settings. See CSRF Prevention on the Platform. By default, the CSRF header is not required for GET operations and is required for all others, with a few exceptions relating to user login.

Request Parameters

Parameter Parm Type Data Type Required Description
FileName Form string Required The filename for the schema definition file to be read. For more information, see Managing Multipart/Form-Data Uploads.

Response

If successful, this operation returns HTTP status code 200, with information about the uploaded file and the DropboxFileId.

Sample Response

The sample response below shows successful completion of this operation.

Sample response headers

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 20:53:28 GMT
Content-Type: application/json

Sample response body

{
  "DropboxFileId":1154,
  "FileName":"pet-single-schema.json",
  "SchemaImports":[
    {
      "Name":"Pet",
      "AddToLibrary":true
    }
  ]
}

Sample response body in Postman

Uploading a model schema file

Response Headers

For general information on response header values, refer to HTTP Response Headers.

Header Description
Content-Type application/json

Response Body

Name Type Description
SchemaDocumentReference SchemaDocumentReference Contains information about references included within a schema document uploaded to the platform.

Error Codes/Messages

If the call is unsuccessful an error code/message is returned. One or more examples of possible errors for this operation are shown below.

Item Value
401 Unauthorized. For example, you would get this response if you didn't include the custom X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} header in the request, when it was required by the platform settings; or if you included an invalid or expired value for this header. You would also get this response for any operation that requires login (almost all) if the login cookie was missing.
406 Not Acceptable. Returned if there is a problem with the request format. For example, you would get this if you specified an incorrect media type for the Accept header.
500 An error occurred processing the call.

More information about Akana API Platform API error messages.