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postGet details of multiple files

This call returns the details of multiple specified files, including file names and file metadata. The maximum number of files you can retrieve the details for per call is 100. ##Request [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/bulk/files/get", "language": "text", "name": "Path" } ] } [/block] ###Example request [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "POST v2/bulk/files/get\nHost: cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com\nX-SBG-Auth-Token: 3259c50e1ac5426ea8f1273259740f75", "language": "http", "name": null }, { "code": "curl -X POST \\\n https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/bulk/files/get \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -H 'X-SBG-Auth-Token: b04aa2a2e98348a1a3a75ca677ea7fd7' \\\n -d '{\n \"file_ids\" : [\"5a97d4741c94edbe85904936\", \"5a97d4741c94edbe85904909\"]\n}'", "language": "curl", "name": "cURL" } ], "sidebar": true } [/block] ###Header Fields [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Name", "h-1": "Description", "0-0": " X-SBG-Auth-Token\n*required* ", "0-1": "Your Cavatica [authentication token](doc:get-your-authentication-token).", "h-2": "", "1-0": " Content-Type\n*required* ", "1-1": "`application/json`" }, "cols": 2, "rows": 2 } [/block] ###Request body [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Key", "h-1": "Data type", "h-2": "Description", "0-0": "`file_ids`", "0-1": "string", "0-2": "The IDs of the files you are querying for details. Separate file IDs with a comma. The maximum number of files you can retrieve the details for per call is 100." }, "cols": 3, "rows": 1 } [/block] ##Response [See a list of Cavatica-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response.](ref:api-status-codes). ###Response body The response contains information about all of the files which were queried. ###Example response body [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"resource\": {\n \"href\": \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/files/5a97d4741c94edbe85904936\",\n \"id\": \"5a97d4741c94edbe85904936\",\n \"name\": \"1000G_phase1.snps.high_confidence.b37.vcf\",\n \"size\": 7313069069,\n \"project\": \"rfranklin/my-project\",\n \"created_on\": \"2018-03-01T10:22:44Z\",\n \"modified_on\": \"2018-03-01T10:22:44Z\",\n \"storage\": {\n \"type\": \"PLATFORM\"\n },\n \"origin\": {},\n \"tags\": [],\n \"metadata\": {}\n }\n },\n {\n \"resource\": {\n \"href\": \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/files/5a97d4741c94edbe85904936\",\n \"id\": \"5a97d4741c94edbe85904909\",\n \"name\": \"C835.HCC1143_BL.4.contig_1_mpileup_SNPs.filtered.Somatic.hc.and_more.concat.sorted.reordered.vcf\",\n \"size\": 5313069069,\n \"project\": \"rfranklin/my-project\",\n \"created_on\": \"2018-03-01T10:22:44Z\",\n \"modified_on\": \"2018-03-01T10:22:44Z\",\n \"storage\": {\n \"type\": \"PLATFORM\"\n },\n \"origin\": {},\n \"tags\": [],\n \"metadata\": {}\n }\n }\n }\n ]\n}", "language": "json", "name": "Example response body" } ], "sidebar": true } [/block]