NSX-T Data Center REST API

Upload a file to the file store

When you issue this API, the client must specify:
- HTTP header Content-Type:application/octet-stream.
- Request body with the contents of the file in the filestore.
In the CLI, you can view the filestore with the get files command.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/transport-nodes/{transport-node-id}/node/file-store/{file-name}
/api/v1/cluster/{cluster-node-id}/node/file-store/{file-name}
/api/v1/node/file-store/{file-name}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

This is a sentence that is added to the file test.txt.

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

FileProperties+

FileProperties (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
created_epoch_ms	File creation time in epoch milliseconds	integer	Required
modified_epoch_ms	File modification time in epoch milliseconds	integer	Required
name	File name	string	Required Pattern: "^[^/]+$"
path	File path	string	Readonly
size	Size of the file in bytes	integer	Required

Example Response:

{ "_schema": "FileProperties", "_self": "/node/file-store/test.txt", "created_epoch_ms": 1457048560936, "modified_epoch_ms": 1457048560936, "name": "test.txt", "size": 54 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

system_administration

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable