Example: Downloading a file

Frequency of use	Common
Trigger	User initiated
Pre-conditions	A file at '/123/folder/file The user has READ permissions on the file
Actors	An authenticated user (user)

Communication Flow: Kotlin

Files.createDownload.call(
    bulkRequestOf(FilesCreateDownloadRequestItem(
        id = "/123/folder/file", 
    )),
    user
).orThrow()

/*
BulkResponse(
    responses = listOf(FilesCreateDownloadResponseItem(
        endpoint = "https://provider.example.com/ucloud/example-provider/download?token=d293435e94734c91394f17bb56268d3161c7f069", 
    )), 
)
*/

/* The user can now download the file through normal HTTP(s) GET at the provided endpoint */

Communication Flow: Curl

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# $host is the UCloud instance to contact. Example: 'http://localhost:8080' or 'https://cloud.sdu.dk'
# $accessToken is a valid access-token issued by UCloud
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Authenticated as user
curl -XPOST -H "Authorization: Bearer $accessToken" -H "Content-Type: content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8" "$host/api/files/download" -d '{
    "items": [
        {
            "id": "/123/folder/file"
        }
    ]
}'


# {
#     "responses": [
#         {
#             "endpoint": "https://provider.example.com/ucloud/example-provider/download?token=d293435e94734c91394f17bb56268d3161c7f069"
#         }
#     ]
# }

# The user can now download the file through normal HTTP(s) GET at the provided endpoint

Communication Flow: Visual