Example: Uploading a file

Frequency of use	Common
Trigger	User initiated
Pre-conditions	A folder at '/123/folder' The user has EDIT permissions on the file The provider supports the CHUNKED protocol
Post-conditions	A new file present at '/123/folder/file'
Actors	An authenticated user (user)

Communication Flow: Kotlin

Files.createUpload.call(
    bulkRequestOf(FilesCreateUploadRequestItem(
        conflictPolicy = WriteConflictPolicy.REJECT, 
        id = "/123/folder", 
        supportedProtocols = listOf(UploadProtocol.CHUNKED), 
    )),
    user
).orThrow()

/*
BulkResponse(
    responses = listOf(FilesCreateUploadResponseItem(
        endpoint = "https://provider.example.com/ucloud/example-provider/chunked", 
        protocol = UploadProtocol.CHUNKED, 
        token = "f1460d47e583653f7723204e5ff3f50bad91a658", 
    )), 
)
*/

/* The user can now proceed to upload using the chunked protocol 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/upload" -d '{
    "items": [
        {
            "id": "/123/folder",
            "supportedProtocols": [
                "CHUNKED"
            ],
            "conflictPolicy": "REJECT"
        }
    ]
}'


# {
#     "responses": [
#         {
#             "endpoint": "https://provider.example.com/ucloud/example-provider/chunked",
#             "protocol": "CHUNKED",
#             "token": "f1460d47e583653f7723204e5ff3f50bad91a658"
#         }
#     ]
# }

# The user can now proceed to upload using the chunked protocol at the provided endpoint

Communication Flow: Visual