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Base URL for these endpoints:  https://ws.bsn.cloud/rest/v1/

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GET /files/{:path}/ 

Lists the directories and/or files in a path

Segment

  • path string: The path to the directories or files

Query String Parameter

  • raw optional: Returns the raw contents of a directory

Request Example

Code Block
GET /rest/v1/files/sd/autorun.brs/?destinationType=player&destinationName={{deviceSerial}} HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.bsn.cloud
Authorization: Bearer {{UserAccessToken}}
Accept: application/json, application/vnd.bsn.error+json

Response Body

  • type string: Either a directory or file

  • path string: The path, for example, "sd"

  • stat object: Directory stats from the "fs" module

  • files object[ ]: 

    • name string:  Name of the file or directory

    • type string:  Either "file" or "dir"

    • path string: The relative path of the file or directory

    • stat object: File stats from the “fs” module

    • mime string: mime type (available only for type "file")

  • storageInfo object: If the path in the URL is a storage device, this returns information about the storage device. For more information, see storageinfo. 

  • fileSystemType string: The type of filesystem (for example, "fat32")

  • stats object:

    • blockSize int: The size of a native block

    • bytesFree int: The amount of free space

    • filesFree int: The number of used inodes

    • filesUsed int: The number of free inodes

    • isReadOnly bool: A flag indicating whether the filesystem is read only

    • sizeBytes int: The amount of total space

  • mountedOn string: The location where the file system is mounted (for example, "/storage/sd")

  • contents object[ ]:

    • name string: The name of the file or directory

    • type string:  Either "file" or "dir"

    • path string:  The absolute path of the file or directory

    • stat object: The statistics from the "fs" module 

    • mime string: mime type (available only for type "file")

    • children object[ ]:  This is available only for directory types and will have the same format as "contents

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PUT /files/{:path}

Uploads a new file to the player storage

If you are uploading zip and media files, you should use BOS version 8.5.44 or 9.0.101 or later.

Segment

  • path string: The path is the folder in which you want to upload the file (for example: "/sd").

Request Body Parameters

  • files object[]:

    • fileName string: The name of the file

    • fileContents string: The content of the file. It can be provided as plain text or as Data URL.

    • fileType string: Mime type

Request Example

The following request example would be used with one of the two request body examples (Plain Text or Data URL) below:

Code Block
PUT /rest/v1/files/sd/?destinationType=player&destinationName={{deviceSerial}} HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.bsn.cloud
Authorization: Bearer {{UserAccessToken}}
Accept: application/json, application/vnd.bsn.error+json
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 196

In the request body examples below, use the FileReader's readAsText() or readAsDataURL() method to derive the fileContents value.

Plain Text Request Body

Any file with mime type "text/*", or any “brs”, “json”, “js”, “xml”, “rtf” extension, can be sent as plain text using FileReader's readAsText() method:

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "data": {
        "fileUploadPath": "/sd",
        "files": [
            {
                "fileName": "test.txt",
                "fileContents": "Lorem Ipsum",
                "fileType": "text/plain"
            }
        ]
    }
}
Data URL Request Body

For all other file types, including zip and media files, use the data URL format using FileReader's readAsDataURL() method:

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "data": {
        "fileUploadPath": "/sd",
        "files": [
            {
                "fileName": "image.png",
                "fileContents": "data:image/png;base64,DQpJbnRlcmZh.....",
                "fileType": "image/png"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Body

  • success bool: A flag that indicates if the operation succeeded or not

  • results string[]: The names of the files that were successfully created

POST /files/{:path}/ 

Renames a file in the path (which should include the file name)

Segment

  • path string: The path to the file (for example, /sd)

Request Example

Code Block
POST /rest/v1/files/sd/test.txt/?destinationType=player&destinationName={{deviceSerial} HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.bsn.cloud
Authorization: Bearer {{UserAccessToken}}
Accept: application/json, application/vnd.bsn.error+json
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 57

This is the example request body:

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "data": {
        "name": "newname.txt"
    }
}

Response Body

The player will return a success or error message.

DELETE /files/{:path}/ 

Deletes a file from the player storage

Segment

  • path string: The path to the file (for example,/sd)

Request Example

Code Block
DELETE /rest/v1/files/sd/test.txt/?destinationType=player&destinationName={{deviceSerial}} HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.bsn.cloud
Authorization: Bearer {{UserAccessToken}}
Accept: application/json, application/vnd.bsn.error+json

Response Body

The player will return a success or error message.