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Introduction

The HTTP REST API supports the complete FileSystem/FileContext interface for HDFS. The operations and the corresponding FileSystem/FileContext methods are shown in the next section. The Section HTTP Query Parameter Dictionary specifies the parameter details such as the defaults and the valid values.

Operations

FileSystem URIs vs HTTP URLs

The FileSystem scheme of WebHDFS is "webhdfs://". A WebHDFS FileSystem URI has the following format.

  webhdfs://<HOST>:<HTTP_PORT>/<PATH>

The above WebHDFS URI corresponds to the below HDFS URI.

  hdfs://<HOST>:<RPC_PORT>/<PATH>

In the REST API, the prefix "/webhdfs/v1" is inserted in the path and a query is appended at the end. Therefore, the corresponding HTTP URL has the following format.

  http://<HOST>:<HTTP_PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=...

HDFS Configuration Options

Below are the HDFS configuration options for WebHDFS.

Property NameDescription
dfs.webhdfs.enabled Enable/disable WebHDFS in Namenodes and Datanodes
dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.principalThe HTTP Kerberos principal used by Hadoop-Auth in the HTTP endpoint. The HTTP Kerberos principal MUST start with 'HTTP/' per Kerberos HTTP SPENGO specification.
dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.keytab The Kerberos keytab file with the credentials for the HTTP Kerberos principal used by Hadoop-Auth in the HTTP endpoint.

Authentication

When security is off, the authenticated user is the username specified in the user.name query parameter. If the user.name parameter is not set, the server may either set the authenticated user to a default web user, if there is any, or return an error response.

When security is on, authentication is performed by either Hadoop delegation token or Kerberos SPNEGO. If a token is set in the delegation query parameter, the authenticated user is the user encoded in the token. If the delegation parameter is not set, the user is authenticated by Kerberos SPNEGO.

Below are examples using the curl command tool.

  1. Authentication when security is off:
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?[user.name=<USER>&]op=..."
  2. Authentication using Kerberos SPNEGO when security is on:
    curl -i --negotiate -u : "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=..."
  3. Authentication using Hadoop delegation token when security is on:
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?delegation=<TOKEN>&op=..."

Proxy Users

When the proxy user feature is enabled, a proxy user P may submit a request on behalf of another user U. The username of U must be specified in the doas query parameter unless a delegation token is presented in authentication. In such case, the information of both users P and U must be encoded in the delegation token.

  1. A proxy request when security is off:
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?[user.name=<USER>&]doas=<USER>&op=..."
  2. A proxy request using Kerberos SPNEGO when security is on:
    curl -i --negotiate -u : "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?doas=<USER>&op=..."
  3. A proxy request using Hadoop delegation token when security is on:
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?delegation=<TOKEN>&op=..."

File and Directory Operations

Create and Write to a File

  • Step 1: Submit a HTTP PUT request without automatically following redirects and without sending the file data.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=CREATE
                        [&overwrite=<true|false>][&blocksize=<LONG>][&replication=<SHORT>]
                        [&permission=<OCTAL>][&buffersize=<INT>]"

    The request is redirected to a datanode where the file data is to be written:

    HTTP/1.1 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
    Location: http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=CREATE...
    Content-Length: 0
  • Step 2: Submit another HTTP PUT request using the URL in the Location header with the file data to be written.
    curl -i -X PUT -T <LOCAL_FILE> "http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=CREATE..."

    The client receives a 201 Created response with zero content length and the WebHDFS URI of the file in the Location header:

    HTTP/1.1 201 Created
    Location: webhdfs://<HOST>:<PORT>/<PATH>
    Content-Length: 0

Note that the reason of having two-step create/append is for preventing clients to send out data before the redirect. This issue is addressed by the "Expect: 100-continue" header in HTTP/1.1; see RFC 2616, Section 8.2.3. Unfortunately, there are software library bugs (e.g. Jetty 6 HTTP server and Java 6 HTTP client), which do not correctly implement "Expect: 100-continue". The two-step create/append is a temporary workaround for the software library bugs.

See also: overwrite, blocksize, replication, permission, buffersize, FileSystem.create

Append to a File

  • Step 1: Submit a HTTP POST request without automatically following redirects and without sending the file data.
    curl -i -X POST "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=APPEND[&buffersize=<INT>]"

    The request is redirected to a datanode where the file data is to be appended:

    HTTP/1.1 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
    Location: http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=APPEND...
    Content-Length: 0
  • Step 2: Submit another HTTP POST request using the URL in the Location header with the file data to be appended.
    curl -i -X POST -T <LOCAL_FILE> "http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=APPEND..."

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See the note in the previous section for the description of why this operation requires two steps.

See also: buffersize, FileSystem.append

Open and Read a File

  • Submit a HTTP GET request with automatically following redirects.
    curl -i -L "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=OPEN
                        [&offset=<LONG>][&length=<LONG>][&buffersize=<INT>]"

    The request is redirected to a datanode where the file data can be read:

    HTTP/1.1 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
    Location: http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=OPEN...
    Content-Length: 0

    The client follows the redirect to the datanode and receives the file data:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/octet-stream
    Content-Length: 22
    
    Hello, webhdfs user!

See also: offset, length, buffersize, FileSystem.open

Make a Directory

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/<PATH>?op=MKDIRS[&permission=<OCTAL>]"

    The client receives a response with a boolean JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"boolean": true}

See also: permission, FileSystem.mkdirs

Create a Symbolic Link

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/<PATH>?op=CREATESYMLINK
                                  &destination=<PATH>[&createParent=<true|false>]"

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See also: destination, createParent, FileSystem.createSymlink

Rename a File/Directory

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=RENAME&destination=<PATH>"

    The client receives a response with a boolean JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"boolean": true}

See also: destination, FileSystem.rename

Delete a File/Directory

  • Submit a HTTP DELETE request.
    curl -i -X DELETE "http://<host>:<port>/webhdfs/v1/<path>?op=DELETE
                                  [&recursive=<true|false>]"

    The client receives a response with a boolean JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"boolean": true}

See also: recursive, FileSystem.delete

Status of a File/Directory

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i  "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETFILESTATUS"

    The client receives a response with a FileStatus JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {
      "FileStatus":
      {
        "accessTime"      : 0,
        "blockSize"       : 0,
        "group"           : "supergroup",
        "length"          : 0,             //in bytes, zero for directories
        "modificationTime": 1320173277227,
        "owner"           : "webuser",
        "pathSuffix"      : "",
        "permission"      : "777",
        "replication"     : 0,
        "type"            : "DIRECTORY"    //enum {FILE, DIRECTORY, SYMLINK}
      }
    }

See also: FileSystem.getFileStatus

List a Directory

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i  "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=LISTSTATUS"

    The client receives a response with a FileStatuses JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 427
    
    {
      "FileStatuses":
      {
        "FileStatus":
        [
          {
            "accessTime"      : 1320171722771,
            "blockSize"       : 33554432,
            "group"           : "supergroup",
            "length"          : 24930,
            "modificationTime": 1320171722771,
            "owner"           : "webuser",
            "pathSuffix"      : "a.patch",
            "permission"      : "644",
            "replication"     : 1,
            "type"            : "FILE"
          },
          {
            "accessTime"      : 0,
            "blockSize"       : 0,
            "group"           : "supergroup",
            "length"          : 0,
            "modificationTime": 1320895981256,
            "owner"           : "szetszwo",
            "pathSuffix"      : "bar",
            "permission"      : "711",
            "replication"     : 0,
            "type"            : "DIRECTORY"
          },
          ...
        ]
      }
    }

See also: FileSystem.listStatus

Other File System Operations

Get Content Summary of a Directory

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETCONTENTSUMMARY"

    The client receives a response with a ContentSummary JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {
      "ContentSummary":
      {
        "directoryCount": 2,
        "fileCount"     : 1,
        "length"        : 24930,
        "quota"         : -1,
        "spaceConsumed" : 24930,
        "spaceQuota"    : -1
      }
    }

See also: FileSystem.getContentSummary

Get File Checksum

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETFILECHECKSUM"

    The request is redirected to a datanode:

    HTTP/1.1 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
    Location: http://<DATANODE>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETFILECHECKSUM...
    Content-Length: 0

    The client follows the redirect to the datanode and receives a FileChecksum JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {
      "FileChecksum":
      {
        "algorithm": "MD5-of-1MD5-of-512CRC32",
        "bytes"    : "eadb10de24aa315748930df6e185c0d ...",
        "length"   : 28
      }
    }

See also: FileSystem.getFileChecksum

Get Home Directory

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/?op=GETHOMEDIRECTORY"

    The client receives a response with a Path JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"Path": "/user/szetszwo"}

See also: FileSystem.getHomeDirectory

Set Permission

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=SETPERMISSION
                                  [&permission=<OCTAL>]"

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See also: permission, FileSystem.setPermission

Set Owner

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=SETOWNER
                                  [&owner=<USER>][&group=<GROUP>]"

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See also: owner, group, FileSystem.setOwner

Set Replication Factor

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=SETREPLICATION
                                  [&replication=<SHORT>]"

    The client receives a response with a boolean JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"boolean": true}

See also: replication, FileSystem.setReplication

Set Access or Modification Time

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=SETTIMES
                                  [&modificationtime=<TIME>][&accesstime=<TIME>]"

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See also: modificationtime, accesstime, FileSystem.setTimes

Delegation Token Operations

Get Delegation Token

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/?op=GETDELEGATIONTOKEN&renewer=<USER>"

    The client receives a response with a Token JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {
      "Token":
      {
        "urlString": "JQAIaG9y..."
      }
    }

See also: renewer, FileSystem.getDelegationToken

Get Delegation Tokens

  • Submit a HTTP GET request.
    curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/?op=GETDELEGATIONTOKENS&renewer=<USER>"

    The client receives a response with a Tokens JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {
      "Tokens":
      {
        "Token":
        [
          {
            "urlString":"KAAKSm9i ..."
          }
        ]
      }
    }

See also: renewer, FileSystem.getDelegationTokens

Renew Delegation Token

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/?op=RENEWDELEGATIONTOKEN&token=<TOKEN>"

    The client receives a response with a long JSON object:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
    
    {"long": 1320962673997}           //the new expiration time

See also: token, FileSystem.renewDelegationToken

Cancel Delegation Token

  • Submit a HTTP PUT request.
    curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/?op=CANCELDELEGATIONTOKEN&token=<TOKEN>"

    The client receives a response with zero content length:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Length: 0

See also: token, FileSystem.cancelDelegationToken

Error Responses

When an operation fails, the server may throw an exception. The JSON schema of error responses is defined in RemoteException JSON schema. The table below shows the mapping from exceptions to HTTP response codes.

HTTP Response Codes

ExceptionsHTTP Response Codes
IllegalArgumentException 400 Bad Request
UnsupportedOperationException400 Bad Request
SecurityException 401 Unauthorized
IOException 403 Forbidden
FileNotFoundException 404 Not Found
RumtimeException 500 Internal Server Error

Below are examples of exception responses.

Illegal Argument Exception
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
  "RemoteException":
  {
    "exception"    : "IllegalArgumentException",
    "javaClassName": "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException",
    "message"      : "Invalid value for webhdfs parameter \"permission\": ..."
  }
}
Security Exception
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
  "RemoteException":
  {
    "exception"    : "SecurityException",
    "javaClassName": "java.lang.SecurityException",
    "message"      : "Failed to obtain user group information: ..."
  }
}
Access Control Exception
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
  "RemoteException":
  {
    "exception"    : "AccessControlException",
    "javaClassName": "org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException",
    "message"      : "Permission denied: ..."
  }
}
File Not Found Exception
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
  "RemoteException":
  {
    "exception"    : "FileNotFoundException",
    "javaClassName": "java.io.FileNotFoundException",
    "message"      : "File does not exist: /foo/a.patch"
  }
}

JSON Schemas

All operations, except for OPEN, either return a zero-length response or a JSON response. For OPEN, the response is an octet-stream. The JSON schemas are shown below. See draft-zyp-json-schema-03 for the syntax definitions of the JSON schemas.

Boolean JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "boolean",
  "properties":
  {
    "boolean":
    {
      "description": "A boolean value",
      "type"       : "boolean",
      "required"   : true
    }
  }
}

See also: MKDIRS, RENAME, DELETE, SETREPLICATION

ContentSummary JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "ContentSummary",
  "properties":
  {
    "ContentSummary":
    {
      "type"      : "object",
      "properties":
      {
        "directoryCount":
        {
          "description": "The number of directories.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "fileCount":
        {
          "description": "The number of files.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "length":
        {
          "description": "The number of bytes used by the content.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "quota":
        {
          "description": "The namespace quota of this directory.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "spaceConsumed":
        {
          "description": "The disk space consumed by the content.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "spaceQuota":
        {
          "description": "The disk space quota.",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also: GETCONTENTSUMMARY

FileChecksum JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "FileChecksum",
  "properties":
  {
    "FileChecksum":
    {
      "type"      : "object",
      "properties":
      {
        "algorithm":
        {
          "description": "The name of the checksum algorithm.",
          "type"       : "string",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "bytes":
        {
          "description": "The byte sequence of the checksum in hexadecimal.",
          "type"       : "string",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "length":
        {
          "description": "The length of the bytes (not the length of the string).",
          "type"       : "integer",
          "required"   : true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also: GETFILECHECKSUM

FileStatus JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "FileStatus",
  "properties":
  {
    "FileStatus": fileStatusProperties      //See FileStatus Properties
  }
}

See also: FileStatus Properties, GETFILESTATUS, FileStatus

FileStatus Properties

JavaScript syntax is used to define fileStatusProperties so that it can be referred in both FileStatus and FileStatuses JSON schemas.

var fileStatusProperties =
{
  "type"      : "object",
  "properties":
  {
    "accessTime":
    {
      "description": "The access time.",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "blockSize":
    {
      "description": "The block size of a file.",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "group":
    {
      "description": "The group owner.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "length":
    {
      "description": "The number of bytes in a file.",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "modificationTime":
    {
      "description": "The modification time.",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "owner":
    {
      "description": "The user who is the owner.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "pathSuffix":
    {
      "description": "The path suffix.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "permission":
    {
      "description": "The permission represented as a octal string.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    },
    "replication":
    {
      "description": "The number of replication of a file.",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    },
   "symlink":                                         //an optional property
    {
      "description": "The link target of a symlink.",
      "type"       : "string"
    },
   "type":
    {
      "description": "The type of the path object.",
      "enum"       : ["FILE", "DIRECTORY", "SYMLINK"],
      "required"   : true
    }
  }
};

FileStatuses JSON Schema

A FileStatuses JSON object represents an array of FileStatus JSON objects.

{
  "name"      : "FileStatuses",
  "properties":
  {
    "FileStatuses":
    {
      "type"      : "object",
      "properties":
      {
        "FileStatus":
        {
          "description": "An array of FileStatus",
          "type"       : "array",
          "items"      : fileStatusProperties      //See FileStatus Properties
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also: FileStatus Properties, LISTSTATUS, FileStatus

Long JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "long",
  "properties":
  {
    "long":
    {
      "description": "A long integer value",
      "type"       : "integer",
      "required"   : true
    }
  }
}

See also: RENEWDELEGATIONTOKEN,

Path JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "Path",
  "properties":
  {
    "Path":
    {
      "description": "The string representation a Path.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    }
  }
}

See also: GETHOMEDIRECTORY, Path

RemoteException JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "RemoteException",
  "properties":
  {
    "RemoteException":
    {
      "type"      : "object",
      "properties":
      {
        "exception":
        {
          "description": "Name of the exception",
          "type"       : "string",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "message":
        {
          "description": "Exception message",
          "type"       : "string",
          "required"   : true
        },
        "javaClassName":                                     //an optional property
        {
          "description": "Java class name of the exception",
          "type"       : "string",
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also: Error Responses

Token JSON Schema

{
  "name"      : "Token",
  "properties":
  {
    "Token": tokenProperties      //See Token Properties
  }
}

See also: Token Properties, GETDELEGATIONTOKEN, the note in Delegation.

Token Properties

JavaScript syntax is used to define tokenProperties so that it can be referred in both Token and Tokens JSON schemas.

var tokenProperties =
{
  "type"      : "object",
  "properties":
  {
    "urlString":
    {
      "description": "A delegation token encoded as a URL safe string.",
      "type"       : "string",
      "required"   : true
    }
  }
}

Tokens JSON Schema

A Tokens JSON object represents an array of Token JSON objects.

{
  "name"      : "Tokens",
  "properties":
  {
    "Tokens":
    {
      "type"      : "object",
      "properties":
      {
        "Token":
        {
          "description": "An array of Token",
          "type"       : "array",
          "items"      : "Token": tokenProperties      //See Token Properties
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also: Token Properties, GETDELEGATIONTOKENS, the note in Delegation.

HTTP Query Parameter Dictionary

Access Time

Nameaccesstime
DescriptionThe access time of a file/directory.
Typelong
Default Value-1 (means keeping it unchanged)
Valid Values-1 or a timestamp
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: SETTIMES

Block Size

Nameblocksize
DescriptionThe block size of a file.
Typelong
Default ValueSpecified in the configuration.
Valid Values> 0
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: CREATE

Buffer Size

Namebuffersize
DescriptionThe size of the buffer used in transferring data.
Typeint
Default ValueSpecified in the configuration.
Valid Values> 0
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: CREATE, APPEND, OPEN

Create Parent

Namecreateparent
DescriptionIf the parent directories do not exist, should they be created?
Typeboolean
Default Valuefalse
Valid Valuestrue
Syntaxtrue

See also: CREATESYMLINK

Delegation

Namedelegation
DescriptionThe delegation token used for authentication.
TypeString
Default Value<empty>
Valid ValuesAn encoded token.
SyntaxSee the note below.

Note that delegation tokens are encoded as a URL safe string; see encodeToUrlString() and decodeFromUrlString(String) in org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token for the details of the encoding.

See also: Authentication

Destination

Namedestination
DescriptionThe destination path.
TypePath
Default Value<empty> (an invalid path)
Valid ValuesAn absolute FileSystem path without scheme and authority.
SyntaxAny path.

See also: CREATESYMLINK, RENAME

Do As

Namedoas
DescriptionAllowing a proxy user to do as another user.
TypeString
Default Valuenull
Valid ValuesAny valid username.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: Proxy Users

Group

Namegroup
DescriptionThe name of a group.
TypeString
Default Value<empty> (means keeping it unchanged)
Valid ValuesAny valid group name.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: SETOWNER

Length

Namelength
DescriptionThe number of bytes to be processed.
Typelong
Default Valuenull (means the entire file)
Valid Values>= 0 or null
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: OPEN

Modification Time

Namemodificationtime
DescriptionThe modification time of a file/directory.
Typelong
Default Value-1 (means keeping it unchanged)
Valid Values-1 or a timestamp
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: SETTIMES

Offset

Nameoffset
DescriptionThe starting byte position.
Typelong
Default Value0
Valid Values>= 0
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: OPEN

Op

Nameop
DescriptionThe name of the operation to be executed.
Typeenum
Default Valuenull (an invalid value)
Valid ValuesAny valid operation name.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: Operations

Overwrite

Nameoverwrite
DescriptionIf a file already exists, should it be overwritten?
Typeboolean
Default Valuefalse
Valid Valuestrue
Syntaxtrue

See also: CREATE

Owner

Nameowner
DescriptionThe username who is the owner of a file/directory.
TypeString
Default Value<empty> (means keeping it unchanged)
Valid ValuesAny valid username.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: SETOWNER

Permission

Namepermission
DescriptionThe permission of a file/directory.
TypeOctal
Default Value755
Valid Values0 - 1777
SyntaxAny radix-8 integer (leading zeros may be omitted.)

See also: CREATE, MKDIRS, SETPERMISSION

Recursive

Namerecursive
DescriptionShould the operation act on the content in the subdirectories?
Typeboolean
Default Valuefalse
Valid Valuestrue
Syntaxtrue

See also: RENAME

Renewer

Namerenewer
DescriptionThe username of the renewer of a delegation token.
TypeString
Default Value<empty> (means the current user)
Valid ValuesAny valid username.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: GETDELEGATIONTOKEN, GETDELEGATIONTOKENS

Replication

Namereplication
DescriptionThe number of replications of a file.
Typeshort
Default ValueSpecified in the configuration.
Valid Values> 0
SyntaxAny integer.

See also: CREATE, SETREPLICATION

Token

Nametoken
DescriptionThe delegation token used for the operation.
TypeString
Default Value<empty>
Valid ValuesAn encoded token.
SyntaxSee the note in Delegation.

See also: RENEWDELEGATIONTOKEN, CANCELDELEGATIONTOKEN

Username

Nameuser.name
DescriptionThe authenticated user; see Authentication.
TypeString
Default Valuenull
Valid ValuesAny valid username.
SyntaxAny string.

See also: Authentication