_ewbrowse

2015-07-26
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This restpoint allows you to browse through files and folders stored on ElasticWarehouse cluster.

ewshell formats response in nice way, very similar to output you know from “ls -l” command

ewshell.sh -c browse /files/mypictures

Current folder is: /files/mypictures

TYPE VER FILENAME    UPLOADDATE UPLOADTIME MODIFYDATE MODIFYTIME SIZE  UNIT  ID
f    2   myimage.jpg 2015-07-22 17:20:35   2015-07-22 17:20:48   16482 bytes aYLro1V_TzO0tfLNmbp4gA
Total 1 files (1 on page, 16482 bytes)

Parameter	Requirement	Type	Description
folder	mandatory	string	An attribute to define name of the folder to be listed
from	optional	int	As default, browse request returns 10 files and subfolders from the browsing folder. Parameter defines the offset from the first result you want to fetch. Increase “from” value to iterate through all results.
size	optional	int	As default, browse request returns 10 files and subfolders from the browsing folder. The size parameter allows you to configure the maximum amount of documents to be returned.
showrequest	optional	boolean	When set to “true” ElasticWarehouse node prints converted JSON request on standard output. Converted JSON request can be executed directly on ElasticSearch cluster. It’s useful when you plan to build your own ElasticWarehouse client connected directly to the ElasticSearch cluster.

Examples:

curl -XGET "http://localhost:10200/_ewbrowse?folder=/&from=10"
curl -XGET "http://localhost:10200/_ewbrowse?folder=/&from=10&size=10"
curl -XGET "http://localhost:10200/_ewbrowse?folder=/&from=10&size=10&showrequest=true"