rDWS Files Endpoints

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

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

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:

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:

{
    "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:

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

This is the example request body:

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

Response Body

The player will return a success or error message.