Files

This document contains endpoints for

1. Uploading files to different parts of the app

2. Files feature in the projects

Uploading and Downloading

Files can be uploaded to tasks, task activities, chat messages, clients, and the files page. For all of these operations, first, you need to send a request to upload the file. After the upload completes, the server will return the id of the file. Then, you can use this id in other API endpoints.

Upload File

POST https://cubicl.io/api/v1/files/upload

Uploads a file to use later. Returns the details of the saved file.

Unlike other API endpoints, this endpoint accepts a multipart/form-data request.

Files up to 4GB (4 million KB) in size are supported.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
file	blob	File content and file name.

200: OK File Details

File

400: Bad Request Invalid parameters

// Error details

403: Forbidden Storage space is full

{
    code: 204,
    // Size in bytes
    totalCapacity: number,
    totalSize: number,
}

Get Download Link

GET https://cubicl.io/api/v1/files/:id/url

Files uploaded to Cubicl cannot be accessed without authorization. In order to download a file, you need to request a download link. Then, you can send an HTTP request to the returned link to download the file. Links have a 5-minute lifetime. After that, you need to get another link.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id*	string	File id

200: OK Download URL in JSON format

string

Files Page Endpoints

These endpoints allow you to view, create, edit and delete files and folders in the Files page of a project and a client.

Cubicl allows you to organize files and directories for both projects and also clients.

The structure of the Files page is similar to the file system in a computer or other file storage services such as Google Drive. It consists of nested file and directory nodes. At the top, a root directory node exists. Directories hold child file and directory nodes. File nodes are not same as the file record returned from Upload File endpoint. File node records point to file records.

Get Nodes

GET https://cubicl.io/api/v1/file-system-nodes

Gets file and directory nodes in a directory. The request should be sent with either 'group' or 'customer' parameters.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
group	string	Project id
customer	string	Client id
parent	string	Id of the directory to search. Use 'null' for root directory. If not given, will search in all directories.
search	string	Will be searched in file and directory names

200: OK List of file system nodes

FileSystemNode[]

Create Files

POST https://cubicl.io/api/v1/file-system-nodes/files

Creates file nodes for uploaded files.

Files can be create in either a project's or client's files page. Either group or customer parameter must be set.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
group	string	Project id if file is being created in a project's files page
customer	string	Client id if file is being created in a client's files page
parent*	string | null	Parent directory id null if parent is the root directory
files*	string[]	File id list

200: OK File system node list

FileSystemNode[]

Create Directory

POST https://cubicl.io/api/v1/file-system-nodes/directories

Creates a directory node.

Files can be created on either a project's or a client's files page. Either group or customer parameters must be set.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
group	string	Project id if directory is being created in a project's files page
customer	string	Client id if directory is being created in a client's files page
parent*	string | null	Parent directory id null if parent is the root directory
name*	string	Directory name

200: OK File system node

FileSystemNode

Delete Nodes

DELETE https://cubicl.io/api/v1/file-system-nodes

Deletes file and directory nodes from a project or a client.

File nodes are deleted together with the file records and the uploaded file. Multiple nodes from different projects or clients cannot be deleted in a single request.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
nodes*	string[]	Node id list

204: No Content No content

Data

File

type File = {
    _id: string;
    name: string;
    thumbnail?: string; // Link to thumbnail URL if file is a supported image
    // If file is attached from Google Drive
    google?: {
        id: string;
        extension: string;
        webViewLink: string;
        mimeType: string;
    },
    // If file is attached from Dropbox
    dropbox?: {
        id: string;
        webViewLink: string;
    }
}

File System Node

type FileSystemNode = {
    _id : string;
    // Parent directory id. null when parent is the root directory
    parent: string | null;
    group?: string; // Project id
    customer?: string; // Cliend id
    type: 'f' | 'd'; // f for file, d for directory
    file: File | null; // File when type is 'f', null when type is 'd'
    // Set when type is 'd'. If type is 'f', get name from 'file' property.
    name?: string;
    createdAt: number;
}