files/{fileid}/revisions (GET)
Overview
Retrieve file revision info
- REST Method: GET
- Method Access: public
Uri Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| fileid | int | identifies a file by ID |
| filename | string | Double uri-encoded file name. Should be prefixed with "=" if it does not have an extension. |
| pageid | string | either an integer page ID, "home", or "=" followed by a double uri-encoded page title |
Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| authenticate | bool? | Force authentication for request (default: false) |
| redirects | int? | If zero, do not follow page redirects (only applies when {pageid} is present). |
| changefilter | string? | Only show revisions having a user-action listed in this comma delimited list. Valid actions are: CONTENT, NAME, LANGUAGE, META, DELETEFLAG, PARENT (default: filter with CONTENT) |
Return Codes
| Name | Value | Description |
| OK | 200 | The request completed successfully |
| Bad Request | 400 | Invalid input parameter or request body |
| Forbidden | 403 | Read access to the page is required |
| Not Found | 404 | Requested file could not be found |
Message Format
Output:
<files count="{int}">
<file id="{int}" revision="{int}" href="{uri}">
<filename>{text}</filename>
<description>{text}</description>
<contents type="{mimetype}" size="{int}" width="{int}" height="{int}" href="{uri}" />
<contents.preview rel="thumb" type="{mimetype}" maxwidth="{int}" maxheight="{int}" href="{uri}" revision="{int}" />
<contents.preview rel="webview" type="{mimetype}" maxwidth="{int}" maxheight="{int}" href="{uri}" revision="{int}" />
<date.created>{date}</date.created>
<user.createdby id="{int}" href="{uri}">
<nick>{text}</nick>
<username>{text}</username>
<email>{text}</email>
</user.createdby>
</file>
...
</files>
Implementation Notes
A new file revision is created whenever a file with the same name is uploaded to the same page. Use GET:files/{fileid} with the revision parameter to retrieve the file from a specified revision.
The contents.preview element only exists if a file preview is available. Preview generation requires the file to be an image and fall within a certain size.
C# Code Sample: Retrieve File Revision Info
The following code example retrieves revision information about the file with ID 456:
Sample Code
Plug p = Plug.New("http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki");
p.At("users", "authenticate").WithCredentials("admin", "password").Get();
p.At("files", "456", "revisions").Get(); Sample Response from executing Code
<files count="2">
<file id="456" revision="1" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456/info?revision=1">
<filename>myfile.jpg</filename>
<description/>
<contents type="image/pjpeg" size="53112" width="476" height="480" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456?revision=1" />
<contents.preview rel="thumb" type="image/pjpeg" maxwidth="160" maxheight="160" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456?revision=1&size=thumb" revision="1" />
<contents.preview rel="webview" type="image/pjpeg" maxwidth="550" maxheight="550" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456?revision=1&size=webview" revision="1" />
<date.created>2007-08-25T00:11:01Z</date.created>
<user.createdby id="1" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/users/1">
<nick>Admin</nick>
<username>Admin</username>
<email>admin@mindtouch.com</email>
</user.createdby>
</file>
<file id="456" revision="2" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456/info?revision=2">
<filename>myfile.jpg</filename>
<description />
<contents type="image/pjpeg" size="53112" width="476" height="480" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/files/456?revision=2" />
<contents.preview rel="thumb" type="image/pjpeg" maxwidth="160" maxheight="160" href="http://deki-hayes/@api/deki/files/456?revision=2&size=thumb" revision="2" />
<contents.preview rel="webview" type="image/pjpeg" maxwidth="550" maxheight="550" href="http://deki-hayes/@api/deki/files/456?revision=2&size=webview" revision="2" />
<date.created>2007-08-27T19:59:24Z</date.created>
<user.createdby id="1" href="http://help.mindtouch.us/@api/deki/users/1">
<nick>Admin</nick>
<username>Admin</username>
<email>admin@mindtouch.com</email>
</user.createdby>
</file>
</files> Implementation notes
Add notes about requirements or config values
Curl Code Sample: Retrieve File Revision Info
The following command retrieves a list and information of a file's (file ID = 1) revisions:
Sample Code
curl -u username:password -i http://mindtouch.address/@api/deki/files/1/revisions
Sample Response from executing Code
A file (fileID = 70) with two revisions.
Content-Type: application/xml
<files count="2" totalcount="10" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/70/revisions?changefilter=content">
<file id="70" revision="1" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/70/info?revision=1">
<filename>batman.xml</filename>
<description/>
<contents type="text/xml" size="371" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/70/=batman.xml?revision=1"/>
<date.created>2010-01-19T00:59:18Z</date.created>
<user.createdby id="1" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/users/1">
<nick>Admin</nick>
<username>Admin</username>
<email hidden="true"/>
<hash.email>64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</hash.email>
<uri.gravatar>http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</uri.gravatar>
</user.createdby>
<user-action type="content, name, parent"/>
<page.parent id="565" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/pages/565?redirects=0">
<uri.ui>http://192.168.59.128/Bar</uri.ui>
<title>Bar</title>
<path>Bar</path>
<namespace>main</namespace>
</page.parent>
</file>
<file id="70" revision="10" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/70/info?revision=10">
<filename>batman.xml</filename>
<description/>
<contents type="text/xml" size="371" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/files/70/=batman.xml?revision=10"/>
<date.created>2010-01-28T00:34:10Z</date.created>
<user.createdby id="1" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/users/1">
<nick>Admin</nick>
<username>Admin</username>
<email hidden="true"/>
<hash.email>64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</hash.email>
<uri.gravatar>http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64e1b8d34f425d19e1ee2ea7236d3028</uri.gravatar>
</user.createdby>
<user-action type="content"/>
<page.parent id="565" href="http://192.168.59.128/@api/deki/pages/565?redirects=0">
<uri.ui>http://192.168.59.128/Bar</uri.ui>
<title>Bar</title>
<path>Bar</path>
<namespace>main</namespace>
</page.parent>
</file>
</files>
Implementation Notes
curl flags
- -u
- Provides external user authentication. Note that if anonymous access is available and authentication is not forced, this flag may be omitted.
- -i
- Outputs the HTTP response headers. Useful for debugging.
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