osapi.jive.corev3.contents.File

An entity representing a file in Jive.

Example:

Example JSON

JSON with the most important data for a File. See the table below for a list of all fields.

{
  "type" : "file",
  "status" : "published",
  "subject" : "Social File",
  "content" : {
    "type" : "text/html",
    "text" : "<body><p>Look at this Excel doc. Let me know what you think.</p></body>"
  },
  "contentType" : "text/html",
  "name" : "file-name",
  "size" : "307284",
  "authorship" : "author",
  "authors" : [ {
    "name" : {
      "formatted" : "Administrator"
    },
    "type" : "person",
    "displayName" : "Administrator",
    "id" : "1"
  } ],
  "author" : {
    "name" : {
      "formatted" : "Administrator"
    },
    "type" : "person",
    "displayName" : "Administrator",
    "id" : "1"
  },
  "visibility" : "all",
  "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
  "binaryURL" : "https://example.jiveon.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/1431-102-1-1185/SimpleExcel.xlsx",
  "viewCount" : 1,
  "replyCount" : 0,
  "followerCount" : 0,
  "likeCount" : 0,
  "published" : "2012-07-12T21:26:05.532+0000",
  "updated" : "2012-07-12T21:26:05.915+0000",
  "tags" : [ "finance" ]
}

Properties

Property	Type	Mode †	Description
`author`	`Person`	read-only	↑ Author of this content object.
`authors`	`Person[]`	optional	↑ List of people who are authors on this content. Authors are allowed to edit the content. This value is used only when authorship is limited.
`authorship`	`String`	optional	↑ The authorship policy for this content. open - anyone with appropriate permissions can edit the content. Default when visibility is place. author - only the author can edit the content. Default when visibility is hidden or all. limited - only those users specified by authors can edit the content. If authors was not specified then users will be used instead when visibility is people. Default when visibility is people.
`binaryURL`	`String`	read-only	↑ URL to retrieve the binary content of this file.
`categories`	`String[]`	optional	↑ Categories associated with this object. Places define the list of possible categories.
`content`	`ContentBody`	required	↑ Content of this content object.
`contentType`	`String`	read-only	↑ The mime type of this file. Since: 3.1
`followerCount`	`Integer`	read-only	↑ Number of people following this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support being followed.
`highlightBody`	`String`	read-only	↑ Highlight snippet of a search match in the body or description. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`highlightSubject`	`String`	read-only	↑ Highlight snippet of a search match in the subject or name. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`highlightTags`	`String`	read-only	↑ Highlight snippet of a search match in tags. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`id`	`String`	read-only	↑ Identifier (unique within an object type and Jive instance) of this object. This field is internal to Jive and should not be confused with contentID or placeID used in URIs.
`likeCount`	`Integer`	read-only	↑ Number of people who have liked this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support being liked.
`name`	`String`	read-only	↑ The name of this file. Since: 3.1
`parent`	`String`	optional	↑ URI of the parent place of this content object. When visibility is place then the URI points to a place (and is required on create). Otherwise, this field is not part of the returned JSON (and must not be included on create).
`parentContent`	`Summary`	read-only	↑ Summary information about the content object that is the parent of this object. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`parentPlace`	`Summary`	read-only	↑ Summary information about the place that contains this object. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`published`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	↑ Date and time when this content object was originally created.
`replyCount`	`Integer`	read-only	↑ Number of replies to this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support replies.
`resources`	`Object`	read-only	↑ Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.
`size`	`Integer`	read-only	↑ The size of this file Since: 3.1
`status`	`String`	read-only	↑ State of this file. `incomplete` - File is in draft mode `pending_approval` - File is waiting for approval `rejected` - File has been rejected for publication by an approver `published` - File has been published
`subject`	`String`	optional	↑ Subject of this content object. If no subject is specified during creation then subject will default to the name of the file.
`tags`	`String[]`	optional	↑ Tags associated with this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support tags
`type`	`String`	required	↑ The object type of this object ("file"). This field is required when creating new content.
`updated`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	↑ Date and time this content object was most recently updated.
`users`	`Person[]`	optional	↑ The list of users that can see the content. On create or update, provide a list of Person URIs or Person entities. On get, returns a list of Person entities. This value is used only when visibility is people.
`viewCount`	`Integer`	read-only	↑ Number of times this content object has been viewed. Availability: Will be present only for objects that support view counts
`visibility`	`String`	optional	↑ The visibility policy for this content object. Valid values are: all - anyone with appropriate permissions can see the content. Default when visibility, parent and users were not specified. hidden - only the author can see the content. people - only those users specified by users can see the content. Default when visibility and parent were not specified but users was specified. place - place permissions specify which users can see the content. Default when visibility was not specified but parent was specified.
`visibleToExternalContributors`	`Boolean`	read-only	↑ Flag indicating that this content object is potentially visible to external contributors.

Methods

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createComment(comment,options)
POST /contents/1234/comments

Retrieves

Comment

Description

Add a comment about this content object.

The minimum JSON object needed to create a comment is:

     {
         "content": {"type": "text/html", "text": "<body><p>This is a new comment</p></body>"},
     }

Takes:

Comment describing the new comment

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned

Retrieves:

Comment representing the recorded comment

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destroy()
DELETE /contents/1234

Retrieves

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Description

Delete this content object and any related comments and other related information.

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get(options)
GET /contents/1234

Retrieves

File

Description

Return an updated version of this content object.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned

Retrieves:

Content describing this content object

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getComments(options)
GET /contents/1234/comments

Retrieves

Comment[]

Description

Return a paginated list of the comments about this content object.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	Integer	false	The maximum number of comments to be returned (default is 25)
anchor	String	false	optional URI for a comment to anchor at. Specifying a anchor will try to return the page containing the anchor. If the anchor could not be found then the first page of comments will be returned.
excludeReplies	Boolean	false	Flag indicating that replies to the direct comments about this direct message should be excluded (default is false)
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned
hierarchical	Boolean	false	Flag indicating that comments should be returned in hierarchical order instead of chronological order (default is true)
startIndex	Integer	false	Zero-relative index of the first comment to be returned (default is zero)

Retrieves:

Comment[]

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getFollowers(options)
GET /contents/1234/followers

Retrieves

Person[]

Description

Return a paginated list of the people following this content.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	Integer	false	Number of followers to be returned (default is 25)
fields	String	false	Names of the fields to be returned
startIndex	Integer	false	Zero-relative index of the first follower to be returned

Retrieves:

Person[]

Since: 3.5

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getFollowingIn(options)
GET /contents/1234/followingIn

Retrieves

Stream[]

Description

Return the list of custom streams in which the requesting person is following this file (if any).

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned

Retrieves:

Stream[]

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getLikes(options)
GET /contents/1234/likes

Retrieves

Person[]

Description

Return a paginated list of people who like this file.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	Integer	false	The maximum number of people to return (default is 25)
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned
startIndex	Integer	false	Zero-relative index of the first person to return (default is 0)

Retrieves:

Person[]

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getVersions(options)
GET /versions/1234

Retrieves

ContentVersion[]

Description

Return a paginated list of versions of this file.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	Integer	false	The maximum number of people to return (default is 25)
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned
startIndex	Integer	false	Zero-relative index of the first person to return (default is 0)

Retrieves:

ContentVersion

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like()
POST /contents/1234/likes

Retrieves

--

Description

Availability:

Must be authenticated, must not be your own file, and must not have liked this file already

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markRead()
POST /contents/1234/read

Retrieves

--

Description

Mark this file as having been read.

Since: 3.2

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markUnread()
DELETE /contents/1234/read

Retrieves

--

Description

Mark this file as having not been read.

Since: 3.2

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toURI()

Retrieves

String

Description

Retrieves:

A URI representing this entity, or undefined if no such URI exists.

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unlike()
DELETE /contents/1234/likes

Retrieves

--

Description

Delete the like of this file by the requesting person.

Availability:

Must be authenticated, and must have liked this file already

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update(multipartbody,options)
PUT /contents/1234

Retrieves

Content

Description

Update the information about this content object.

Options:

Name	Type	Required	Description
fields	String	false	The names of the fields to be returned

Retrieves:

Content representing the updated content object

Resources

Resource	Method	Returns	Description
`html`	`GET`	`Object`	↑ Return the HTML representation of this content object.

osapi.jive.corev3.contents.File

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