h2. Resource
-Collections describe sets of files in terms of data blocks stored in Keep. See "Keep - Content-Addressable Storage":{{site.baseurl}}/architecture/storage.html for details.
+Collections describe sets of files in terms of data blocks stored in Keep. See "Keep - Content-Addressable Storage":{{site.baseurl}}/architecture/storage.html and "using collection versioning":../../user/topics/collection-versioning.html for details.
Each collection has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:
table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
-|collection|object||body||
-|replace_files|object|Initialize files and directories using content from other collections|body||
+|collection|object||query||
+|replace_files|object|Initialize files and directories using content from other collections|query||
The new collection's content can be initialized by providing a @manifest_text@ key in the provided @collection@ object, or by using the @replace_files@ option (see "replace_files":#replace_files below).
h3. get
-Gets a Collection's metadata by UUID or portable data hash. When making a request by portable data hash, attributes other than @portable_data_hash@ and @manifest_text@ are not returned, even when requested explicitly using the @select@ parameter.
+Gets a Collection's metadata by UUID or portable data hash. When making a request by portable data hash, attributes other than @portable_data_hash@, @manifest_text@, and @trash_at@ are not returned, even when requested explicitly using the @select@ parameter.
Arguments:
Note: Because adding access tokens to manifests can be computationally expensive, the @manifest_text@ field is not included in results by default. If you need it, pass a @select@ parameter that includes @manifest_text@.
+h4. Searching Collections for names of file or directories
+
+You can search collections for specific file or directory names (whole or part) using the following filter in a @list@ query.
+
+<pre>
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
+</pre>
+
+Note: @file_names@ is a hidden field used for indexing. It is not returned by any API call. On the client, you can programmatically enumerate all the files in a collection using @arv-ls@, the Python SDK @Collection@ class, Go SDK @FileSystem@ struct, the WebDAV API, or the S3-compatible API.
+
+As of this writing (Arvados 2.4), you can also search for directory paths, but _not_ complete file paths.
+
+In other words, this will work (when @dir3@ is a directory):
+
+<pre>
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"]]
+</pre>
+
+However, this will _not_ return the desired results (where @sample1234.fastq@ is a file):
+
+<pre>
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3/sample1234.fastq%"]]
+</pre>
+
+As a workaround, you can search for both the directory path and file name separately, and then filter on the client side.
+
+<pre>
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"], ["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
+</pre>
+
h3. update
Update attributes of an existing Collection.
table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Collection in question.|path||
-|collection|object||body||
-|replace_files|object|Delete and replace files and directories using content from other collections|body||
+|collection|object||query||
+|replace_files|object|Delete and replace files and directories using content from other collections|query||
The collection's content can be updated by providing a @manifest_text@ key in the provided @collection@ object, or by using the @replace_files@ option (see "replace_files":#replace_files below).