title: "links"
...
+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
-See "REST methods for working with Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/links@
+Object type: @o0j2j@
+
+Example UUID: @zzzzz-o0j2j-0123456789abcde@
+
+h2. Resource
+
+Links are an extensible way to describe relationships between Arvados objects and metadata about individual objects.
+
+Each link has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|
+|head_uuid|string|The object being described or acted on.|
+|tail_uuid|string|The origin or actor in the description or action (may be null).|
+|link_class|string|Type of link|
+|name|string|Primary value of the link.|
+|properties|hash|Additional information, expressed as a key→value hash. Key: string. Value: string, number, array, or hash. May be used in queries using "subproperty filters":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#subpropertyfilters|
+
+h2. Link classes
+
+Some classes are pre-defined by convention and have standard meanings attached to names.
+
+h3. permission
+
+See "permission links":{{site.baseurl}}/api/permission-model.html#links section of the permission model.
+
+h3. tag
+
+A **tag** link describes an object using an unparsed plain text string. Tags can be used to annotate objects that are not editable, like collections and objects shared as read-only.
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. tail_type→head_type|_. name→head_uuid {properties}|
+|→Collection | _tag name_ → _collection uuid_|
+|→Job | _tag name_ → _job uuid_|
+
+h2. Methods
+
+See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@.
+
Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
-h2. create
+h3. create
Create a new Link.
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
|link|object||query||
-h2. delete
+h3. delete
Delete an existing Link.
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Link in question.|path||
-h2. get
+h3. get
Gets a Link's metadata by UUID.
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Link in question.|path||
-h2. list
+h3. list
List links.
-Arguments:
-
-table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
-|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
-|limit|integer (default 100)|Maximum number of links to return.|query||
-|order|string|Order in which to return matching links.|query||
-|filters|array|Conditions for filtering links.|query||
-
-h2. render_not_found
-
-render_not_found links
-
-Arguments:
-
-table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
-|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
-{background:#ccffcc}.|a|string||path||
+See "common resource list method.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index
-h2. update
+h3. update
Update attributes of an existing Link.