X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/84471cca8804a3360f4eb49cc889cb2ade989bbd..df1ebc0e3184afd3fb66414651fc1aec713928bf:/doc/api/methods/collections.html.textile.liquid diff --git a/doc/api/methods/collections.html.textile.liquid b/doc/api/methods/collections.html.textile.liquid index cb20693603..29d28d42a2 100644 --- a/doc/api/methods/collections.html.textile.liquid +++ b/doc/api/methods/collections.html.textile.liquid @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Example UUID: @zzzzz-4zz18-0123456789abcde@ 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: @@ -55,36 +55,6 @@ Referenced blocks are protected from garbage collection in Keep. Data can be shared with other users via the Arvados permission model. -h3. 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":../methods.html#index query. - -
-filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
-
- -Note: @file_names@ is a hidden field used for indexing. It is not returned by any API call. On the client, to get the list of files, you will need to parse the @manifest_text@. - -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): - -
-filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"]]
-
- -However, this will _not_ return the desired results (where @sample1234.fastq@ is a file): - -
-filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3/sample1234.fastq%"]]
-
- -As a workaround, you can search for both the directory path and file name separately, and then filter on the client side. - -
-filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"], ["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
-
- h2. Methods See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@. @@ -118,7 +88,7 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed). 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: @@ -139,6 +109,36 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed). 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. + +
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
+
+ +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): + +
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"]]
+
+ +However, this will _not_ return the desired results (where @sample1234.fastq@ is a file): + +
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3/sample1234.fastq%"]]
+
+ +As a workaround, you can search for both the directory path and file name separately, and then filter on the client side. + +
+filters: [["file_names", "ilike", "%dir1/dir2/dir3%"], ["file_names", "ilike", "%sample1234.fastq%"]]
+
+ h3. update Update attributes of an existing Collection.