The servers API provides functionality that allows a administrator to perform actions such as adding and configuring a server to crawl, or beginning or stopping a crawl

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Get all servers

Lists all the servers configured in the Aspire

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GET /aspire/_api/servers

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
from	integer	Optional	Indicates the initial page to be retrieved
size	integer	Optional	Specifies the size of results page
sortBy	string	Optional	Field by which results are sorted
sortMode	string	Optional	Sort mode "asc" for ascending sort, "desc" for descending sort
expand	string	Optional	List of fields to expand, * will expand everything

Response

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{
  "server": [
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a3",
      "type":   "filesystem",        
      "description": "Local Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    },
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a4",
      "type": "smb",
      "description": "Remote Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
	  "credential": "cred_1",
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    }
  ],
  "from": 100,
  "size": 10,
  "sortBy": "id",
  "sortMode": "asc"
  "totalItems": 10000,
  "message": "optional response message"
}

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success

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Get all servers, filtered

Lists servers configured in the Aspire, filtered by a specified criteria

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POST /aspire/_api/servers/getAll

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
from	integer	Optional	Indicates the initial page to be retrieved
size	integer	Optional	Specifies the size of results page
sortBy	string	Optional	Field by which results are sorted
sortMode	string	Optional	Sort mode "asc" for ascending sort, "desc" for descending sort
expand	string	Optional	List of fields to expand, * will expand everything

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
filter	JSON	Required	Filters retrieved servers. Check the filter definition here

Response

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{
  "server": [
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a3",
      "type":   "filesystem",        
      "description": "Local Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    },
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a4",
      "type": "smb",
      "description": "Remote Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
	  "credential": "cred_1",
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    }
  ],
  "from": 100,
  "size": 10,
  "sortBy": "id",
  "sortMode": "asc"
  "totalItems": 10000,
  "message": "optional response message"
}

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success

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Get a single server

Get information about a single server configured in Aspire

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GET /aspire/_api/servers/:id

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	The id of the server to return
expand	string	Optional	List of fields to expand, * will expand everything

Response

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{
  "server": {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a4",
      "type": "smb",
      "description": "Remote Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
	  "credential": "cred_1",
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    },
  "message": "optional response message"
}

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success
404	The given server id was not found

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Add servers

Add servers to Aspire

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POST /aspire/_api/servers

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Required	The type of server to add
description	string	Required	An optional description of the server
credentials	string	Optional	Credentials can be specified for the server
properties	JSON	Required	Dynamic JSON object with server properties (from dxf)

Example

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POST /aspire/_api/servers
[{
   "type": "filesystem",
   "description": "Local storage",
   "properties": { This will be a dynamic JSON object }
 },
 {
   "type": "filesystem",
   "description": "Remote Storage",
   "credential": "cred_1",
   "properties": { This will be a dynamic JSON object }
}]

Response

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{
  "server": [
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a3",
      "type":   "filesystem",        
      "description": "Local Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    },
    {
      "id": "5d0b35d5-c946-44e7-9be5-97c9ad9036a4",
      "type": "smb",
      "description": "Remote Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
	  "credential": "cred_1",
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    }
  ]
}

Status

Response code	Description
201	Created
406	Not acceptable - there was an issue validating the input

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Update servers

Update servers in Aspire.

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PUT /aspire/_api/servers

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	The identifier of the server to update
type	string	Optional	The type of server to add
description	string	Optional	An optional description of the server
credentials	string	Optional	Credentials can be specified for the server
properties	JSON	Optional	Dynamic JSON object with server properties (from dxf)

Example

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PUT /aspire/_api/servers
{
  "AAABcID5GBc=": {
    "id": "AAABcID5GBc=",
    "description": "Local Storage",
    "type": "filesystem"
  },
  "AAABcIueWUc=": {
    "id": "AAABcIueWUc=",
    "description": "Remote Storage",
    "credential": "cred_2"
  }
}

Response

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{
  "server": [
    {
      "id": "AAABcID5GBc",
      "type":   "filesystem",        
      "description": "Local Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    },
    {
      "id": "  "AAABcIueWUc=",
      "type": "smb",
      "description": "Remote Storage",
      "created": 1596707252548,
	  "updated": 1596707252548,
	  "credential": "cred_1",
      "properties": { This is a dynamic JSON object}
    }
  ]
}

Status

Response code	Description
201	Created
404	Not found - a given server identifier was not found
406	Not acceptable - there was an issue validating the input

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Delete multiple servers, filtered

Delete multiple servers from Aspire, filtered by a specified criteria

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POST /aspire/_api/servers/deleteAll

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
filter	JSON	Required	Filters retrieved servers. Check the filter definition here

Response

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{
  "message": "optional response message"
}

See Response Body for details regrading the response body returned where multiple items are affected with some (or all) returning errors

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success
404	Not found - a given credential identifier was not found
406	Not acceptable - there was an issue validating the input

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Delete single server

Delete a single server from Aspire.

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DELETE /aspire/_api/servers/:id

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	The identifier of the server to delete

Example

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DELETE /aspire/_api/servers/AAABcID5GBc%3D

Response

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{
  "message": "optional response message"
}

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success
404	Not found - a given server identifier was not found
406	Not acceptable - there was an issue validating the input

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Get server type dxf

Returns the dxf for a specific server type

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GET /aspire/_api/servers/type/:typeId/dxf

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
typeId	string	Required	The id of the type for which dxf is going to be retrieved

Response

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{
  "dxf": {...}
  "message": "optional response message"
}

Status

Response code	Description
200	Success
404	Not found - a given service identifier was not found

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Some endpoint queries require a filter. A filter is basically a JSON object with the following format:

Credentials filter:

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  "filter" : {
    "ids" : ["ID1", "ID2", "ID3", ...],
    "type" : "TYPE",
    "description" : "DESCRIPTION"
  }

Note
When using delete endpoints, ids in the filter are mandatory.

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Get all servers, filtered

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Add servers

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Delete multiple servers, filtered

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Get server type dxf

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