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Transfers [VC 21.3 GEN]

Owned by Andreas Schmidt
Aug 31, 2021
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List active transfers. A transfer is normally started while doing a import using the request body.

Overview

Transfer state

A transfer can be in one of the following states.

TRANSFERRING

Data is currently being sent.

WAITING

The transfer is waiting to start.

FINISHED

All the data has been transferred.

ABORTED

The transfer has been aborted by the user.

FAILED

An error has occurred causing the transfer to fail.

FINISHED_PART

A piece of the data has been sent.

Priorities

Transfers are assigned bandwidth according to their priorities. A priority is an integer between 1 and 1000. Transfers with a higher priority value is prioritized over transfers with a lower priority value.

Managing transfers

List all transfers

GET /transfer

Returns all transfers that are in a particular state.

Query Parameters:

  • state (string) – Transfer state of the transfers to retrieve. Default is TRANSFERRING.

  • number (integer) – The number of transfers to return. Default is all transfers.

  • first (integer) – The number of the first transfer to return. Default is 1.
Produces:

  • application/xml, application/json – A TransferListDocument

  • text/plain – CRLF-delimited list of transfer ids
Role:

_transfer_read

Retrieve a transfer

GET /transfer/(transfer-id)

Retrieves a specific transfer.

Produces:
Role:

_transfer_read

Update the priority of a transfer

PUT /transfer/(transfer-id)

Sets a new priority for a specific transfer.

Query Parameters:

  • transferPriority (integer) – Required. The desired priority.
Role:

_transfer_write