View the Advanced Permissions on a File or Folder

Use this operation to view the advanced permissions on a shared file or folder.

Request

Syntax

GET <webservice>/contentstore/file/{fileOrfolderID}/permissions HTTP/1.1

Host: <host name>

Accept: {application/xml | application/json}

Authtoken: <authentication token>

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Headers

Name	Description
Host	The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.
Accept	The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.
Authtoken	The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Request Parameter

Name	Description	Required
fileOrfolderID	The GUID of the file or folder. GUID is a unique identifier for a file or folder and remains the same even when you rename or move the file or folder to another path. See Viewing ObjectStore File or Folder Properties.	Yes

Name

Description

Required

fileOrfolderID

The GUID of the file or folder. GUID is a unique identifier for a file or folder and remains the same even when you rename or move the file or folder to another path.

See Viewing ObjectStore File or Folder Properties.

Yes

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter	Description	Element
allowPermissions	Specifies the permissions that are allowed for the user. Valid values are: 1 -view permissions 2 - view and edit permissions	permissions
denyPermissions	Specifies the permission that are denied to the user. Valid values are: 1 -view permissions 2 - view and edit permissions	permissions
userType	Applies only to private shares. Specifies the type of entity to which the file or folder is being shared. Valid values are: 1 - user 2 - email address 3 - CommCell user group 4 - external AD user group	userInfo
userGroupId	The system-generated ID assigned to the user group associated with the user.	userGroup
userGroupName	The name of the user group associated with the user.	userGroup
externalGroupName	Domain/username in an external group to which you want to set the permission.	externalGroup
inheritFromParent	Value 1 indicates that permissions are inherited from the parent folder.	Api_GetPermissionsResp
isPermissionSet	Value 1 indicates that explicit permissions are set.	Api_GetPermissionsResp
errorCode	The possible error codes. Valid values are: 0, successful completion. 2, a failure. a specific error code.	App_GenericResponse
errorString	The description of the error code. Not all error codes have an error message.	App_GenericResponse

Examples

Sample Request

GET <webservice>/contentstore/file/83dd41f4d7b848429daf15b668ea5f9a/permissions HTTP/1.1

Host: client.mydomain.com

Accept: application/json

Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6

0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f

8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f

40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7

68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323

3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8

Sample Response

<Api_GetPermissionsResp inheritFromParent="1" isPermissionSet="0">  <permissions>    <allowPermissions val="1" />    <userInfo userType="3">      <userGroup userGroupId="8" newName="" userGroupName="TestGroup" />    </userInfo>  </permissions>  <permissions>    <allowPermissions val="1" />    <userInfo userType="3">      <userGroup userGroupId="9" newName="" userGroupName="TestGroup2" />    </userInfo>  </permissions>  <permissions>    <denyPermissions val="1" />    <userInfo userType="4">      <externalGroup externalGroupName="domain\user1" newName="" groupId="10" />    </userInfo>  </permissions>  <error />

</Api_GetPermissionsResp>