POST files/{bucket}/{path}?size={size}&key={key}&requestTime={requestTime}&signature={signature}

Initializes an upload.

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
bucket	The bucket where the file will be stored.	string	Required
path	The path to the file.	string	Required
size	The size of the file.	integer	Required
key	The key that was used to sign this request.	string	Required
requestTime	The time the request was made.	integer	Required
signature	The signature that proves that you are who you say you are.	string	Required

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

A response containing information about how to chunk the file during upload.

InitUploadResponse

Name	Type	Additional information
ChunkSize	integer	None.
TotalChunks	integer	None.
Token	string	None.
Success	boolean	None.
Error	string	None.

Response Formats

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<InitUploadResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Error>sample string 5</Error>
  <Success>true</Success>
  <ChunkSize>1</ChunkSize>
  <Token>sample string 3</Token>
  <TotalChunks>2</TotalChunks>
</InitUploadResponse>

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "ChunkSize": 1,
  "TotalChunks": 2,
  "Token": "sample string 3",
  "Success": true,
  "Error": "sample string 5"
}