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FileStation APIs

getInfo

Provide File Station information

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "enable_list_usergrp": false,
    "enable_send_email_attachment": true,
    "enable_view_google": true,
    "enable_view_microsoft": true,
    "hostname": "HomeYun",
    "is_manager": true,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": 1030
      },
      {
        "gid": 1013
      },
      {
        "gid": 10223
      }
    ],
    "support_file_request": true,
    "support_sharing": true,
    "support_vfs": true,
    "support_virtual": {
      "enable_iso_mount": true,
      "enable_remote_mount": true
    },
    "support_virtual_protocol": ["cifs", "nfs", "iso"],
    "system_codepage": "chs",
    "uid": 102644
  },
  "success": true
}

getFileList

Enumerate files in a given folder.

Parameters

Name Type Description
folder_path string Path to the folder.
filetype "file" | "dir" | "all" File type to filter.
additional Array<"real_path" | "size" | "owner" | "time" | "perm" | "type" | "mount_point_type"> Additional fields to return.
pattern string Pattern to filter.
limit number Maximum number of files to return.
offset number Offset of the first file to return.
sort_by string Field to sort by.
sort_direction string Sort direction.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "additional": {
          "owner": {
            "gid": 100,
            "group": "users",
            "uid": 1024,
            "user": "admin"
          },
          "perm": {
            "acl": {
              "append": true,
              "del": true,
              "exec": true,
              "read": true,
              "write": true
            },
            "is_acl_mode": false,
            "posix": 777
          },
          "real_path": "/volume1/video/1",
          "size": 4096,
          "time": {
            "atime": 1370104559,
            "crtime": 1370104559,
            "ctime": 1370104559,
            "mtime": 1369728913
          },
          "type": ""
        },
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "1",
        "path": "/video/1"
      }
    ],
    "total": 2
  },
  "success": true
}

getShareFileList

List all shared folders.

Parameters

Name Type Description
limit number The maximum number of items to return.
offset number The offset of the first item to return.
sort_by string The field to sort by.
sort_direction "ASC" | "DESC" The sort direction.
additional string[] The additional fields to return.
onlywritable boolean Whether to return only writable folders.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "shares": [
      {
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "video",
        "path": "/video",
        "additional": {
          "owner": {
            "gid": 100,
            "group": "users",
            "uid": 1024,
            "user": "admin"
          },
          "real_path": "/volume1/video",
          "time": {
            "atime": 1374918626,
            "crtime": 1363259974,
            "ctime": 1371713685,
            "mtime": 1371713685
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "total": 1
  },
  "success": true
}

getVirtualFolderList

List all mount point folders of virtual file system, e.g., CIFS or ISO.

Parameters

Name Type Description
type "Nfs" | "cifs" | "iso" The type of virtual folder.
limit number The maximum number of items to return.
offset number The offset of the first item to return.
sort_by string The field to sort by.
sort_direction "ASC" | "DESC" The sort direction.
additional Array<"real_path" | "owner" | "time" | "perm" | "mount_point_type" | "volume_status"> The additional fields to return.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "folders": [
      {
        "additional": {
          "mount_point_type": "remote",
          "owner": {
            "gid": 100,
            "group": "users",
            "uid": 1024,
            "user": "admin"
          },
          "perm": {
            "acl": {
              "append": true,
              "del": true,
              "exec": true,
              "read": true,
              "write": true
            },
            "is_acl_mode": false,
            "posix": 777
          },
          "real_path": "/volume1/vidoe/remote",
          "time": {
            "atime": 1372313445,
            "crtime": 1320204670,
            "ctime": 1371206944,
            "mtime": 1371206944
          },
          "volume_status": {
            "freespace": 12282422599680,
            "readonly": false,
            "totalspace": 801958928384
          }
        },
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "remote",
        "path": "/video/remote"
      }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "total": 1
  },
  "success": true
}

startSearch

Start to search files according to given criteria. If more than one criterion is given in different parameters, searched files match all these criteria.

Parameters

Name Type Description
folder_path string Path to the folder to search.
pattern string Pattern to filter.
filetype "file" | "dir" | "all" File type to filter.
recursive boolean Whether to search recursively.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "taskid": "1234567890"
  },
  "success": true
}

stopSearch

Stop a search task.

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string The task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

getSearchList

Get the list of search tasks.

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.
additional string[] Additional fields to return.
filetype "file" | "dir" | "all" File type to filter.
limit number Limit the number of results.
offset number Offset the results.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "additional": {
          "owner": {
            "gid": 100,
            "group": "users",
            "uid": 1024,
            "user": "admin"
          },
          "perm": {
            "acl": {
              "append": true,
              "del": true,
              "exec": true,
              "read": true,
              "write": true
            },
            "is_acl_mode": false,
            "posix": 644
          },
          "real_path": "/volume1/video/12",
          "size": 0,
          "time": {
            "atime": 1370002059,
            "crtime": 1370002059,
            "ctime": 1370002099,
            "mtime": 1370002059
          },
          "type": ""
        },
        "isdir": false,
        "name": "12",
        "path": "/video/12"
      }
    ],
    "total": 1
  },
  "success": true
}

cleanSearch

Delete search temporary database(s).

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

createFolder

Create a folder.

Parameters

Name Type Description
folder_path string Path to the folder.
name string Name of the folder.
force_parent boolean Force to create parent folder.
additional Array<"real_path" | "size" | "owner" | "time" | "perm" | "type"> Additional information.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "folders": [
      {
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "test",
        "path": "/video/test"
      }
    ]
  }
}

getFavoriteList

Get favorite list.

Parameters

Name Type Description
limit number Limit the number of results.
offset number Offset the results.
sort_by string Sort by.
sort_direction "ASC" | "DESC" Sort direction.
additional Array<"real_path" | "size" | "owner" | "time" | "perm" | "type"> Additional information.
status_filter string Sort by.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "favorites": [
      {
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "My Video Shared folder",
        "path": "/video",
        "status": "valid"
      },
      {
        "isdir": false,
        "name": "deletedfolder",
        "path": "/share/deletedfolder",
        "status": "broken"
      }
    ]
  }
}

addFavorite

Add a folder to user's favorites.

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string Path of the folder to add.
name string Name of the folder.
index number Index of the folder.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

deleteFavorite

Delete a folder from user's favorites.

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string Path of the folder to delete.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

clearBrokenFavorite

Delete all broken statuses of favorites.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

getThumbUrl

Get a thumbnail of a file Note:

    1. Supported image formats: jpg, jpeg, jpe, bmp, png, tif, tiff, gif, arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f, heic, raw.
    1. Supported video formats in an indexed folder: 3gp, 3g2, asf, dat, divx, dvr-ms, m2t, m2ts, m4v, mkv, mp4, mts, mov, qt, tp, trp, ts, vob, wmv, xvid, ac3, amr, rm, rmvb, ifo, mpeg, mpg, mpe, m1v, m2v, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, ogv, webm, flv, f4v, avi, swf, vdr, iso, hevc.
    1. Video thumbnails exist only if video files are placed in the "photo" shared folder or users' home folders.

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string The path of the folder.
size string The size of the thumbnail.
rotate number Optional. Return rotated thumbnail. Rotate Options: 0: Do not rotate. 1: Rotate 90°. 2: Rotate 180°. 3: Rotate 270°. 4: Rotate 360°.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": "http://192.168.1.100:5000/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.FileStation.Thumbnail&version=2&method=get&path=%2Fvideo%2F12&size=small&rotate=0"
}

startDirSizeCalc

Start to calculate size for one or more file/folder paths Parameters

Name Type Description
paths string File/folder paths to calculate size. Multiple paths can be separated by comma ","

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "taskid": "1234567890"
  }
}

stopDirSizeCalc

Stop to calculate size for one or more file/folder paths Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

getDirSizeCalcStatus

Get the status of the size calculating task. Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "finished": true,
    "num_dir": 1,
    "num_file": 1,
    "total_size": 1000000
  }
}

startMD5Calc

Start calculating the MD5 value of a file. Parameters

Name Type Description
file_path string File path.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "taskid": "1234567890"
  }
}

stopMD5Calc

Stop calculating the MD5 value of a file. Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

getMD5CalcStatus

Get the status of the MD5 calculating task. Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "finished": true,
    "md5": "4124bc0a9335c27f086f24ba207a4912"
  }
}

checkPermission

Check if a logged-in user has write permission to create new files/folders in a given folder. Parameters

Name Type Description
path string Path of the folder.
filename string Name of the file.
overwrite boolean If true, overwrite the file if it already exists.
create_only boolean If true, create the file only if it does not exist.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true
}

rename

Rename a file or folder. Parameters

Name Type Description
path string Path of the file or folder.
name string New name.
additional Array<"real_path" | "size" | "owner" | "time" | "perm" | "type"> Additional information to return.
search_taskid string Optional. A unique ID for the search task which is obtained from start method. It is used to update the renamed file in the search result.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "isdir": true,
        "name": "test2",
        "path": "/video/test2"
      }
    ]
  }
}

getBackgroundTaskList

List all background tasks including copy, move, delete, compress and extract tasks. Parameters

Name Type Description
"limit" number Limit the number of tasks returned. Default is 100.
"offset" number Offset the number of tasks returned. Default is 0.
"sort_by" string Sort by. Default is "taskid".
"sort_direction" "ASC" | "DESC" Sort direction. Default is "ASC".
"api_filter" string[] API filter. Default is SYNO.FileStation.CopyMove,SYNO.FileStation.Delete,SYNO.FileStation.Extract or SYNO.FileStation.Compress.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "tasks": [
      {
        "api": "SYNO.FileStation.CopyMove",
        "crtime": 1372926088,
        "finished": true,
        "method": "start",
        "params": {
          "accurate_progress": true,
          "dest_folder_path": "/video/test",
          "overwrite": true,
          "path": ["/video/test2/test.avi"],
          "remove_src": false
        },
        "path": "/video/test2/test.avi",
        "processed_size": 12800,
        "processing_path": "/video/test2/test.avi",
        "progress": 1,
        "taskid": "FileStation_51D53088860DD653",
        "total": 12800,
        "version": 1
      }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "total": 1
  }
}

clearFinishedBackgroundTasks

Delete all finished background tasks.

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID

Returns None

uploadFile

Upload a file to the specified directory.

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Parameters

Name Type Description
path string The path of the directory where the file will be uploaded.
file File | Buffer | string The file to be uploaded.
overwrite boolean Whether to overwrite an existing file with the same name. Default is false.
create_parents boolean Whether to create parent directories if they do not exist. Default is false.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "blSkip": false,
    "file": "xxxxx.jpg",
    "pid": 23112,
    "progress": 1
  },
  "success": true
}

startDeleteFile

Start deleting file task

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string |Array One or more copied/moved file/folder path(s) starting with a shared folder, separated by commas "," and around brackets.
accurate_progress boolean Whether to calculate the accurate progress. Default is true.
recursive boolean Recursively delete files within a folder
search_taskid string Search task ID

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
"data":{"taskid": "FileStation_51D00B7912CDE0B0}
}

stopDeleteFile

Stop a delete task.

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID

Returns None

getDeleteFileStatus

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string Task ID

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "finished": false,
    "path": "/video/1000",
    "processed_num": 193,
    "processing_path": "/video/1000/509",
    "progress": 0.03199071809649467,
    "total": 6033
  }
}

getDownloadFile

get download file url

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string file path
mode "download" "open"

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": "https://192.168.1.1:5001/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.FileStation.Download&method=download&version=2&path=%2Fvideo%2F1000%2F509%2F%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87.jpg&_sid=5",
  "success": true
}

getSharingInfo

Get information of a sharing link by the sharing link ID.

Parameters

Name Type Description
id string Sharing link ID

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "date_available": "0",
    "date_expired": "0",
    "has_password": false,
    "id": "pHTBKQf9",
    "isFolder": false,
    "link_owner": "admin",
    "name": "ITEMA_20448251-0.mp3",
    "path": "/test/ITEMA_20448251-0.mp3",
    "status": "valid",
    "url": "http://myds.com:5000/fbsharing/pHTBKQf9"
  },
  "success": true
}

getSharingList

List user's file sharing links.

Parameters

Name Type Description
offset number File sharing link offset
limit number File sharing link limit
sort_by string Sorting field
sort_direction "ASC" | "DESC" Sorting direction
force_clean boolean . If set to false, the data will be retrieved from cache database rapidly. If set to true, all sharing information including sharing statuses and user name of sharing owner will be synchronized. It consumes some time

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "links": [
      {
        "date_available": "0",
        "date_expired": "0",
        "has_password": false,
        "id": "pHTBKQf9",
        "isFolder": false,
        "link_owner": "admin",
        "name": "ITEMA_20448251-0.mp3",
        "path": "/test/ITEMA_20448251-0.mp3",
        "status": "valid",
        "url": "http://myds.com:5000/fbsharing/pHTBKQf9"
      }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "total": 1
  },
  "success": true
}

createSharingLink

Generate one or more sharing link(s) by file/folder path(s).

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string | Array File/folder path(s)
password string Password for the sharing link
date_expired string The expiration date for the sharing link, written in the format YYYYMM-DD. When set to 0 (default), the sharing link is permanent.
date_available string The available date for the sharing link to become effective, written in the format YYYY-MM-DD. When set to 0 (default), the sharing link is valid immediately after creation

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "links": [
      {
        "error": 0,
        "id": "y4LmvpaX",
        "path": "/test/ITEMA_20445972-0.mp3",
        "qrcode": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUh...",
        "url": "http://myds.com:5000/fbsharing/y4LmvpaX"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}

deleteSharingLink

Delete one or more sharing links

Parameters

Name Type Description
id string | Array Unique IDs of file sharing link(s) to be deleted, separated by commas "," and around the brackets

Returns None

clearInvalidSharingLink

Remove all expired and broken sharing links.

Returns None

editSharingLink

Edit one or more sharing links

Parameters

Name Type Description
id Array Sharing link IDs
password string Password for the sharing link
date_expired string The expiration date for the sharing link, written in the format YYYYMM-DD. When set to 0 (default), the sharing link is permanent.
date_available string The available date for the sharing link to become effective, written in the format YYYY-MM-DD. When set to 0 (default), the sharing link is valid immediately after creation

Returns None

startCopyMove

Start to copy/move files.

path: string; dest_folder_path: string; overwrite?: boolean; remove_src?: boolean; // true : move filess/folders. false : copy files/folders search_taskid?: string; accurate_progress?: boolean;

Parameters

Name Type Description
path string The path of the file/folder to be copied/moved.
dest_folder_path string The destination folder path.
overwrite boolean Whether to overwrite the destination file/folder.
remove_src boolean true : move filess/folders. false : copy files/folders
search_taskid string The search task ID.
accurate_progress boolean Whether to get accurate progress.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "taskid": "FileStation_51D00B7912CDE0B0"
  },
  "success": true
}

getCopyMoveStatus

Get the status of a copy/move task

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string The task ID.

Returns

DETAILS
{
  "data": {
    "dest_folder_path": "/video/test",
    "finished": false,
    "path": "/video/test.avi",
    "processed_size": 1057,
    "progress": 0.01812258921563625,
    "total": 58325
  },
  "success": true
}

stopCopyMove

Stop a copy/move task.

Parameters

Name Type Description
taskid string The task ID.

Returns Nune

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