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File.create

POST /{namespace}/files

Creates a File.

Noun
File
Mode
do
Event
File.created

Create makes a new File from the inputs below. It is inherited: every Noun has get, list, create, update and delete.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
contentTypestringrequiredThe media type, such as application/pdf.
sizeintegerrequiredThe size in bytes.
namestringThe file name it was uploaded with.
visibilitystringWho may read it: Owner, Customer, or Public. The default is Owner.
documentDocumentEach rendering of a Document to a format, such as PDF, is stored as a File.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
fileFilerequiredThe File.

Effects

  • Emits File.created.
  • Two-way: try, send, do.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.File.create

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.