Uploads Updated May 3, 2022

When uploads are required in Virtool, they should be targeted at /upload. The available endpoints are:

Situation Endpoint
Upload a Virtool reference file for import /upload/ref
Upload a Illumina read file /upload/reads
Upload a .hmm file for use with NuVs /upload/hmm
Upload a host FASTA file /upload/host

Upload File

Permission upload_file

Uploads a file into Virtool file manager. The file will given a unique ID composed of an 8-character random alphanumeric string and the supplied name query parameter separated by a dash.

POST /upload/:file_type

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
name string true the display name for the file

Example

POST /upload/reads?name=test.fq.gz

Response

Status: 201 Created

Location: /api/files/juqleoir-test.fq.gz

{
	"name": "test.fq.gz",
	"user": {
		"id": "fred"
	},
	"uploaded_at": "2018-03-02T22:52:09.152000Z",
	"type": "reads",
	"ready": false,
	"reserved": false,
	"id": "juqleoir-test.fq.gz"
}

Errors

Status Message Reason
401 Requires authorization request is not associated with an authorized session or API key
403 Not permitted client doesn’t have the upload_file permission
404 Not found file_type does not exist

Delete File

Permission delete_file

Delete a previously uploaded file.

DELETE /api/files/:id

Example

DELETE /api/files/juqleoir-test.fq.gz

Response

Status: 204 No content

Errors

Status Message Reason
401 Requires authorization request is not associated with an authorized session or API key
403 Not permitted user does not have remove_file permission
404 Not found file does not exist
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