Properties

Retrieve properties of a particular file / folder like size, date of creation etc., in your IDrive account using the getProperties API.

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Syntax for 'getProperties' API:

HTTP method: POST

Input parameters:

uid	username or email address
pwd	password
p	file / folder path name (in your account)

Output:

Below is a sample XML output generated when you call 'getProperties’ API:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tree path="/Data/" message="SUCCESS" size="2230572" lmd="2011/08/25 09:21:54" filecount="1"/>

Description:

• tree
  Root node with attributes message, size, filecount, lmd and desc.
• message
  This attribute describes the operation as SUCCESS or FAIL.
• filecount
  This attribute displays the total number of files that are available within a folder.
• size
  Total size of the folder / file in bytes.
• lmd
  Last modified date of the file / folder.

Following cases explain the expected outputs during INVALID operations:

• Case 1: Empty Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PARAMETERS"/>
• Case 2: Invalid Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID USER"/> Or
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PASSWORD"/>

Code snippets for Java, PHP, Python and Ruby:

Java:

PHP:

Python:

Ruby: