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File Metadata

The file_metadata endpoint returns select metadata for a single file or many files. There are find and search variants of the endpoint; the search variant has a trailing 's' so is actually file_metadatas.

Although the term 'file' is used generically in the endpoint name and documentation, each returned item can be one of the following three types:

  • File
  • Directory
  • Symbolic link

The endpoint path includes a :mount which can be one of three types:

  • custom file serving mounts as specified in fileserver.conf -- see the puppet file serving guide
  • modules/<module> -- a semi-magical mount point which allows access to the files subdirectory of module -- see the puppet file serving guide
  • plugins -- a highly magical mount point which merges many directories together: used for plugin sync, sub-paths can not be specified, not intended for general consumption

Note: PSON responses in the examples below are pretty-printed for readability.

Find

Get file metadata for a single file

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadata/:mount/path/to/file?environment=:environment

Supported HTTP Methods

GET

Supported Response Formats

PSON

Parameters

None

Example Response

File metadata found for a file

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadata/modules/example/just_a_file.txt?environment=env

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

{
    "checksum": {
        "type": "md5",
        "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
    },
    "destination": null,
    "group": 20,
    "links": "manage",
    "mode": 420,
    "owner": 501,
    "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/just_a_file.txt",
    "relative_path": null,
    "type": "file"
}

File metadata found for a directory

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadata/modules/example/subdirectory?environment=env

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

{
    "checksum": {
        "type": "ctime",
        "value": "{ctime}2013-10-01 13:16:10 -0700"
    },
    "destination": null,
    "group": 20,
    "links": "manage",
    "mode": 493,
    "owner": 501,
    "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/subdirectory",
    "relative_path": null,
    "type": "directory"
}

File metadata found for a link

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadata/modules/example/link_to_file.txt?environment=env

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

{
    "checksum": {
        "type": "md5",
        "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
    },
    "destination": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/just_a_file.txt",
    "group": 20,
    "links": "manage",
    "mode": 493,
    "owner": 501,
    "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/link_to_file.txt",
    "relative_path": null,
    "type": "link"
}

File not found

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadata/modules/example/does_not_exist?environment=env

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Not Found: Could not find file_metadata modules/example/does_not_exist

Search

Get a list of metadata for multiple files

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadatas/foo.txt?environment=env

Supported HTTP Methods

GET

Supported Format

Accept: pson, text/pson

Parameters

  • recurse -- should always be set to yes; unfortunately the default is no, which causes a search to behave like a find operation.
  • ignore -- file or directory regex to ignore; can be repeated.
  • links -- either manage (default) or follow. See examples below.

Example Response

Basic search

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadatas/modules/example?environment=env&recurse=yes

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

[
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "ctime",
            "value": "{ctime}2013-10-01 13:15:59 -0700"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": ".",
        "type": "directory"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 420,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "just_a_file.txt",
        "type": "file"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/just_a_file.txt",
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "link_to_file.txt",
        "type": "link"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "ctime",
            "value": "{ctime}2013-10-01 13:15:59 -0700"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "subdirectory",
        "type": "directory"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 420,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "subdirectory/another_file.txt",
        "type": "file"
    }
]

Search ignoring 'sub*' and links = manage

GET /puppet/v3/file_metadatas/modules/example?environment=env&recurse=true&ignore=sub*&links=manage

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

[
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "ctime",
            "value": "{ctime}2013-10-01 13:15:59 -0700"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": ".",
        "type": "directory"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 420,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "just_a_file.txt",
        "type": "file"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/just_a_file.txt",
        "group": 20,
        "links": "manage",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "link_to_file.txt",
        "type": "link"
    }
]

Search ignoring "sub*" and links = follow

This example is identical to the above example, except for the links parameter. The resulting PSON, then, is identical to the above example, except for:

  • the "links" field is set to "follow" rather than "manage" in all metadata objects
  • in the "link_to_file.txt" metadata:
    • for "manage" the "destination" field is the link destination; for "follow", it's null
    • for "manage" the "type" field is "link"; for "follow" it's "file"
    • for "manage" the "mode", "owner" and "group" fields are the link's values; for "follow" the destination's values
GET /puppet/v3/file_metadatas/modules/example?environment=env&recurse=true&ignore=sub*&links=follow

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: text/pson

[
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "ctime",
            "value": "{ctime}2013-10-01 13:15:59 -0700"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "follow",
        "mode": 493,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": ".",
        "type": "directory"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "follow",
        "mode": 420,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "just_a_file.txt",
        "type": "file"
    },
    {
        "checksum": {
            "type": "md5",
            "value": "{md5}d0a10f45491acc8743bc5a82b228f89e"
        },
        "destination": null,
        "group": 20,
        "links": "follow",
        "mode": 420,
        "owner": 501,
        "path": "/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files",
        "relative_path": "link_to_file.txt",
        "type": "file"
    }
]

Schema

The file metadata response body conforms to the file_metadata schema.

Sample Module

The examples above use this (faux) module:

/etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/
  files/
    just_a_file.txt
    link_to_file.txt -> /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/example/files/just_a_file.txt
    subdirectory/
      another_file.txt