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Register - Directories

URL:
https://<root>/system/directories/register
Methods:
POST
Version Introduced:
10.1

Access requirements

Required privileges

The Sever Administrator API requires privilege-based access. An administrator must be assigned a specific user privilege, or role, to access any given endpoint. Listed below are the user privileges or roles an administrator can be assigned that provides access to this endpoint. If multiple privileges are listed, only one needs to be assigned to gain access.



Note that administrators assigned a custom role must also have the administrative View all content privilege assigned to them to access the API directory as an administrator.

Tokens

This API requires token-based authentication. A token is automatically generated for administrators who sign in to the Server Administrator API directory's HTML interface. Tokens generated in this way are stored for the entirety of the session.

Those accessing the API directory outside of the HTML interface will need to acquire a session token from the generateToken operation in the Portal Directory API. For security reasons, all POST requests made to the Server Administrator API must include a token in the request body.


Learn how to generate a token

Description

The register operation registers a new server directory. While registering the server directory, you can also specify the directory's cleanup parameters.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

name

The name of the server directory.

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name=Test Directory

physicalPath

The absolute physical path of the server directory.

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physicalPath=C:/arcgis/arcgisserver/directories/testDirectory

diretoryType

The type of server directory.

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directoryType=OUTPUT

cleanupMode

Defines if files in the server directory needs to be cleaned up. The default value is NONE.

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cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED

maxFileAge

Defines how long a file in the directory needs to be kept before it is deleted.

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maxFileAge=10

description

(Optional)

A description for the server directory.

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description=Stores various information generated by services, such as map images

f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the register operation:

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POST /<context>/admin/system/directories/register HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

name=Test Directory&physicalPath=C:/arcgis/arcgisserver/directories/testDirectory&directoryType=OUTPUT&description=Stores various information generated by services, such as map images&cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED&maxFileAge=10&f=pjson

JSON Response example

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{"status": "success"}

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