Symlinks/Shortcuts

Symbolic links or Shortcuts provide a versatile and easy way to work with directories in multiple locations. A symlink/shortcut can point to any folder in the Couchdrop virtual file system.

Managing symbolic links can be done through the admin interface or via the API.

Get all symbolic links in the organisation

GET https://api.couchdrop.io/manage/symlinks

200: OK

{
    result: [
        {"source": "/link", "destination":"/dropbox/folder1", "id":"id1"},
        {"source": "/link2", "destination":"/dropbox/folder2", "id":"id2"}
    ]
}

Create a new symbolic link

PUT https://api.couchdrop.io/manage/symlinks

200: OK

{
    "result":{
        "id": "id1"
    }
}

Modify an existing symbolic link

POST https://api.couchdrop.io/manage/symlinks

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
id*	String	ID of the symbolic link you are modifying
source*	String	The source path for the link. This is the path where the link will appear in the filesystem.
destination*	String	The destination path. Where the link points to in the real filesystem

Delete an existing link

DELETE https://api.couchdrop.io/manage/symlinks/<link_id>

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
link_id	String	The ID of the object you want to delete