POST api/resources/copyresource

Adds a new resource to the repository. All bytes of the resource is expected to be in the request. ~50MB max resource size.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Arguments describing the new resource and containing the bytes for the resource.

CopyResourceArgs

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
SourceResourceIdentifier	Identifier of the resource to copy the bytes from.	globally unique identifier	None.
Application	Application putting the resource into the repository.	string	None.
OriginalFilename	Original filename of the resource	string	None.
TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess	Indicates how long after last access to automatically delete the resource.	time interval	None.
StartCheckingTimeToLiveAtUtc	Indicates when the TimeToLive will start being checked.	date	None.
Tags	List of tags to associate with the resource	Collection of Pair of string [key] and string [value]	None.
UniqueInstanceIdentifier	String that will uniquely identify an instance uploading files.	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "SourceResourceIdentifier": "29a7cb7c-c717-4ab4-aca6-6b9f823991f7",
  "Application": "sample string 2",
  "OriginalFilename": "sample string 3",
  "TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess": "00:00:00.1234567",
  "StartCheckingTimeToLiveAtUtc": "2025-10-27T16:18:29.9257817-04:00",
  "Tags": [
    {
      "Key": "sample string 1",
      "Value": "sample string 2"
    },
    {
      "Key": "sample string 1",
      "Value": "sample string 2"
    }
  ],
  "UniqueInstanceIdentifier": "sample string 4"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CopyResourceArgs xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <SourceResourceIdentifier>29a7cb7c-c717-4ab4-aca6-6b9f823991f7</SourceResourceIdentifier>
  <Application>sample string 2</Application>
  <OriginalFilename>sample string 3</OriginalFilename>
  <TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess />
  <StartCheckingTimeToLiveAtUtc>2025-10-27T16:18:29.9257817-04:00</StartCheckingTimeToLiveAtUtc>
  <Tags>
    <KeyValuePairOfStringString />
    <KeyValuePairOfStringString />
  </Tags>
  <UniqueInstanceIdentifier>sample string 4</UniqueInstanceIdentifier>
</CopyResourceArgs>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Sample not available.

Response Information

Resource Description

A structure containing the meta data of the new resource. In the case of a MD5 hash mismatch, a HTTP Status of 422 will be returned. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-11.2

ResourceMetaData

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
ResourceIdentifier	The identifier for the resource	globally unique identifier	None.
Application	The application the resource belongs to	string	None.
OriginalFilename	Original filename of the resource	string	None.
SizeInBytes	Size in bytes of the resource	integer	None.
CreatedUtc	DateTime when the resource was added to the system.	date	None.
LastAccessedUtc	DateTime when the resource was last accessed.	date	None.
TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess	Timespan the resource will remain in the repository after the last access date.	time interval	None.
Tags	List of name/value pairs listing the tags associated with the resource.	Collection of Pair of string [key] and string [value]	None.
Md5HashBase64	Md5Hash of the resource as a Base64Encoded string. If the resource was a string: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" = nhB9nTcrtoJr2B01QqQZ1g== "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." = 5NkJwpDQ+xygaP+t3yLL0A== "" = 1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==	string	None.
Md5HashHexString	Md5Hash of the resource as a hex string. If the resource was a string: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" = 9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6 "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." = e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0 "" = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "ResourceIdentifier": "3b01bdc1-d381-4d89-86ba-2bb70882e892",
  "Application": "sample string 2",
  "OriginalFilename": "sample string 3",
  "SizeInBytes": 1,
  "CreatedUtc": "2025-10-27T16:18:30.027358-04:00",
  "LastAccessedUtc": "2025-10-27T16:18:30.027358-04:00",
  "TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess": "00:00:00.1234567",
  "Tags": [
    {
      "Key": "sample string 1",
      "Value": "sample string 2"
    },
    {
      "Key": "sample string 1",
      "Value": "sample string 2"
    }
  ],
  "Md5HashBase64": "sample string 6",
  "Md5HashHexString": "sample string 7"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ResourceMetaData xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ResourceIdentifier>3b01bdc1-d381-4d89-86ba-2bb70882e892</ResourceIdentifier>
  <Application>sample string 2</Application>
  <OriginalFilename>sample string 3</OriginalFilename>
  <SizeInBytes>1</SizeInBytes>
  <CreatedUtc>2025-10-27T16:18:30.027358-04:00</CreatedUtc>
  <LastAccessedUtc>2025-10-27T16:18:30.027358-04:00</LastAccessedUtc>
  <TimeToLiveAfterLastAccess />
  <Tags>
    <KeyValuePairOfStringString />
    <KeyValuePairOfStringString />
  </Tags>
  <Md5HashBase64>sample string 6</Md5HashBase64>
  <Md5HashHexString>sample string 7</Md5HashHexString>
</ResourceMetaData>