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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/upload/files/fromurl
Uploads one or more files to KiFS. Each file path must reside in a top-level KiFS directory, i.e. one of the directories listed in /show/directories. The user must have write permission on the directory. Nested directories are permitted in file name paths. Directories are delineated with the directory separator of ’/’. For example, given the file path ‘/a/b/c/d.txt’, ‘a’ must be a KiFS directory. These characters are allowed in file name paths: letters, numbers, spaces, the path delimiter of ’/’, and the characters: ’.’ ’-’ ’:’ ’[’ ’]’ ’(’ ’)’ ’#’ ’=’.

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Input Parameter Description

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file_names
array of strings
An array of full file name paths to be used for the files uploaded to KiFS. File names may have any number of nested directories in their paths, but the top-level directory must be an existing KiFS directory. Each file must reside in or under a top-level directory. A full file name path cannot be larger than 1024 characters.
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urls
array of strings
List of URLs to upload, for each respective file in input parameter file_names.
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options
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
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status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
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message
String
Empty if success or an error message
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data_type
String
‘upload_files_fromurl_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
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data
String
Empty string
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data_str
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /upload/files/fromurl endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.