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http HTTP API: /v1/client/fs docs-http-client-fs The '/v1/client/fs` endpoints are used to read the contents of an allocation directory.

/v1/client/fs

The client fs endpoints are used to read the contents of files and directories inside an allocation directory. The API endpoints are hosted by the Nomad client and requests have to be made to the Client where the particular allocation was placed.

GET

Description
Read contents of a file in an allocation directory.
Method
GET
URL
`/v1/client/fs/cat/`
Parameters
  • path required The path relative to the root of the allocation directory. It defaults to `/`
Returns
```

... 07:49 docker/3e8f0f4a67c2[924]: 1:M 22 Jun 21:07:49.110 # Server started, Redis version 3.2.1 07:49 docker/3e8f0f4a67c2[924]: 1:M 22 Jun 21:07:49.110 * The server is now ready to accept connections on port 6379 ... ```

Description
Stream contents of a file in an allocation directory.
Method
GET
URL
`/v1/client/fs/stream/`
Parameters
  • path required The path relative to the root of the allocation directory. It defaults to `/`
  • offset The offset to start streaming from. Defaults to 0.
  • origin Origin can be either "start" or "end" and applies the offset relative to either the start or end of the file respectively. Defaults to "start".
Returns
```

... { "File":"alloc/logs/redis.stdout.0", "Offset":3604480 "Data": "NTMxOTMyCjUzMTkzMwo1MzE5MzQKNTMx..." } { "File":"alloc/logs/redis.stdout.0", "FileEvent": "file deleted" } ```

Field Reference
The return value is a stream of frames. These frames contain the following fields:
<ul>
  <li>
    <span class="param">Data</span>
    A base64 encoding of the bytes being streamed.
  </li>
  <li>
    <span class="param">FileEvent</span>
    An event that could cause a change in the streams position. The possible
    values are "file deleted" and "file truncated".
  </li>
  <li>
    <span class="param">Offset</span>
    Offset is the offset into the stream.
  </li>
  <li>
    <span class="param">File</span>
    The name of the file being streamed.
  </li>
</ul>
Description
List files in an allocation directory.
Method
GET
URL
`/v1/client/fs/ls/`
Parameters
  • path required The path relative to the root of the allocation directory. It defaults to `/`, the root of the allocation directory.
Returns
```javascript
[
  {
    "Name": "alloc",
    "IsDir": true,
    "Size": 4096,
    "FileMode": "drwxrwxr-x",
    "ModTime": "2016-03-15T15:40:00.414236712-07:00"
  },
  {
    "Name": "redis",
    "IsDir": true,
    "Size": 4096,
    "FileMode": "drwxrwxr-x",
    "ModTime": "2016-03-15T15:40:56.810238153-07:00"
  }
]
```
Description
Stat a file in an allocation directory.
Method
GET
URL
`/v1/client/fs/stat/`
Parameters
  • path required The path of the file relative to the root of the allocation directory.
Returns
```javascript
{
  "Name": "redis-syslog-collector.out",
  "IsDir": false,
  "Size": 96,
  "FileMode": "-rw-rw-r--",
  "ModTime": "2016-03-15T15:40:56.822238153-07:00"
}
```