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API Reference

The Nimbus API uses token authentication, so it is recommended that you secure the account and api subdomains with HTTPS. The Authorization header for requests that require it should have the following form:

Token 81d1445d307741e63f5c6f26d4e840175c21a34d

The term "media item" refers to a file or a shortened link.

Obtain Authorization Token

Obtain the API authorization token corresponding to a username/password pair.

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: POST
  • URL: /api-token-auth
  • Parameters
    • username: The username for the user whose token should be returned
    • password: The password for the user whose token should be returned

Response

  • Status: 200 OK

  • Body:

    {
    "token": "81d1445d307741e63f5c6f26d4e840175c21a34d"
}

Errors

If the provided credentials are not valid, the following response is returned:

  • Status: 400 Bad Request

  • Body:

    {
    "non_field_errors": [
        "Unable to login with provided credentials."
    ]
}

List Media Items

List all media items created by the authorized user.

All media items are serialized the same way. Links and files can be differentiated using the media_type attribute.

Valid media type codes are as follows:

  • URL: Shortened URLS
  • IMG: Image files
  • TXT: Text files
  • ARC: Archive files
  • AUD: Audio files
  • VID: Video files
  • ETC: Other files

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: GET
  • URL: /media/list
  • Optional URL Parameters:
    • media_type: The media type code used to filter the list (e.g. GET /media/list?media_type=IMG will list all images)

Response

  • Status: 200 OK

  • Body:

    [
    {
        "url_hash": "clJwWj",
        "share_url": "http://example.com/clJwWj",
        "name": "example.png",
        "target_url": "",
        "target_file": "de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
        "target_file_url": "http://files.example.com/de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
        "view_count": 4,
        "upload_date": "2014-01-02T03:04:05.060Z",
        "media_type": "IMG"
    },
    {
        "url_hash": "i7UrcU",
        "share_url": "http://example.com/i7UrcU",
        "name": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example",
        "target_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example",
        "target_file": "",
        "target_file_url": "",
        "view_count": 2,
        "upload_date": "upload_date": "2014-01-02T03:45:06.070Z",
        "media_type": "URL"
    }
]

Show Media Item Details

Show details for a media item.

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: GET
  • URL: /media/show
  • URL Parameters:
    • url_hash: The media type code used to filter the list (e.g. GET /media/list?media_type=IMG will list all images)

Response

  • Status: 200 OK

  • Body:

    {
    "url_hash": "clJwWj",
    "share_url": "http://example.com/clJwWj",
    "name": "example.png",
    "target_url": "",
    "target_file": "de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
    "target_file_url": "http://files.example.com/de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
    "view_count": 4,
    "upload_date": "2014-01-02T03:04:05.060Z",
    "media_type": "IMG"
}

Upload File

Create a media item for a file.

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: POST
  • URL: /media/add_file
  • Parameters
    • file: The file to upload.

Response

  • Status: 201 Created

  • Body:

    {
    "url_hash": "clJwWj",
    "share_url": "http://example.com/clJwWj",
    "name": "example.png",
    "target_file": "de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
    "target_file_url": "http://files.example.com/de807a6626ed47c1adf3696bfb2cb9ef/example.png",
    "upload_date": "2014-01-02T03:04:05.060Z",
    "media_type": "IMG"
}

Add Link

Create a media item for a URL.

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: POST
  • URL: /media/add_link
  • Parameters
    • target_url: The URL to shorten.

Response

  • Status: 201 Created

  • Body:

    {
    "url_hash": "i7UrcU",
    "share_url": "http://example.com/i7UrcU",
    "target_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example",
    "upload_date": "2014-01-02T03:45:06.070Z"
}

Delete Media Items

Delete one or more media items.

Request

  • Requires: Authentication
  • HTTP Request Method: DELETE
  • URL: /media/delete
  • URL Parameters
    • url_hash: The URL hash of the media item that should be deleted. This parameter can be repeated to delete multiple items.

Response

  • Status: 204 No Content