Files #

Files are a common part of many APIs. Yaade allows you to upload files to the Yaade-Server and reference them in your requests. This is especially useful when you are testing file uploads to your API.

Upload #

To upload a file, select the Body tab of a request. Then change the content type to multipart/form-data. A form data field can either be a file or a text field. To add a file, change the type from Text to File. After that, the value-part of the form data field will change to a file input. Click on the file input to open a dialog and select the file you want to upload. Uploaded files are accessible globally and can be used in any request of any collection.

Select a file #

To select a file, simply click the filename in the file input dialog. This will add the file to the request.

Delete a file #

To delete a file from the server, simply click on the trash icon next to the file name in the file input dialog. This will remove the file from the server and from the request.

Limiting File Access #

Just like collections, file-access can be restricted to certain groups. Groups are selected when uploading the file. Once uploaded, groups cannot be changed.

Changing the storage location #

The storage location of files on the server can be changed by setting the YAADE_FILE_STORAGE_PATH environment variable when starting the Docker Container. This can be helpful when you want to store files on a different machine by mounting a network drive or something like s3fs.