The REST API provides a standard set of HTTP requests and responses.

We will be using the following URL to communicate with SmartVault’s REST API: https://rest.smartvault.com

Requests

Each request implements a standard HTTP method. The following methods are supported:

• GET – used for retrieving metadata or file contents depending on the facility and scheme.
• PUT – used for uploading or creating a file to the given URI. Also, used to update metadata regarding a file.
• POST – used for uploading or creating a file in contexts where file naming conventions do not follow strict uniqueness.
• DELETE – used to delete resources.

 
The following request headers are used:

Header	Description	Required
Authorization	Authentication token	Required for all authenticated requests
Content-Length	The size of the request body.	Required for all put and post requests
Content-Type	The type of the content.	Required
Accept	Type of response accepted. Valid answers are application/x-protobuf, application/json, application/xml, and application/xhtml+xml. By default, the system assumes application/xml.	Required
Host	The URI for the request.	Required