Register Server Directory

URL:
https://<system-directories-url>/register
Methods:
POST
Required Capability:
Administrator
Version Introduced:
10.8

Description

Registers a new server directory. While registering the server directory, you can also specify the directory's cleanup parameters.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

name

The name of the server directory.

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name=Test Directory

physicalPath

The absolute physical path of the server directory.

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physicalPath=C:/arcgis/arcgisserver/directories/testDirectory

diretoryType

The type of server directory.

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directoryType=OUTPUT

cleanupMode

Defines if files in the server directory needs to be cleaned up. The default value is NONE .

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cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED

maxFileAge

Defines how long a file in the directory needs to be kept before it is deleted.

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maxFileAge=10

description

An optional description for the server directory.

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description=Stores various information generated by services, such as map images

f

The response format. The default response format is html .

Values: html | json

Example usage

Below is a sample POST request for register :

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POST /webadaptor/admin/system/directories/register HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

name=Test Directory&physicalPath=C:/arcgis/arcgisserver/directories/testDirectory&directoryType=OUTPUT&description=Stores various information generated by services, such as map images&cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED&maxFileAge=10&f=json

JSON Response example

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{"status": "success"}

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