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Register Directory

Description

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

Note:
You can also register a directory by using its JSON representation as a value of the directory parameter.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails
name

The name of the server directory.

Example

name=Test Directory
physicalPath

The absolute physical path of the server directory.

Example

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

The type of server directory.

Example

directoryType=OUTPUT
cleanupMode

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

Example

cleanupMode=TIME_ELAPSED_SINCE_LAST_MODIFIED
maxFileAge

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

Example

maxFileAge=10
description

An optional description for the server directory.

Example

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

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

Below is a sample POST request for register:


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

{"status": "success"}