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Files by your reference

GET
/api/v1/tenants/{tenant_id}/applications/{application_id}/files/by-external-ref/{external_ref}
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://files.centralcodestation.com/api/v1/tenants/example/applications/example/files/by-external-ref/example?limit=100' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

The files carrying external_ref (for example post:123) that the caller may view.

Folders and files

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
external_ref
required
string

The tenant’s own reference, as set on the file (at most 200 characters).

tenant_id
required
string

The Identity Server tenant id.

application_id
required
string

The Identity Server application id: a tenant application, or (platform clients) the client’s own platform application.

Query Parameters

Section titled “Query Parameters”
after
string

The next_cursor of the previous page.

limit
integer
default: 100 >= 1 <= 500

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

200

Section titled “200”

Success.

Media typeapplication/json
object
items
required
Array<object>
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: file
file_id
required
string
tenant_id
required
string
application_id
required
string
folder_id
required
string
path
required
string
name
required
string
extension
required
string
nullable
mime_type
required
string
kind
required
string
Allowed values: image video audio pdf document spreadsheet presentation text archive other
size
required
number
content_sha256
required
string
nullable
title
required
string
nullable
description
required
string
nullable
category
required
string
nullable
department
required
string
nullable
tags
required
Array<string>
custom
required
object
key
additional properties
string
external_ref
required

Your own reference (for example post:123); a list and search filter.

string
nullable
owner_id
required
string
nullable
created_by
required
object
user_id
required
string
nullable
client_id
required
string
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
state
required
string
Allowed values: pending_upload available quarantined trashed
status
required
string
Allowed values: draft in_review approved rejected archived
visibility
required
string
Allowed values: private application public
public_url
required

The stable URL of a public file.

string
nullable
current_version_no
required
number
versions_count
required
number
revision
required
number
media
required

Derived from the bytes: width, height, duration_ms, pages, …

object
key
additional properties
any
processing
required

One outcome per processing step.

object
key
additional properties
string
Allowed values: pending done skipped failed clean infected
renditions
required
object
key
additional properties
object
status
required
string
Allowed values: pending ready skipped failed
mime_type
required
string
nullable
size
required
number
nullable
width
required
number
nullable
height
required
number
nullable
duration_ms
required
number
nullable
error

Only on skipped and failed: why, e.g. source_smaller, duration_exceeds_limit, size_exceeds_limit, duration_unknown.

string
public_renditions
required
object
key
additional properties
string
duplicate_of
required
string
nullable
lock
required
object
kind
required
string
Allowed values: checkout edit_session
holder_user_id
required
string
nullable
holder_client_id
required
string
nullable
acquired_at
required
string format: date-time
expires_at
required
string format: date-time
note
required
string
nullable
editable
required
boolean
hold
required

A legal hold: while it is in force the file cannot be purged and its versions are kept.

object
reason
required
string
placed_by
required

The user who placed it, or the client id of a machine caller without acting_user_id.

string
placed_at
required
string format: date-time
until
required

When the hold ends by itself; null: until released.

string format: date-time
nullable
managed
required

Application-managed: the item is a folder an application marked, or lies below one. Read-only for people (403 folder_managed); only the application’s machine clients change it.

boolean
managed_by
required

Who manages it and which folder carries the mark; null when not managed.

object
client_id
required

The machine client that marked the managing folder.

string
name
required

A display name for it: the tenant application’s name, or a platform application’s slug.

string
nullable
managed_folder_id
required

The folder that carries the mark (the item itself, or its nearest marked ancestor). The tenant owner releases this one.

string
managed_at
required
string format: date-time
inherit
required
boolean
acl_scope_id
required
string
entries_count
required
number
trashed_at
required
string format: date-time
nullable
trashed_by
required
string
nullable
my_actions
required
Array<string>
Allowed values: view download edit share delete approve
next_cursor
required
string
nullable

Example 

{
  "items": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "kind": "image",
      "state": "pending_upload",
      "status": "draft",
      "visibility": "private",
      "processing": {
        "additionalProperty": "pending"
      },
      "renditions": {
        "additionalProperty": {
          "status": "pending"
        }
      },
      "lock": {
        "kind": "checkout"
      },
      "my_actions": [
        "view"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

401

Section titled “401”

Error. error is one of: invalid_token.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "error": "invalid_token",
  "message": "The bearer token is missing, malformed, expired, signed by an unknown key, or has the wrong audience (`aud` must be `files-api`).",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

403

Section titled “403”

Error. error is one of: not_tenant_member, no_application_access, tenant_not_available, insufficient_scope, client_context_mismatch, files_access_not_granted, missing_action.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 403,
  "error": "not_tenant_member",
  "message": "The user is not an active member of the tenant in the URL.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

404

Section titled “404”

Error. error is one of: application_not_found, not_found.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "error": "application_not_found",
  "message": "The application in the URL is not an active application of the tenant.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

429

Section titled “429”

Error. error is one of: rate_limited.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "error": "rate_limited",
  "message": "Too many requests in the current window; `retry_after` (and the `Retry-After` header) says when to retry.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

503

Section titled “503”

Error. error is one of: identity_unavailable.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 503,
  "error": "identity_unavailable",
  "message": "The service could not reach the Identity Server and has no fresh cached answer.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

default

Section titled “default”

Error: see error for the code.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit invalid_json invalid_name depth_exceeded invalid_move role_locked invalid_redirect_uri invalid_id_token webhook_url_not_allowed invalid_grant invalid_token share_password_required insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed files_access_not_granted missing_capability missing_action platform_admin_required tenant_suspended partial_permission cannot_grant_more_than_held tenant_owner_required folder_managed share_password_invalid not_found application_not_found role_not_found file_not_found folder_not_found upload_not_found version_not_found share_not_found entry_not_found rendition_not_available job_not_found taxonomy_not_found upload_expired upload_not_open name_conflict scan_pending file_quarantined file_trashed file_pending file_locked file_on_hold status_locked version_is_current folder_busy idempotency_key_reused share_gone share_limit_reached revision_mismatch file_too_large quota_exceeded payload_too_large upload_incomplete size_mismatch hash_mismatch type_not_allowed not_previewable too_many_entries too_many_file_ids too_many_scopes too_many_applications taxonomy_value_invalid public_visibility_disabled share_links_disabled webhook_unreachable rate_limited server_error not_implemented identity_unavailable storage_unavailable notifications_unavailable storage_account_not_found storage_migration_not_found storage_account_in_use storage_account_not_verified storage_migration_in_progress storage_account_verification_failed storage_adapter_not_allowed
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 403,
  "error": "invalid_request",
  "message": "This client is not bound to this tenant/application",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/t1/applications/a1/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D"
}