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Create a share link for the file

POST
/api/v1/tenants/{tenant_id}/applications/{application_id}/files/{file_id}/shares
curl --request POST \
  --url https://files.centralcodestation.com/api/v1/tenants/example/applications/example/files/example/shares \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "actions": [ "view", "download" ], "expires_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:33.120Z", "max_downloads": 10, "label": "For the printer" }'

The token is shown once.

Share links

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
file_id
required
string

A file id (ULID).

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.

Header Parameters

Section titled “Header Parameters”
Idempotency-Key
string

Replays the first answer for 24 hours when the same key is sent again (1 to 200 characters).

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
actions
Array<string>
default: view
Allowed values: view download
expires_at

Default 7 days, at most share_link_max_days.

string format: date-time
password
string
max_downloads
number
label
string

Example 

{
  "actions": [
    "view",
    "download"
  ],
  "expires_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:33.120Z",
  "max_downloads": 10,
  "label": "For the printer"
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

201

Section titled “201”

Created.

Media typeapplication/json
object
share_id
required
string
target
required
object
actions
required
Array<string>
expires_at
required
string format: date-time
password_protected
required
boolean
max_downloads
required
number
nullable
downloads
required
number
access_count
required
number
last_accessed_at
required
string format: date-time
nullable
created_by
required
object
user_id
required
string
nullable
client_id
required
string
created_at
required
string format: date-time
revoked_at
required
string format: date-time
nullable
label
required
string
nullable
token
required

Shown once.

string
url
required
string

Example generated

{
  "share_id": "example",
  "target": {},
  "actions": [
    "example"
  ],
  "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "password_protected": true,
  "max_downloads": 1,
  "downloads": 1,
  "access_count": 1,
  "last_accessed_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "created_by": {
    "user_id": "example",
    "client_id": "example"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "revoked_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "label": "example",
  "token": "example",
  "url": "example"
}

400

Section titled “400”

Error. error is one of: invalid_request.

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": 400,
  "error": "invalid_request",
  "message": "The request is malformed: a required field is missing, a value has the wrong type or format, or a field the route does not accept was sent",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness-co/applications/fitness-app/files/01J9Z6S9Q5F5R6Y2W2GZ3B3K4D",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T09:12:33.120Z"
}

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, folder_managed.

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"
}

422

Section titled “422”

Error. error is one of: share_links_disabled.

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": 422,
  "error": "share_links_disabled",
  "message": "Share links are switched off for the application or 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"
}