Init a volume

POST /volumes/initialize PUT /volumes/uploadfinish

Intialize a volume

Initialize with a remote source

Request:

POST /volumes/initialize HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "Volume": [
    {
      "Name": "vol1",
      "Source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperhq/hypercli/master/README.md"
    }
  ]
}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

JSON Parameters:

• Name - The name of volume to be initialized.

• Source - Source to be used to initialize the volume.

Status Codes:

• 200 - no error

• 400 - bad request

Initialize with a local source

Initializing a volume with local source is devided into three steps:

1. Ask to initialize

2. Upload data

3. Finish initialize

Ask to initialize

Request:

POST /volumes/initialize HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "Volume": [
    {
      "Name": "vol2",
      "Source": "/local/dir/foo/bar"
    }
  ]
}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "Session": "ab2b32286a13cd798e89ddb80f3e4a1dd723615e24e9713056f2285da401611e",
  "Cookie": "c95a72d51b2f9972e645d5d9645c3f5d406fe552e9dc406525573f70d95d1b1e",
  "Uploaders": {
      "vol2":"http://0.1.2.3/data0"
  }
}

After receiving HTTP OK, you have at most 30 minutes to upload your data to destination http://0.1.2.3/data0, using the provided cookie in application/x-tar format.

Upload data

Request:

POST http://0.1.2.3/data0?cookie=k
Content-Type: application/x-tar

Query Parameters:

• cookie: must match the cookie as returned in volume initialize response.

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Finish initialize

Request:

PUT /volumes/uploadfinish?session=s HTTP/1.1

Query Parameters:

• Session: must match the session as returned in volume initialize response.

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Status Codes:

• 200 - no error

• 400 - bad request