Report Filing Service

BrowseFilesAsync

BrowseFilesAsync

Represents a request to browse directories for files on the ELMA server in an asynchronous operation.

The following routes are available for this service:
POST	/async/elma/files/browse

**BrowseFilesBase** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
DirectoryType	form	DirectoryType	Yes	The directory to browse for files.
Credential	form	ElmaCredential	Yes	The credential to gain access on the ELMA server.
StagingEnabled	form	bool?	No	Should operations be staged on the ELMA server? true: operations are executed on the Test ELMA server. false: operations are executed on the Live (Production) ELMA server.

**DirectoryType** Enum:
Upload
Download

**ElmaCredential** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	Yes	The unique identifier of this instance. This identifer is only relevant in the context of data storage and retrieval.
Certificate	form	PemCertificate	Yes	The security certificate to authenticate the user and grant access to the ELMA server. This certificate is generated from the BZSt-issued *.pfx BOP certificate. More details on BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start)
AuthSteuernummer	form	string	Yes	The BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the user. 11-character text field that may only consist of two capital letters and 9 digits (0-9). The fiscal authority BZSt provides this number during registration at the BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start). The number is available in the private area of the BOP user account under "My BOP" under the "Registration Information"
AccountId	form	string	Yes	The account identifier of a BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user. 10-character text field that may only contain numbers (0-9).
Password	form	string	Yes	The password to protect the certificate from unauthorized access.

**PemCertificate** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Id	form	string	Yes	The unique identifier (e.g. the file name) of the certificate.
Content	form	string	Yes	The PEM-encoded content of the certificate.
Description	form	string	No	The description of the certificate.
Tags	form	List<string>	No	Tags to label or identify the certificate.

**BrowseResponse** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Files	form	List<FileMetadata>	No	The files from the file browse operation.
ResponseStatus	form	ResponseStatus	No	The status of the file browse operation.

**FileMetadata** Parameters:
Name	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
Name	form	string	No	The name of the file. For files, gets the name of the file. For directories, gets the name of the last directory in the hierarchy if a hierarchy exists; otherwise, the name of the directory.
FullName	form	string	No	The full path of the directory or file.
LastAccessTime	form	DateTime	No	The time the current file or directory was last accessed.
LastAccessTimeUtc	form	DateTime	No	The name of the file.
LastWriteTime	form	DateTime	No	The time when the current file or directory was last written to.
LastWriteTimeUtc	form	DateTime	No	The time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), when the current file or directory was last written to.
Length	form	long	No	The size, in bytes, of the current file.
UserId	form	int	No	The size, in bytes, of the current file.
GroupId	form	int	No	The file group id.
OthersCanRead	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the others can read from this file.
GroupCanExecute	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the group members can execute this file.
GroupCanWrite	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the group members can write into this file.
GroupCanRead	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the group members can read from this file.
OwnerCanExecute	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the owner can execute this file.
OwnerCanWrite	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the owner can write into this file.
OwnerCanRead	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether the owner can read from this file.
OthersCanExecute	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether others can read from this file.
OthersCanWrite	form	bool	No	A value that indicates whether others can write into this file.
Extensions	form	Dictionary<string, string>	No	Extensions to the file attributes.

To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .json suffix or ?format=json

To embed the response in a jsonp callback, append ?callback=myCallback

HTTP + JSON

The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /async/elma/files/browse HTTP/1.1 
Host: reportfiling.pwc.de 
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: length

{"directoryType":"Upload","credential":{"id":"String_String","certificate":{"id":"String","content":"String","description":"String","tags":["String"]},"authSteuernummer":"String","accountId":"String","password":"String"},"stagingEnabled":false}

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

{"files":[{"name":"String","fullName":"String","lastAccessTime":"\/Date(-62135596800000-0000)\/","lastAccessTimeUtc":"\/Date(-62135596800000-0000)\/","lastWriteTime":"\/Date(-62135596800000-0000)\/","lastWriteTimeUtc":"\/Date(-62135596800000-0000)\/","length":0,"userId":0,"groupId":0,"othersCanRead":false,"groupCanExecute":false,"groupCanWrite":false,"groupCanRead":false,"ownerCanExecute":false,"ownerCanWrite":false,"ownerCanRead":false,"othersCanExecute":false,"othersCanWrite":false,"extensions":{"String":"String"}}],"responseStatus":{"errorCode":"String","message":"String","stackTrace":"String","errors":[{"errorCode":"String","fieldName":"String","message":"String","meta":{"String":"String"}}],"meta":{"String":"String"}}}