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        • Datasources overview
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          • Recovering a Flat Storage Datasource with Cells Fuse
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        • Migrate Pydio 8 to Cells
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    • Cellsflows
      • Cells Flows Manual
        • Introduction to Cells Flows
        • Anatomy of a Flow
          • Actions and Messages
          • Data Types, Queries, Filters
          • Triggers
          • Parameters
          • Tasks Logs
        • Demo of a simple Flow (video)
        • Building your own Flows
          • Business Requirements
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          • Combining multiple triggers
        • Providing End-User Interactions
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          • Using Golang Templates
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          • Live Playground
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        • Managing Flows
          • Creating, renaming and deleting
          • Import/Export JSON File
          • Templates and Presets
          • Flows Versioning
      • Preset Flows
        • Intelligent File Management
          • Detect metadata change
          • Move Files Automatically
          • Personal Files Preset
        • Efficient System Maintenance
          • Backup Personal Files
          • Capture Snapshots
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          • Disable Links Older...
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        • Automated Identity and Access Management
          • Batch Create Links
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        • Data Analysis, Insights and Reporting
          • Export Audits Report
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        • Identity Management
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        • Extract/Load/Transform
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        • Internal Actions
          • Prune tokens
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          • Global meta from P8
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          • Sync. workspaces
          • Sync. Shares
          • Expired ACLs clean up
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          • Prune Jobs
          • Set Datasource Attribute
          • Write To File (v1)
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          • Reset policies
          • File versioning
          • Backup Versions
          • Prune Versions
          • Upgrade DataSource Format
          • Fake Users
      • Filters & Queries
        • Files/Folders Selector
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        • Roles Selector
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        • ACL Selector
        • Task Message Filter
        • Request Metadata Filter
        • Arbitrary Data Selector
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        • DataSource Selector
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    • Developer guide
      • Introduction
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          • Using Postman
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        • Other APIs
      • Clients / SDKs
        • Cells Client
        • Cells SDK for Go
        • Cells SDK for JavaScript
        • Cells SDK for Java
      • Rest API
        • [Enterprise] Audit Service
          • GET /a/audit/data/reports
          • POST /a/audit/data/shares
        • [Enterprise] Config Service
          • DELETE /a/config/directories/{ConfigId}
          • DELETE /a/config/oauth2clients/{ClientID}
          • DELETE /a/config/oauth2clients/{client_id}
          • DELETE /a/config/oauth2connectors/{id}
          • DELETE /a/config/versioning/{Uuid}
          • DELETE /a/config/virtualnodes/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/config/directories
          • GET /a/config/oauth2clients
          • GET /a/config/oauth2connectors
          • GET /a/config/sites
          • POST /a/config/directories-test/ping
          • POST /a/config/directories-test/search
          • POST /a/config/versioning/{Uuid}
          • POST /a/config/virtualnodes/{Uuid}
          • PUT /a/config/directories/{ConfigId}
          • PUT /a/config/oauth2clients/{ClientID}
          • PUT /a/config/oauth2clients/{client_id}
          • PUT /a/config/oauth2connectors
          • PUT /a/config/oauth2connectors/{id}
        • [Enterprise] Front Service
          • GET /a/frontend/auth/state
          • GET /a/frontend/login/connectors
        • [Enterprise] License Service
          • GET /a/license/stats
          • PUT /a/license/update
        • [Enterprise] Log Service
          • POST /a/log/audit
          • POST /a/log/audit/chartdata
          • POST /a/log/audit/export
          • POST /a/log/sys/export
        • [Enterprise] Policy Service
          • DELETE /a/policy/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/policy/ipbans
          • GET /a/policy/iplists/{Name}
          • POST /a/policy/ipbans
          • POST /a/policy/iplists
          • PUT /a/policy
        • [Enterprise] Scheduler Service
          • DELETE /a/scheduler/jobs/{JobID}
          • DELETE /a/scheduler/templates/actions/{TemplateName}
          • DELETE /a/scheduler/templates/jobs/{Name}
          • DELETE /a/scheduler/templates/selectors/{TemplateName}
          • DELETE /a/scheduler/versions/{JobID}/{VersionID}
          • GET /a/scheduler/templates/docs/{Type}
          • PATCH /a/scheduler/versions/{JobID}/{VersionID}
          • POST /a/scheduler/hooks/{HookSlug}
          • POST /a/scheduler/templates/actions
          • POST /a/scheduler/templates/jobs
          • POST /a/scheduler/templates/playground
          • POST /a/scheduler/templates/selectors
          • POST /a/scheduler/versions/{JobID}
          • PUT /a/scheduler/jobs
          • PUT /a/scheduler/templates/actions
          • PUT /a/scheduler/templates/jobs/{Name}
          • PUT /a/scheduler/templates/selectors
        • [Enterprise] Templates Service
          • DELETE /a/templates/meta/{TemplateUuid}
          • DELETE /a/templates/node/{TemplateUuid}
          • GET /a/templates/meta
          • POST /a/templates/node
          • PUT /a/templates/meta
        • [Enterprise] Token Service
          • DELETE /a/auth/tokens/{TokenId}
          • POST /a/auth/token/impersonate
          • POST /a/auth/token/personal
          • POST /a/auth/tokens
        • ACL Service
          • POST /a/acl
          • POST /a/acl/bulk/delete
          • PUT /a/acl
        • Activity Service
          • POST /a/activity/stream
          • POST /a/activity/subscribe
          • POST /a/activity/subscriptions
        • Admin Tree Service
          • POST /a/tree/admin/list
          • POST /a/tree/admin/stat
        • Config Service
          • DELETE /a/config/datasource/{Name}
          • GET /a/config/ctl
          • GET /a/config/datasource
          • GET /a/config/datasource/{Name}
          • GET /a/config/discovery
          • GET /a/config/discovery/forms/{ServiceName}
          • GET /a/config/discovery/openapi
          • GET /a/config/peers
          • GET /a/config/scheduler/actions
          • GET /a/config/scheduler/actions/{ActionName}
          • GET /a/config/sites/{Filter}
          • GET /a/config/versioning
          • GET /a/config/versioning/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/config/virtualnodes
          • GET /a/config/{FullPath}
          • POST /a/config/buckets
          • POST /a/config/ctl
          • POST /a/config/datasource/{Name}
          • POST /a/config/encryption/create
          • POST /a/config/encryption/delete
          • POST /a/config/encryption/export
          • POST /a/config/encryption/list
          • POST /a/config/peers/{PeerAddress}
          • POST /a/config/processes
          • POST /a/config/registry
          • PUT /a/config/buckets/{BucketName}
          • PUT /a/config/encryption/import
          • PUT /a/config/peers/{PeerAddress}
          • PUT /a/config/{FullPath}
        • Frontend Service
          • GET /a/frontend/binaries/{BinaryType}/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/frontend/bootconf
          • GET /a/frontend/messages/{Lang}
          • GET /a/frontend/plugins/{Lang}
          • GET /a/frontend/settings-menu
          • GET /a/frontend/state
          • POST /a/frontend/binaries/{BinaryType}/{Uuid}
          • POST /a/frontend/enroll
          • POST /a/frontend/session
        • Graph Service
          • GET /a/graph/relation/{UserId}
          • GET /a/graph/state/{Segment}
          • POST /a/graph/recommend
        • Install Service
          • GET /a/install
          • GET /a/install/agreement
          • GET /a/install/events
          • POST /a/install
          • POST /a/install/check
        • Jobs Service
          • POST /a/jobs/tasks/delete
          • POST /a/jobs/tasks/logs
          • POST /a/jobs/user
          • PUT /a/jobs/user
          • PUT /a/jobs/user/{JobName}
        • Log Service
          • POST /a/log/sys
        • Mailer Service
          • POST /a/mailer/send
        • Meta Service
          • POST /a/meta/bulk/get
          • POST /a/meta/delete/{NodePath}
          • POST /a/meta/get/{NodePath}
          • POST /a/meta/set/{NodePath}
        • Policy Service
          • POST /a/policy
        • Role Service
          • DELETE /a/role/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/role/{Uuid}
          • POST /a/role
          • PUT /a/role/{Uuid}
        • Search Service
          • POST /a/search/nodes
        • Share Service
          • DELETE /a/share/cell/{Uuid}
          • DELETE /a/share/link/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/share/cell/{Uuid}
          • GET /a/share/link/{Uuid}
          • POST /a/share/resources
          • PUT /a/share/cell
          • PUT /a/share/link
          • PUT /a/share/policies
        • Templates Service
          • GET /a/templates
        • Token Service
          • POST /a/auth/reset-password
          • POST /a/auth/token/document
          • POST /a/auth/token/revoke
          • PUT /a/auth/reset-password-token/{UserLogin}
        • Tree Service
          • GET /a/tree/stat/{Node}
          • POST /a/tree/create
          • POST /a/tree/delete
          • POST /a/tree/restore
          • POST /a/tree/selection
          • POST /a/tree/stats
        • Update Service
          • PATCH /a/update/{TargetVersion}
          • POST /a/update
        • UserMeta Service
          • DELETE /a/user-meta/tags/{Namespace}/{Tags}
          • GET /a/user-meta/namespace
          • GET /a/user-meta/tags/{Namespace}
          • POST /a/user-meta/bookmarks
          • POST /a/user-meta/search
          • POST /a/user-meta/tags/{Namespace}
          • PUT /a/user-meta/namespace
          • PUT /a/user-meta/update
        • Users Service
          • DELETE /a/user/{Login}
          • GET /a/user/{Login}
          • POST /a/user
          • PUT /a/user/roles/{Login}
          • PUT /a/user/{Login}
        • Workspace Service
          • DELETE /a/workspace/{Slug}
          • POST /a/workspace
          • PUT /a/workspace/{Slug}
      • Command line reference
        • Cells Binary
          • cells
          • cells admin
          • cells admin acl
          • cells admin acl create
          • cells admin acl delete
          • cells admin acl patch-recycle-personal
          • cells admin acl search
          • cells admin cert
          • cells admin cert import
          • cells admin clean
          • cells admin clean acls
          • cells admin clean activities
          • cells admin clean logs
          • cells admin clean reset-jobs
          • cells admin clean resync
          • cells admin config
          • cells admin config check
          • cells admin config copy
          • cells admin config db
          • cells admin config db add
          • cells admin config db list
          • cells admin config db move
          • cells admin config db set
          • cells admin config delete
          • cells admin config history
          • cells admin config list
          • cells admin config set
          • cells admin datasource
          • cells admin datasource capture
          • cells admin datasource migrate
          • cells admin datasource rehash
          • cells admin datasource resync
          • cells admin datasource rethumb
          • cells admin datasource snapshot
          • cells admin file
          • cells admin file create-bench
          • cells admin file ls
          • cells admin file meta-put
          • cells admin file meta-read
          • cells admin user
          • cells admin user create
          • cells admin user delete
          • cells admin user search
          • cells admin user set-profile
          • cells admin user set-pwd
          • cells admin user token
          • cells admin user unlock
          • cells configure
          • cells configure sites
          • cells configure sites add
          • cells configure sites delete
          • cells ctl
          • cells ctl service-level
          • cells start
          • cells update
          • cells version
        • Cells Client (cec)
          • cec
          • cec clear
          • cec completion
          • cec completion bash
          • cec completion zsh
          • cec config
          • cec config add
          • cec config add client-auth
          • cec config add oauth
          • cec config add token
          • cec config check-keyring
          • cec config ls
          • cec config rm
          • cec config use
          • cec cp
          • cec idm
          • cec idm list-acls
          • cec idm list-groups
          • cec idm list-roles
          • cec idm list-users
          • cec idm list-workspaces
          • cec info
          • cec ls
          • cec mkdir
          • cec mv
          • cec rm
          • cec scp
          • cec share
          • cec storage
          • cec storage list-datasources
          • cec storage resync-ds
          • cec update
          • cec version
        • Cells Sync
          • cells-sync
          • cells-sync autotest
          • cells-sync capture
          • cells-sync completion
          • cells-sync completion bash
          • cells-sync completion fish
          • cells-sync completion powershell
          • cells-sync completion zsh
          • cells-sync config
          • cells-sync config account
          • cells-sync config add
          • cells-sync config delete
          • cells-sync config edit
          • cells-sync doc
          • cells-sync service
          • cells-sync start
          • cells-sync systray
          • cells-sync version
          • cells-sync webview
        • Cells Enterprise
          • cells-enterprise
          • cells-enterprise admin
          • cells-enterprise admin acl
          • cells-enterprise admin acl create
          • cells-enterprise admin acl delete
          • cells-enterprise admin acl patch-recycle-personal
          • cells-enterprise admin acl search
          • cells-enterprise admin cert
          • cells-enterprise admin cert import
          • cells-enterprise admin clean
          • cells-enterprise admin clean acls
          • cells-enterprise admin clean activities
          • cells-enterprise admin clean logs
          • cells-enterprise admin clean reset-jobs
          • cells-enterprise admin clean resync
          • cells-enterprise admin config
          • cells-enterprise admin config check
          • cells-enterprise admin config copy
          • cells-enterprise admin config db
          • cells-enterprise admin config db add
          • cells-enterprise admin config db list
          • cells-enterprise admin config db move
          • cells-enterprise admin config db set
          • cells-enterprise admin config delete
          • cells-enterprise admin config history
          • cells-enterprise admin config list
          • cells-enterprise admin config set
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource capture
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource migrate
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource rehash
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource resync
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource rethumb
          • cells-enterprise admin datasource snapshot
          • cells-enterprise admin file
          • cells-enterprise admin file create-bench
          • cells-enterprise admin file ls
          • cells-enterprise admin file meta-put
          • cells-enterprise admin file meta-read
          • cells-enterprise admin jobs
          • cells-enterprise admin jobs templates
          • cells-enterprise admin jobs unlock-public
          • cells-enterprise admin license
          • cells-enterprise admin license stats
          • cells-enterprise admin license update
          • cells-enterprise admin user
          • cells-enterprise admin user create
          • cells-enterprise admin user delete
          • cells-enterprise admin user search
          • cells-enterprise admin user set-profile
          • cells-enterprise admin user set-pwd
          • cells-enterprise admin user token
          • cells-enterprise admin user unlock
          • cells-enterprise configure
          • cells-enterprise configure sites
          • cells-enterprise configure sites add
          • cells-enterprise configure sites delete
          • cells-enterprise ctl
          • cells-enterprise ctl service-level
          • cells-enterprise start
          • cells-enterprise update
          • cells-enterprise version
      • Cells Development
        • Developing on Cells
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          • Vendoring
        • Microservices
          • Introduction
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          • Api gateway model
          • Architecture overview
        • Services categories
          • Identity managment
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        • Security model
          • Role based security rules
          • Resource based security rules
        • Activity streams
        • Miscellaneous
          • Logging
          • Tracing
          • Javascript Frontend
    • Knowledge base
      • Access Control
        • Changing Token Lifespan
        • Fully disabling Cells
        • ACL use cases
        • Managing resources ownership
      • Cells in Production
        • Changing the default datasource storage type
        • Cleanup Strategies for Production Instances
        • Installing ClamAV on a server
        • Migrate a Cells instance to a new server
        • Datasources & Workspaces Layout Recommendations
      • Client Applications
        • Using WebDAV clients
        • Setup Cells Server for CellsSync
      • Deployment
        • Install Cells on Debian/Ubuntu
        • Install Cells on CentOS/RHEL
        • Install Cells on MacOSX
        • Install Cells on Windows
        • Install Cells on Raspberry
        • No private IP detected issue
        • Monitoring Cells with Prometheus & Grafana
        • Running Cells behind an Apache reverse proxy
        • Running Cells behind a Caddy2 reverse proxy
        • Running Cells behind a Nginx reverse proxy
        • Running a Cells container behind a Traefik reverse proxy
        • Running Cells as a service with Supervisor
        • Running Cells as a service with Systemd
      • Identity Management
        • Using AWS Cognito as an Identity Provider
        • Connect to Pydio Cells via Microsoft Identity
        • Using Github as an Identity Provider
        • Using Google as an Identity Provider
        • Connect to Pydio Cells via On-Premise ADFS server
        • Connect to Pydio Cells via SimpleSAML PHP
        • Using Pydio Cells as an Identity Provider for WordPress

    Meta Service

    This service provides access to files/folders internal metadata (differing from user-defined metadata). Backward compatible with the Tree Service.

    • POST /a/meta/bulk/get
    • POST /a/meta/delete/{NodePath}
    • POST /a/meta/get/{NodePath}
    • POST /a/meta/set/{NodePath}

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