Seafile Web API

Note

The API document has been moved to https://seafile-api.readme.io/reference/introduction

API Basics

All API calls must be authenticated with a valid Seafile API key.

curl -H 'Authorization: Token 24fd3c026886e3121b2ca630805ed425c272cb96' https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/auth/ping/

The api key can be retrieved by the obtain auth api. See Quick Start below.

Status Code

• 200: OK

• 201: CREATED

• 202: ACCEPTED

• 301: MOVED_PERMANENTLY

• 400: BAD_REQUEST

• 403: FORBIDDEN

• 404: NOT_FOUND

• 409: CONFLICT

• 429: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS

• 440: REPO_PASSWD_REQUIRED

• 441: REPO_PASSWD_MAGIC_REQUIRED

• 500: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR

• 520: OPERATION_FAILED

Quick Start

ping

curl https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/ping/
"pong"

obtain auth token

curl -d "[email protected]&password=123456" https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/auth-token/
{"token": "24fd3c026886e3121b2ca630805ed425c272cb96"}

you should use --data-urlencode if you want to process some special characters properly.

curl --data-urlencode [email protected] -d password=123456 https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/auth-token/
{"token":"265757b0a5aaf5d6b2e266d0c21791121ce6cdec"}

If you have enabled two-factor authentication, you need to add 2FA header in HTTP when getting the access token:

curl -d "[email protected]&password=123456" -H 'X-SEAFILE-OTP: <token>' https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/auth-token/

auth ping

curl -H 'Authorization: Token 24fd3c026886e3121b2ca630805ed425c272cb96' https://cloud.seafile.com/api2/auth/ping/
"pong"