File Input

Describes a new file input. To upload a file, provide the binary file in a multipart/form-data body part where name="fileData". See Uploading Binary Files.

Root XML tag

<fileInput>

JSON

1{ 
2   "desc":"Employee Survey Results",
3   "title":"emp_surv_results"
4}

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
`contentModifiedDate`	Date	File-specific last modified date that can be used to set a client-side modified date.	Optional	32.0
`desc`	String	Description of the file to be uploaded.	Optional	24.0
`includeExternalFilePerimissionsInfo`	Boolean	Specifies whether to include permission information, such as whether the file is shared and what are the available permission types, for external files. This property can be used with POST requests to `/chatter/users/userId/files`, but not with POST requests to `/chatter/files/fileId.`	Optional	35.0
`isInMyFileSync`	Boolean	`true` if the file is synced withSalesforce Files Sync; `false` otherwise.	Optional	31.0
`isMajorVersion`	Boolean	`true` if the file is a major version; `false` if the file is a minor version. Major versions can’t be replaced.	Optional	31.0
`parentFolderId`	String	ID of the containing folder.	Optional	31.0
`repositoryFileId`	String	ID of the external file.	Optional	32.0
`repositoryId`	String	ID of the external data source.	Optional	32.0
`sharingOption`	String	Sharing option of the file. Values are: `Allowed`—Resharing of the file is allowed. `Restricted`—Resharing of the file is restricted.	Optional	35.0
`title`	String	Title of the file.	Optional	24.0

Chatter REST API Developer's Guide

File Input