Find Files

Find Files matching your criteria.

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Permissions Required

You must have Find permissions to a matching file for it to be included in the results

Method Signature

FilesPage find();
FilesPage find(Filter filter);
FilesPage find(String pageToken);
FilesPage find(Filter filter, String pageToken);
FilesPage find(Filter filter, String pageToken, Integer pageSize);

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
filterFilterThe filter criteria to search by, or null to fetch all Files.
pageTokenStringThe token of the page to fetch
pageSizeIntegerThe number of Files to return per page
returnsFilesPageThe requested page of Files

You can search for matches among the following attributes of the Where class.

NameTypeDescription
textStringFuzzy matches the file Name.
ownerStringSearch for Files created by a specific team member. The email
address of the owner of the Instance must match exactly, apart from casing.
workflowIdUUIDFind Files attached to a specific Workflow
instanceIdUUIDFind Files attached to a specific Instance

Example

/*
 * This example demonstrates finding all Files in a specific
 * Instance uploaded by a particular user.
 * This also demonstrates paging through results to collect all
 * matches into a single list.
 */

import org.catalytic.sdk.CatalyticClient;
import org.catalytic.sdk.entities.File;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Program {
  
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      
      	// Create and initialize Catalytic SDK Client
        CatalyticClient catalytic = new CatalyticClient();
        List<File> file = new ArrayList<>();
      
        Where where = new Where().instanceId().is("c9f2beec-10c0-4f2f-b4e0-1d884c7e053c")
            .and().owner().is("[email protected]");
      
      	// Find files that Alice owns for a specific Workflow Instance
        FilePage results = catalytic.files().find(where);
      	file.addAll(results.getFile());
      
      	// Loop through all the pages of Files and add them to the Files array
      	while(results.getNextPageToken() != null) {
            results = catalytic.files().find(where, results.getNextPageToken());
            file.addAll(results.getFile());
        }
    }
}