@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ like::
624624Lines are wrapped for display, content value is one really long
625625line. If the data is not utf-8 compatible, you will get a link.
626626
627- Retrieving the contents of a file is slightly different . Performing a
628- get on a file returns::
627+ Retrieving the contents of a file is similar . Performing a
628+ get on ``https://.../demo/rest/data/ file/11`` returns::
629629
630630 {
631631 "data": {
@@ -648,20 +648,20 @@ get on a file returns::
648648 }
649649 }
650650
651- To get the file contents in binary form, you currently have to go
652- outside of the rest interface. You can use the name and content link
653- to download the binary data stream. Perform a get on: the link value
654- with the name appended. So for this example you would get:
655- ``https://.../demo/file11/afile``. You will receive a response of type
651+ To download the file contents for this example you would
652+ perform an http GET using: ``https://.../demo/file11/``. The trailing
653+ / is required. You will receive a response of type
656654application/octet-stream.
657655
658- using ``@verbose=3`` the content is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
656+ If you perform a get on
657+ ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11?@verbose=3`` the content field
658+ above is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
659659
660660 "content": "file11 is not text, retrieve using binary_content
661661 property. mdsum: bd990c0f8833dd991daf610b81b62316",
662662
663663
664- You can then use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
664+ You can use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
665665retrieve an encoded copy of the data.
666666
667667Other query params
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ returns::
11701170 "id": "11",
11711171 "type": "<class 'bytes'>",
11721172 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content",
1173- "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\xec?\\x00\\x00'",
1173+ "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\\ xec?\\x00\\x00'",
11741174 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
11751175 }
11761176 }
@@ -1179,6 +1179,8 @@ returns::
11791179as a data stream rather than encoded. See `Getting Message and Files
11801180Content`_.
11811181
1182+ The data is a json encoded hexidecimal representation of the data.
1183+
11821184
11831185Other Supported Methods for fields
11841186^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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