Get root file system directory

NAS File Storage REST API Reference

Version

15.6.x

File Size

1291 KB

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92HNAS100-07

ft:lastEdition

2026-04-07

get /v9/storage/filesystems/{filesystemId}/directories

Get root file system directory.

Note: Accepted parameter values may be restricted based on the virtual server access granted by the API key used for authentication.

Authentication: x_subsystem_user Api Key "X-Subsystem-User"

Authentication: x_subsystem_password Api Key "X-Subsystem-Password"

Authentication: api_key Api Key "X-Api-Key"

Authentication: basicAuth HTTP - basic scheme

Path parameters

filesystemId String required

Either the file system ID or the object ID of the file system

Example: 7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000

Query parameters

includeIscsiFiles Boolean

True indicates that iSCSI logical unit files should be included in the directory listing. This option is ignored for read-only users

Example: true

Default: false

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'GET'

         -H "X-Subsystem-User: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Subsystem-Password: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Api-Key: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "Authorization: Basic [[basicHash]]"
         \
      
        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
      'https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/{filesystemId}/directories?includeIscsiFiles=true'

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("172.27.146.40:8444")

headers = { 'Authorization': "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH" }

conn.request("GET", "/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE", headers=headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = null;

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("GET", "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "8444",
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000/directories?includeIscsiFiles=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Responses

Successful operation

Body

application/json

directoriesarray

[

displayNamearray[string]

Full path of the directory item

isDirectoryboolean

True indicates the entry represents a directory. False indicates the entry is a file

namestring

Single level name of the directory item

Example:"directory2"

objectIdstring

Unique ID of the object

Example:"333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56"

]

RESPONSE
{
  "directories": [
    {
      "displayName": [
        "//directory1/directory2"
      ],
      "isDirectory": false,
      "name": "directory2",
      "objectId": "333a3a3a3a3a3a303a3a3a4f49445f24232140255f56"
    }
  ]
}

Bad Request

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081353

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:

"Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081353,
  "errorMsg": "Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"
}

Unauthorized - the request was rejected because the credentials or API key were either missing or invalid

Forbidden - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation

Body

application/json

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorMsg": "Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"
}

Not Found - a resource specified was not found

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081345

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Cannot find the object of the operation on the device"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081345,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Cannot find the object of the operation on the device"
}

Internal Server Error

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Failed to mount file system"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Failed to mount file system"
}