Terrain Discovery Environment API Filesystem API
iRODS filesystem operations - browse, create, move, delete files and directories
Terrain Discovery Environment API Filesystem API is one of 9 APIs that Terrain Discovery Environment API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Filesystem. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 10 operations across 10 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026.04.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://de.cyverse.org/terrain.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Terrain Discovery Environment API Filesystem API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (KeycloakBearer).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Iplant-De-Jwt (JwtHeader).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
KeycloakBearer— Bearer JWT token obtained from Keycloak via /terrain/token/keycloakJwtHeader— Signed JWT token passed in the X-Iplant-De-Jwt header
Paths & Operations 10
Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 5 GET, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
iRODS filesystem operations - browse, create, move, delete files and directories
Schemas 12
The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FileSystemObject (8 properties), DirectoryListing (7 properties), FileStats (6 properties), SearchResults (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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