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[ aws . transfer ]

start-directory-listing

Description

Retrieves a list of the contents of a directory from a remote SFTP server. You specify the connector ID, the output path, and the remote directory path. You can also specify the optional MaxItems value to control the maximum number of items that are listed from the remote directory. This API returns a list of all files and directories in the remote directory (up to the maximum value), but does not return files or folders in sub-directories. That is, it only returns a list of files and directories one-level deep.

After you receive the listing file, you can provide the files that you want to transfer to the RetrieveFilePaths parameter of the StartFileTransfer API call.

The naming convention for the output file is `` connector-ID -listing-ID .json`` . The output file contains the following information:

  • filePath : the complete path of a remote file, relative to the directory of the listing request for your SFTP connector on the remote server.
  • modifiedTimestamp : the last time the file was modified, in UTC time format. This field is optional. If the remote file attributes don't contain a timestamp, it is omitted from the file listing.
  • size : the size of the file, in bytes. This field is optional. If the remote file attributes don't contain a file size, it is omitted from the file listing.
  • path : the complete path of a remote directory, relative to the directory of the listing request for your SFTP connector on the remote server.
  • truncated : a flag indicating whether the list output contains all of the items contained in the remote directory or not. If your Truncated output value is true, you can increase the value provided in the optional max-items input attribute to be able to list more items (up to the maximum allowed list size of 10,000 items).

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  start-directory-listing
--connector-id <value>
--remote-directory-path <value>
[--max-items <value>]
--output-directory-path <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--connector-id (string)

The unique identifier for the connector.

--remote-directory-path (string)

Specifies the directory on the remote SFTP server for which you want to list its contents.

--max-items (integer)

An optional parameter where you can specify the maximum number of file/directory names to retrieve. The default value is 1,000.

--output-directory-path (string)

Specifies the path (bucket and prefix) in Amazon S3 storage to store the results of the directory listing.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

ListingId -> (string)

Returns a unique identifier for the directory listing call.

OutputFileName -> (string)

Returns the file name where the results are stored. This is a combination of the connector ID and the listing ID: <connector-id>-<listing-id>.json .