Create Transaction

POST/api/v1/datasets/{datasetRid}/transactions

Creates a Transaction on a Branch of a Dataset.

Third-party applications using this endpoint via OAuth2 must request the following operation scope: api:datasets-write.

Path parameters

datasetRid

string

The Resource Identifier (RID) of the Dataset on which to create the Transaction.

Query parameters

branchId

string

optional

The identifier (name) of the Branch on which to create the Transaction. Defaults to master for most enrollments.

Request body

CreateTransactionRequest

object

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transactionType

string (enum)

optional

The type of a Transaction.

Enum values: APPEND, UPDATE, SNAPSHOT, DELETE

Response body

Transaction

object

An operation that modifies the files within a dataset.

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rid

string

The Resource Identifier (RID) of a Transaction.

transactionType

string (enum)

The type of a Transaction.

Enum values: APPEND, UPDATE, SNAPSHOT, DELETE

status

string (enum)

The status of a Transaction.

Enum values: ABORTED, COMMITTED, OPEN

createdTime

string

The timestamp when the transaction was created, in ISO 8601 timestamp format.

closedTime

string

optional

The timestamp when the transaction was closed, in ISO 8601 timestamp format.

Examples

Request

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curl -X POST \
	-H "Content-type: application/json" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
	"https://$HOSTNAME/api/v1/datasets/ri.foundry.main.dataset.c26f11c8-cdb3-4f44-9f5d-9816ea1c82da/transactions?branchId=master" \
	-d '{"transactionType":"SNAPSHOT"}'

Response

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{
  "rid": "ri.foundry.main.transaction.abffc380-ea68-4843-9be1-9f44d2565496",
  "transactionType": "SNAPSHOT",
  "status": "OPEN",
  "createdTime": "2022-10-10T12:23:11.152Z"
}

Error responses

Error Name
`OpenTransactionAlreadyExists`	Error Code	`CONFLICT`
	Status Code	409
	Description	A transaction is already open on this dataset and branch. A branch of a dataset can only have one open transaction at a time.
	Parameters	`datasetRid, branchId`
`CreateTransactionPermissionDenied`	Error Code	`PERMISSION_DENIED`
	Status Code	403
	Description	The provided token does not have permission to create a transaction on this dataset.
	Parameters	`datasetRid, branchId`
`InvalidBranchId`	Error Code	`INVALID_ARGUMENT`
	Status Code	400
	Description	The requested branch name cannot be used. Branch names cannot be empty and must not look like RIDs or UUIDs.
	Parameters	`branchId`
`BranchNotFound`	Error Code	`NOT_FOUND`
	Status Code	404
	Description	The requested branch could not be found, or the client token does not have access to it.
	Parameters	`datasetRid, branchId`
`DatasetNotFound`	Error Code	`NOT_FOUND`
	Status Code	404
	Description	The requested dataset could not be found, or the client token does not have access to it.
	Parameters	`datasetRid`

See Errors for a general overview of errors in the platform.