You can call this operation to query the information of a directory.

Debugging

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeFlowCategory

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeFlowCategory.
Id String Yes FC-075AB9477DAE****

The ID of the directory.
ProjectId String Yes FP-ABD24A6163D3****

The ID of the project.
RegionId String Yes The ID of the region

The ID of the region to which your project belongs.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
CategoryType String FILE

The type of the object to which the directory references. Valid values:

  • FOLDER: folder
  • FILE: file
GmtCreate Long 1542783867503

The creation time of the directory.
GmtModified Long 1542783867503

The modification time of the directory.
Id String FC-075AB9477DAE****

The ID of the directory.
Name String my_category

The name of the directory.
ObjectId String F-EB3021F73E51****

The ID of the file, such as the ID of a workflow or a job. This parameter is valid only when the value of CategoryType is FILE.

ObjectType String FLOW

The type of the file. This parameter is valid only when the value of CategoryType is FILE. Valid values: FLOW, MR, SPARK, HIVE_SQL, HIVE, PIG, SQOOP, SPARK_SQL, SPARK_STREAMING, and SHELL.

ParentId String FC-3A749C1F5D12****

The ID of the parent directory.
ProjectId String FP-E3F1523F8FC1****

The ID of the project.
RequestId String BCEDC663-43F1-4202-9C49-9D3D66EA93D7

The ID of the request.
Type String FLOW

The type of the directory. Valid values:

  • FLOW
  • JOB
  • ADHOC

Examples

Sample requests


http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=DescribeFlowCategory
&Id=FC-075AB9477DAE****
&ProjectId=FP-ABD24A6163D3****
&RegionId=The ID of the region
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DescribeFlowCategoryResponse>
	  <data>
		    <ParentId>FC-198D4E3ACA4F****</ParentId>
		    <ObjectType>FLOW</ObjectType>
		    <Type>FLOW</Type>
		    <GmtCreate>1541858202000</GmtCreate>
		    <RequestId>BBEB8FD9-3AA8-4D53-831C-037D9C53348E</RequestId>
		    <ObjectId>F-33FA7CD5E195****</ObjectId>
		    <ProjectId>FP-E3F1523F8FC1****</ProjectId>
		    <GmtModified>1541858767000</GmtModified>
		    <CategoryType>FILE</CategoryType>
		    <Id>FC-3A749C1F5D12****</Id>
		    <Name>myFlow</Name>
	  </data>
	  <requestId>BBEB8FD9-3AA8-4D53-831C-037D9C53348E</requestId>
</DescribeFlowCategoryResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"requestId":"BBEB8FD9-3AA8-4D53-831C-037D9C53348E",
	"data":{
		"Name":"myFlow",
		"CategoryType":"FILE",
		"ParentId":"FC-198D4E3ACA4F****",
		"ObjectType":"FLOW",
		"Type":"FLOW",
		"RequestId":"BBEB8FD9-3AA8-4D53-831C-037D9C53348E",
		"Id":"FC-3A749C1F5D12****",
		"GmtCreate":1541858202000,
		"GmtModified":1541858767000,
		"ProjectId":"FP-E3F1523F8FC1****",
		"ObjectId":"F-33FA7CD5E195****"
	}
}

Error codes

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