Events

• Get Events
• Download Event

1. Get Events:

Retrieve details of all events within a specified time period like Upload, Download, Rename, Delete etc., in your IDriveSync account using the getEvents API.

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Syntax for 'getEvents' API:

HTTP method: POST

Input parameters:

uid	username or email address
pwd	password
month	month of the events
year	year of the events

If you are using OAuth authentication method, uid and pwd are not required.

Output:

Below is a sample XML output generated when you call ‘getEvents’ API:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tree message="SUCCESS" eventcount="7">
<item event="Download" date="2011/08/28" id="RES20110828"/>
<item event="Upload" date="2011/08/29" id="BCK20110829"/>
<item event="Delete" date="2011/08/26" id="DEL20110826"/>
<item event="Copy n Paste" date="2011/08/29" id="CPW20110829"/>
<item event="Rename" date="2011/08/29" id="RNM20110829"/>
</tree>

Description:

• tree
  Root node with attributes message.
• message
  This attribute describes the operation as SUCCESS or FAIL.
• item
  Item node with attributes event,date,id
• event
  name of the event.
• date
  date of the event
• id
  event id

Following cases explain the expected outputs during INVALID operations:

• Case 1: Empty Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PARAMETERS"/>
• Case 2: Invalid Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID USER"/> Or
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PASSWORD"/>

Code snippets for Java, PHP, Python and Ruby:

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2. Download Event:

View / Download event details in your IDriveSync account using the downloadEvent API.

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• Input parameters
• Output
• Expected output
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Syntax for 'downloadEvent' API:

HTTP method: POST

Input parameters:

uid	username or email address
pwd	password
month	month of the events
year	year of the events
eventid	Id of the event

If you are using OAuth authentication method, uid and pwd are not required.

Output:

Below is a sample XML output generated when you call ‘'downloadEvent'’ API:

[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] [Download] [myPhotos.zip] [1.24 MB]
[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] [Download] [Office.doc] [3.1 MB]
[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] [Download] [machine_log.txt] [8.4 MB]
[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] Number of files considered for download: 3
[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] Number of files downloaded: 3
[2011/09/13 06:35:54] [122.166.15.154] [john] Number of files in sync: 0

Following cases explain the expected outputs during INVALID operations:

• Case 1: Empty Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PARAMETERS"/>
• Case 2: Invalid Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID USER"/> Or
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PASSWORD"/>

Code snippets for Java, PHP, Python and Ruby:

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PHP:

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Ruby: