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iModels
Download API definition:
POST https://api.bentley.com/imodels/{id}/changesets

Creates the metadata of a Changeset.

For more information on creating and retrieving Changesets using iTwin.js see working with Changesets.

Important: This operation should only be used by iTwin.js. For creating and uploading a valid Changeset please use iTwin.js libraries.

Pushing a Changeset consists of three steps:

  1. Create Changeset metadata.
  2. Upload Changeset file to blob storage using upload property link from the response of Changeset metadata creation.
Request syntax:
    PUT upload HTTP/1.1
Request headers:
    x-ms-blob-type: BlockBlob
  1. Complete the Changeset push by confirming that Changeset file was uploaded successfully. See Update iModel Changeset operation for the documentation.

Authentication

Requires Authorization header with valid Bearer token for scope itwin-platform.

For more documentation on authorization and how to get access token visit OAUTH2 Authorization page.

Authorization

User must have imodels_write permission assigned at the iModel level. If iModel Role permissions at the iModel level are configured, then user must additionally have at least imodels_webview permission assigned at the iTwin level. If permissions at the iModel level are not configured, then user must have imodels_write permission assigned at the iTwin level.

Alternatively the user should be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given iTwin the iModel belongs to.

For more information please refer to Account Administrator documentation section on Access Control API documentation page.

Rate limits

All iTwin Platform API operations have a rate limit. For more documentation on that visit Rate limits and quotas page.

Request parameters

Name
Required?
Description
id
Yes

iModel id

Request headers

Name
Required?
Description
Authorization
Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Accept
Yes

Setting to application/vnd.bentley.itwin-platform.v2+json is recommended.

Content-Type
No

Indicates request body content type. Supported media type is application/json.

Request body

Changeset (create)

Name
Type
Required?
Description
id
String
Yes

Id of the changeset.

description
String, null
No

Description of the Changeset.

parentId
String, null
No

Id of the parent Changeset.

briefcaseId
Integer
Yes

Id of the briefcase that will be used to create the Changeset.

groupId
String, null
No

Id of the Changeset Group that the Changeset belongs to.

fileSize
Integer
Yes

Size of the Changeset file in bytes.

containingChanges
Integer, null
No

Describes what type of changes Changeset contains. Tells what changes changeset contains. 0 - regular, 1 - schema, 2 - definition, 4 - spatial data, 8 - sheets and drawings, 16 - views and models, 32 - global properties. ContainingChanges is flag value, therefore all change types, except Schema, can be combined.

synchronizationInfo
No

Optional information about synchronization that is related to the Changeset.

Example

json
{
    "id": "1f2e04b666edce395e37a795e2231e995cbf8349",
    "description": "Changeset 15",
    "parentId": "f7618612c572d7db8e3e6095d622d0d8aff22874",
    "containingChanges": 0,
    "fileSize": 109,
    "briefcaseId": 2,
    "groupId": "1a038d01-5b2d-44d9-b4ca-e8d21805983c",
    "synchronizationInfo": {
        "changedFiles": [
            "File1.dgn"
        ],
        "taskId": "5154ac23-d83f-4e82-b708-438fb6d51d4e"
    }
}

Response 201 Created

Created

json
{
    "changeset": {
        "id": "1f2e04b666edce395e37a795e2231e995cbf8349",
        "displayName": "256",
        "description": "Changeset 15",
        "index": 0,
        "parentId": "f7618612c572d7db8e3e6095d622d0d8aff22874",
        "state": "waitingForFile",
        "containingChanges": 0,
        "fileSize": 109,
        "briefcaseId": 2,
        "groupId": "1a038d01-5b2d-44d9-b4ca-e8d21805983c",
        "synchronizationInfo": {
            "changedFiles": [
                "File1.dgn",
                "File2.dgn"
            ],
            "taskId": "5154ac23-d83f-4e82-b708-438fb6d51d4e"
        },
        "creatorId": null,
        "pushDateTime": null,
        "application": null,
        "_links": {
            "creator": null,
            "namedVersion": null,
            "currentOrPrecedingCheckpoint": null,
            "self": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/imodels/5e19bee0-3aea-4355-a9f0-c6df9989ee7d/changesets/1f2e04b666edce395e37a795e2231e995cbf8349"
            },
            "upload": {
                "href": "https://example.com/imodelhub-5e19bee0-3aea-4355-a9f0-c6df9989ee7d/1f2e04b666edce395e37a795e2231e995cbf8349.cs?sv=2019-07-07&sr=b&sig=IKzMBa%2Be3TjSebXj6rWmDHiG4FEoxtPA2vJUyTVZ%2B%2BI%3D&st=2021-07-30T09%3A02%3A10.1944006Z&se=2021-07-30T09%3A22%3A10.1944012Z&sp=rw"
            },
            "complete": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/imodels/5e19bee0-3aea-4355-a9f0-c6df9989ee7d/changesets/1f2e04b666edce395e37a795e2231e995cbf8349"
            }
        }
    }
}

Response 401 Unauthorized

This response indicates that request lacks valid authentication credentials. Access token might not been provided, issued by the wrong issuer, does not have required scopes or request headers were malformed.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "HeaderNotFound",
        "message": "Header Authorization was not found in the request. Access denied."
    }
}

Response 403 Forbidden

User is not authorized to create a Changeset.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "InsufficientPermissions",
        "message": "The user has insufficient permissions for the requested operation."
    }
}

Response 404 Not Found

Specified iModel or Briefcase was not found.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "iModelNotFound",
        "message": "Requested iModel is not available."
    }
}

Response 409 Conflict

iModel is not initialzied, a Changeset with the same id already exists, 'parentId' property value does not point to the latest changes or another user is currently in a process of pushing a changeset.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "NewerChangesExist",
        "message": "'parentId' does not match latest Changeset."
    }
}

Response 415 Unsupported Media Type

This response indicates that the user has specified not supported media type in the request.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "UnsupportedMediaType",
        "message": "Media Type is not supported."
    }
}

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

The 422 (Unprocessable Entity) status code indicates that the request cannot be processed by the server due to a client error (e.g. malformed request syntax)

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "InvalidiModelsRequest",
        "message": "Cannot create Changeset.",
        "details": [{
                "code": "InvalidValue",
                "message": "Provided 'fileSize' value is not valid. 'fileSize' must be a non-negative integer value.",
                "target": "fileSize"
            },
            {
                "code": "MissingRequiredProperty",
                "message": "Required property is missing.",
                "target": "id"
            },
            {
                "code": "InvalidRequestBody",
                "message": "Failed to parse request body. Make sure it is a valid JSON."
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "TooManyRequests",
        "message": "More requests were received than the subscription rate-limit allows."
    }
}

Response headers

Name
Description
retry-after

The number of requests exceeds the rate-limit for the client subscription.

Changeset (create)

Properties of Changeset to be created.

Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the changeset.

description
String, null

Description of the Changeset.

parentId
String, null

Id of the parent Changeset.

briefcaseId
Integer

Id of the briefcase that will be used to create the Changeset.

groupId
String, null

Id of the Changeset Group that the Changeset belongs to.

fileSize
Integer

Size of the Changeset file in bytes.

containingChanges
Integer, null

Describes what type of changes Changeset contains. Tells what changes changeset contains. 0 - regular, 1 - schema, 2 - definition, 4 - spatial data, 8 - sheets and drawings, 16 - views and models, 32 - global properties. ContainingChanges is flag value, therefore all change types, except Schema, can be combined.

synchronizationInfo

Optional information about synchronization that is related to the Changeset.

Created Changeset Response

Container for Created Changeset object.

Name
Type
Description
changeset

Changeset properties.

Created Changeset state

Indicates the state of the Changeset. 'waitingForFile' - indicates that Changeset metadata is created, but Changeset file is not uploaded yet or file upload is not confirmed yet. 'fileUploaded' - indicates that Changeset file is uploaded and confirmed.

Name
Type
Description
waitingForFile
String
fileUploaded
String

Created Changeset

Changeset represents a file containing changes to the iModel. A single Changeset contains changes made on a single Briefcase file and pushed as a single file.

Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the changeset.

displayName
String

Display name of the Changeset. Corresponds to Index property.

description
String, null

Description of the Changeset.

index
Integer

Index of the Changeset (increasing, but not necessarily sequential).

parentId
String, null

Id of the parent Changeset.

creatorId
String, null

Id of the user who created the Changeset.

pushDateTime
Date-time, null

Date when the Changeset was pushed to iModelHub.

briefcaseId
Integer

Id of the briefcase that was used to push the Changeset.

groupId
String, null

Id of the Changeset Group that the Changeset belongs to.

fileSize
Integer

Size of the Changeset file in bytes.

containingChanges
Integer

Describes what type of changes Changeset contains. 0 - regular, 1 - schema, 2 - definition, 4 - spatial data, 8 - sheets and drawings, 16 - views and models, 32 - global properties. ContainingChanges is flag value, therefore all change types, except Schema, can be combined.

Created Changeset state

Indicates the state of the Changeset. 'waitingForFile' - indicates that Changeset metadata is created, but Changeset file is not uploaded yet or file upload is not confirmed yet. 'fileUploaded' - indicates that Changeset file is uploaded and confirmed.

application

Information about the application that pushed the Changeset.

synchronizationInfo

Optional information about synchronization that is related to the Changeset.

_links

Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of the Changeset.

Created Changeset Links

Hyperlinks to Changeset related data.

Name
Type
Description
creator

Information about the creator of the Changeset.

namedVersion

Named Version which was created for Changeset. If this is null then Changeset does not have a Named Version created for it.

self

Self hyperlink to get the details of the Changeset.

upload

Hyperlink to upload Changeset file to Azure Blob storage.

complete

Hyperlink to confirm that Changeset file was uploaded and complete pushing a Changeset. See Update iModel Changeset operation.

currentOrPrecedingCheckpoint

Hyperlink to get the latest successfully generated checkpoint where applied changeset index is lower or equal to this changeset index.

Link

Hyperlink container.

Name
Type
Description
href
String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

Application

Information about the client application that is related to an entity.

Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the application.

name
String

Application name.

SynchronizationInfo

Information about synchronization that is related to a Changeset. This information is set by applications that perform iModel synchronization.

Name
Type
Description
taskId
String, null

Id of the synchronization task.

changedFiles
String[], null

List of source file names that contained changes which were synchronized to this Changeset.

SynchronizationInfo (create)

Information about synchronization that is related to a Changeset. This information is set by applications that perform iModel synchronization.

Name
Type
Description
taskId
String

Id of the synchronization task.

changedFiles
String[], null

List of source file names that contained changes which were synchronized to this Changeset.

Error

Contains error information.

Name
Type
Description
code
String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message
String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target
String, null

The target of the error.

Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

Name
Type
Description
error

Error information.