Table of contents
iModels
Download API definition:
GET https://api.bentley.com/imodels/{id}/briefcases/{briefcaseId}

Retrieves the details of a Briefcase.

Briefcases are the local copies of iModel that users can acquire to work with the iModel. Users can make changes to their copy of iModel and then push them as a single Changeset file into iModelHub. For more information on Briefcases see working with Briefcases.

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_webview permission assigned at the iModel level and at least imodels_webview permission assigned at the iTwin level. If permissions at the iModel level are not configured, then user must have imodels_webview 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.

An Organization Administrator must have at least one of the following roles assigned in User Management: Account Administrator, Co-Administrator, or CONNECT Services Administrator. For more information about User Management please visit our Bentley Communities Licensing, Cloud, and Web Services wiki 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
In
Required?
Description
id
template
Yes

iModel id

briefcaseId
template
Yes

Briefcase 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.

Response 200 OK

OK

json
{
    "briefcase": {
        "id": "2",
        "briefcaseId": 2,
        "displayName": "#2 Device Name",
        "ownerId": "42101fba-847a-4f4e-85a8-a4bed89065e4",
        "acquiredDateTime": "2020-10-20T10:51:33.1700000Z",
        "fileSize": 2048,
        "deviceName": "Device Name",
        "application": {
            "id": "itwin-synchronizer-unique-id",
            "name": "iTwin Synchronizer"
        },
        "_links": {
            "owner": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/imodels/5e19bee0-3aea-4355-a9f0-c6df9989ee7d/users/42101fba-847a-4f4e-85a8-a4bed89065e4"
            }
        }
    }
}

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 404 Not Found

Specified iModel or Briefcase was not found.

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

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.

Briefcase Response

Container for Briefcase object.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
briefcase

Briefcase properties.

Briefcase

Briefcase is a file holding a copy of an iModel.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the Briefcase.

briefcaseId
Integer

Id of the Briefcase as an integer.

displayName
String

Display name of the Briefcase. Corresponds to id and deviceName properties.

acquiredDateTime
String

Date when the Briefcase was acquired.

fileSize
Integer

DEPRECATED Size of the Briefcase in bytes.

deviceName
String,null

Name of the device which will hold the Briefcase.

application

Information about the application that acquired the Briefcase.

_links

Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of the Briefcase.

Briefcase Links

Hyperlinks to Briefcase related data.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
owner

Information about the owner of the Briefcase.

Link

Hyperlink container.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
href
String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

Application

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

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
id
String

Id of the application.

name
String

Application name.

Error

Contains error information.

TableSchema
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

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.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
error

Error information.