Elvis 5 REST API - checkout – Home

GET/POST

http://yourserver.com/services/checkout/<assetId>
    ?download=<true>

What does it do?

Checks out an asset from the system locking the file for other users.

assetId

The Elvis id of the asset to be checked out.

Required

download

When set to true, the asset will be checked out and downloaded from the system. If download is false it will only be checked out.

Optional. Default is false.

The following checks out an asset in Elvis

checkout

http://demo.elvisdam.com/services/checkout/FpERTjYia2X81GoYQi7btF

This will return the checkout metadata in the response:

{
  "checkedOut" : 1393923342735,
  "checkedOutBy" : "admin"
  "checkedOutOnClient" : "webclient"
}

The following checks out an asset and downloads or shows it in the browser.

checkout

http://demo.elvisdam.com/services/checkout/FpERTjYia2X81GoYQi7btF?download=true