links

API endpoint base: https://pirca.arvadosapi.com/arvados/v1/links

Object type: o0j2j

Example UUID: zzzzz-o0j2j-0123456789abcde

Resource

Links are an extensible way to describe relationships between Arvados objects and metadata about individual objects.

Each link has, in addition to the Common resource fields:

Attribute Type Description
head_uuid string The object being described or acted on.
tail_uuid string The origin or actor in the description or action (may be null).
link_class string Type of link
name string Primary value of the link.
properties hash Additional information, expressed as a key→value hash. Key: string. Value: string, number, array, or hash. May be used in queries using subproperty filters

Link classes

Some classes are pre-defined by convention and have standard meanings attached to names.

permission

See permission links section of the permission model.

tag

A tag link describes an object using an unparsed plain text string. Tags can be used to annotate objects that are not editable, like collections and objects shared as read-only.

tail_type→head_type name→head_uuid {properties}
→Collection tag namecollection uuid
→Job tag namejob uuid

Methods

See Common resource methods for more information about create, delete, get, list, and update.

Required arguments are displayed in green.

create

Create a new Link.

Arguments:

Argument Type Description Location Example
link object query

delete

Delete an existing Link.

Arguments:

Argument Type Description Location Example
uuid string The UUID of the Link in question. path

get

Gets a Link’s metadata by UUID.

Arguments:

Argument Type Description Location Example
uuid string The UUID of the Link in question. path

list

List links.

See common resource list method.

update

Update attributes of an existing Link.

Arguments:

Argument Type Description Location Example
uuid string The UUID of the Link in question. path
link object query

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