.. _student_restfulsimplifiedfilemeta_details_create:

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POST /student/restfulsimplifiedfilemeta/
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Create a FileMeta.

The underlying data model where the item is created is defined in
:class:`devilry.apps.core.models.FileMeta`.
The :ref:`simplified` that the server forwards this request to is
:meth:`devilry.apps.student.simplified.SimplifiedFileMeta.create`.


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Request
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Example
################

.. code-block:: javascript

    POST /student/restfulsimplifiedfilemeta/

    {
        delivery: 15,
        size: 20,
        filename: "My example value"
    }


Required request parameters
###########################

The following request parameters are encoded as a JSON object and sent as the
request body as shown in the example above.



delivery
--------------------------------------------------

Actual location of the field:
    :class:`devilry.apps.core.models.Delivery`
About the field:
    Autogenerated identifier.
Type
    Integer


size
--------------------------------------------------

Actual location of the field:
    :class:`devilry.apps.core.models.FileMeta`
About the field:
    Size of the file in bytes.
Type
    Integer


filename
--------------------------------------------------

Actual location of the field:
    :class:`devilry.apps.core.models.FileMeta`
About the field:
    Name of the file.
Type
    String




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Response
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On success
##########

Example
----------------

.. code-block:: javascript

    201 CREATED

    {
        delivery: 15,
        size: 20,
        filename: "My example value",
        id: 15
    }


Success response details
------------------------

As long as the FileMeta is created without an error, the
response is *HTTP 201* with the requested data in the body. The result always
contains the request data with the *id* field added, however some values may
have been changed due to logic performed on the server before saving.



On error
########

On errors, we respond with one of the :ref:`restful_api_error_statuscodes`.