Upload and download files

There are several sections in this documentation that describe how to upload and download a file. There are some simple shortcut options and there are more involved options. This section summarizes what sections to read to get a complete picture about uploading and downloading files.

• Authentication - every call requires some form of authentication, this section secribes how to authenticate. There is a note on authentication in the Quickstart section but more exhaustive information can be found in Authentication quickstart, in How to use SAS token, and in Open API key section.
• Simple file upload through Platform SDK and through REST endpoints is described in the Quickstart section
• Simple file download through Platform SDK and through REST endpoint is also described in the Quickstart section
• If you cannot achive the desired result using the simple cases, please read the description of the Data transfer and coversion section, especially the Data conversion section
• For file synchronization options, refer also to the File storage service section. FileReader and FileWriter are the reader and writer to be specified during conversion of a plain file to plain file.