Get Supported File Types

This REST API allows to get list of all file formats supported by GroupDocs.Metadata Cloud product.

Resource URI

HTTP POST ~/formats

Swagger UI lets you call this REST API directly from the browser.

cURL example

# First get JSON Web Token
# Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications. 
# Kindly place Client Id in client_id and Client Secret in "client_secret" argument.
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" \
-X POST \
-d "grant_type#client_credentials&client_id#xxxx&client_secret#xxxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
  
# cURL example to get document information
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/formats" \
-X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <jwt token>"
{
  "formats": [ 
    {
      "extension": ".doc",
      "fileFormat": "Microsoft Word 97 - 2007 Document"
    },
    {
      "extension": ".docm",
      "fileFormat": "Office Open XML WordprocessingML Macro-Enabled Document"
    },
    {
      "extension": ".docx",
      "fileFormat": "Office Open XML WordprocessingML Document"
    },
    ...
    {
      "extension": ".xlsx",
      "fileFormat": "OOXML 2007-2010"
    }
  ]
}

SDK examples

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up the development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Check out our GitHub repository for a complete list of GroupDocs.Metadata Cloud SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check Available SDKs article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.