File Type Instance

The file type of an object.

Writable Fields:

name: Name of the file type. Examples:

Hierarchical Data Format version 5
Comma-separated values file
Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet

extension: Filename extension. Examples:

h5
csv
xlsx

The combination of name and extension are enforced to be unique.

Read-only Fields:

url: Reference to the instance of the FileType, final integer is the FileType id

last_updated: Datetime that this record was last updated

updated_by: Reference to the user that updated this record

GET /api/file_type/3/?format=api

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/file_type/3/?format=api",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-02T11:04:23.455868Z",
    "name": "Bash Shell Script",
    "extension": "sh",
    "updated_by": "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/users/2/?format=api"
}