REST API pause/unpause individual folders?

General
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What is the current way to pause/unpause specific folders via the REST API?

It’s not in the docs, but it was suggested elsewhere that the docs are out of date and I should ask at the forum. I found this thread (REST API: rest/system/pause?FOLDER functionality - Does it exist or how to implement?) but it’s more than 2yrs old, and mentioned that the API might be overhauled per here (https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/pull/3520). I’m presuming the current approach has therefore changed.

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

2

It’s still a property of the config, so updating the config pauses or unpauses the folder.

3

So there’s no way to do it with one direct POST, if you already know the individual folder ID? i.e. you have to:

  1. GET /rest/system/config
  2. Parse results & find the folder
  3. Append “paused”: true
  4. POST /rest/system/config ?
4

Yes. Or you can use the CLI which makes manipulating the config easier.

5

Is the CLI available on Android? (I’m trying to manipulate it with Tasker.)

6

Not out of the box. Perhaps you could compile it, but I am not even sure how you’d use it.

7

Yeah, so I guess doing the whole parsing thing is probably the easier option for now.

Thanks for the replies.