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Nodes - List Node Files

Service:
Batch Service
API Version:
2025-06-01

Lists all of the files in Task directories on the specified Compute Node.

GET {endpoint}/pools/{poolId}/nodes/{nodeId}/files?api-version=2025-06-01
With optional parameters: 
GET {endpoint}/pools/{poolId}/nodes/{nodeId}/files?api-version=2025-06-01&timeOut={timeOut}&maxresults={maxresults}&$filter={$filter}&recursive={recursive}

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
endpoint
 path True

string (uri)

Batch account endpoint (for example: https://batchaccount.eastus2.batch.azure.com).
nodeId
 path True

string

The ID of the Compute Node whose files you want to list.
poolId
 path True

string

The ID of the Pool that contains the Compute Node.
api-version
 query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.
$filter
 query

string

An OData $filter clause. For more information on constructing this filter, see https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/batchservice/odata-filters-in-batch#list-compute-node-files.
maxresults
 query

integer (int32)

minimum: 1
maximum: 1000

The maximum number of items to return in the response. A maximum of 1000 applications can be returned.
recursive
 query

boolean

Whether to list children of a directory.
timeOut
 query

integer (int32)

The maximum time that the server can spend processing the request, in seconds. The default is 30 seconds. If the value is larger than 30, the default will be used instead.".

Request Header

Name Required Type Description
client-request-id

string

The caller-generated request identity, in the form of a GUID with no decoration such as curly braces, e.g. 9C4D50EE-2D56-4CD3-8152-34347DC9F2B0.
return-client-request-id

boolean

Whether the server should return the client-request-id in the response.
ocp-date

string (date-time-rfc7231)

The time the request was issued. Client libraries typically set this to the current system clock time; set it explicitly if you are calling the REST API directly.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

BatchNodeFileListResult

The request has succeeded.

Headers

  • ETag: string
  • Last-Modified: string
  • client-request-id: string
  • request-id: string
Other Status Codes

BatchError

An unexpected error response.

Security

OAuth2Auth

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
https://batch.core.windows.net//.default

Examples

File list from node

Sample request

GET {endpoint}/pools/poolId/nodes/tvm-1695681911_1-20161122t193202z/files?api-version=2025-06-01&recursive=False

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "shared",
      "url": "https://account.region.batch.azure.com/pools/poolId/nodes/tvm-2167304207_2-20140919t215614z/files/shared",
      "isDirectory": true
    },
    {
      "name": "startup\\ProcessEnv.cmd",
      "url": "https://account.region.batch.azure.com/pools/poolId/nodes/tvm-2167304207_2-20140919t215614z/files/startup/ProcessEnv.cmd",
      "isDirectory": false,
      "properties": {
        "creationTime": "2025-09-19T21:56:17.679195Z",
        "lastModified": "2025-09-19T21:56:17.679195Z",
        "contentLength": "1813",
        "contentType": "application/octet-stream"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "startup\\stderr.txt",
      "url": "https://account.region.batch.azure.com/pools/poolId/nodes/tvm-2167304207_2-20140919t215614z/files/startup/stderr.txt",
      "isDirectory": false,
      "properties": {
        "creationTime": "2025-09-19T21:56:17.5590855Z",
        "lastModified": "2025-09-19T21:56:17.5590855Z",
        "contentLength": "0",
        "contentType": "application/octet-stream"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name Description
BatchError

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.
BatchErrorDetail

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.
BatchErrorMessage

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.
BatchNodeFile

Information about a file or directory on a Compute Node.
BatchNodeFileListResult

The result of listing the files on a Compute Node, or the files associated with a Task on a Compute Node.
FileProperties

The properties of a file on a Compute Node.

BatchError

Object

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.

Name Type Description
code

string

An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.
message

BatchErrorMessage

A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.
values

BatchErrorDetail[]

A collection of key-value pairs containing additional details about the error.

BatchErrorDetail

Object

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
key

string

An identifier specifying the meaning of the Value property.
value

string

The additional information included with the error response.

BatchErrorMessage

Object

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
lang

string

The language code of the error message.
value

string

The text of the message.

BatchNodeFile

Object

Information about a file or directory on a Compute Node.

Name Type Description
isDirectory

boolean

Whether the object represents a directory.
name

string

The file path.
properties

FileProperties

The file properties.
url

string (uri)

The URL of the file.

BatchNodeFileListResult

Object

The result of listing the files on a Compute Node, or the files associated with a Task on a Compute Node.

Name Type Description
odata.nextLink

string (uri)

The URL to get the next set of results.
value

BatchNodeFile[]

The list of files.

FileProperties

Object

The properties of a file on a Compute Node.

Name Type Description
contentLength

string (int64)

The length of the file.
contentType

string

The content type of the file.
creationTime

string (date-time)

The file creation time. The creation time is not returned for files on Linux Compute Nodes.
fileMode

string

The file mode attribute in octal format. The file mode is returned only for files on Linux Compute Nodes.
lastModified

string (date-time)

The time at which the file was last modified.