Domo FileSets — CLI Commands

FileSets are Domo's managed file storage containers. Each fileset holds files organized in directory paths with metadata, access controls, and optional AI-powered search.

Prerequisites: Set up a profile once with community-domo-cli config set-profile — see the community-cli-howto skill for the full setup. After that, all commands below work without any extra flags.

Command reference

FileSets (containers)

|---------|-------------| | filesets search | List/search filesets; filter by name | | filesets get <fileset_id> | Fetch fileset metadata | | filesets create --name <name> | Create a new fileset container |

Files within a fileset

All IDs are UUIDs. Delete operations are intentionally excluded.

FileSets (containers)

Search / list filesets

# List all (sorted by most recently updated)
community-domo-cli filesets search

# Filter by name
community-domo-cli filesets search --name "Monthly Reports"

# Paginate
community-domo-cli filesets search --limit 25 --offset 25

Response includes an array of fileset objects:

[
  {
    "id": "abc123-fileset-id",
    "name": "Monthly Reports",
    "description": "Automated PDF outputs",
    "created": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
    "createdBy": 12345
  }
]

Get a fileset

community-domo-cli filesets get abc123-fileset-id

Create a fileset

community-domo-cli filesets create --name "Q1 Reports" --description "Quarterly output files"

Prompts for confirmation unless --yes is passed. Returns the new fileset object including its ID.

Files within a fileset

Browse / search files

This is the primary way to discover file IDs before downloading:

# List all files in a fileset
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id

# Browse a specific directory
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id \
  --directory-path /reports/2024

# List only direct children (non-recursive)
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id \
  --directory-path /reports --immediate-children

# Filter by filename
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id --name ".pdf"

# Paginate using the next token from a previous response
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id \
  --next-token <token-from-pageContext.next>

Response shape:

{
  "files": [
    {
      "id": "xyz789-file-id",
      "path": "/reports/2024/march.pdf",
      "name": "march.pdf",
      "contentType": "application/pdf",
      "size": 204800,
      "created": "2024-03-01T08:00:00Z",
      "createdBy": 12345
    }
  ],
  "pageContext": {
    "next": "pagination-token-or-null",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 100,
    "total": 42
  }
}

Get file metadata

# By UUID
community-domo-cli filesets file-get abc123-fileset-id xyz789-file-id

# By path (useful when you know the directory structure)
community-domo-cli filesets file-get-by-path abc123-fileset-id \
  --path /reports/2024/march.pdf

Download a file

community-domo-cli filesets download abc123-fileset-id xyz789-file-id \
  --output ./downloads/march.pdf

Preview without writing:

community-domo-cli --dry-run filesets download abc123-fileset-id xyz789-file-id \
  --output ./march.pdf

Upload a file

# Upload to root of fileset
community-domo-cli filesets upload abc123-fileset-id \
  --file-path ./report.xlsx

# Upload to a specific directory
community-domo-cli filesets upload abc123-fileset-id \
  --file-path ./report.xlsx \
  --directory-path /reports/2024

Always dry-run first on unfamiliar filesets:

community-domo-cli --dry-run filesets upload abc123-fileset-id \
  --file-path ./report.xlsx \
  --directory-path /reports/2024

Dry-run shows filename, byte size, and target directory without uploading. Prompts for confirmation on live runs unless --yes is passed.

AI query (semantic search)

Requires the fileset to have aiEnabled: true. Runs a natural-language question against the file content:

community-domo-cli filesets query abc123-fileset-id \
  --query "What were the key revenue drivers last quarter?"

# Restrict to a directory and return more matches
community-domo-cli filesets query abc123-fileset-id \
  --query "Any mentions of churn risk?" \
  --directory-path /reports/2024 \
  --top-k 10

Response:

{
  "matches": [
    {
      "id": "xyz789-file-id",
      "node": { "id": "...", "name": "q4-analysis.pdf", "path": "/reports/2024/q4-analysis.pdf" },
      "score": 0.89
    }
  ]
}

Typical workflow: discover then download

# 1. Find the right fileset
community-domo-cli filesets search --name "Monthly Reports"

# 2. Browse its files
community-domo-cli filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id --directory-path /reports/2024

# 3. Download the file you want
community-domo-cli filesets download abc123-fileset-id xyz789-file-id \
  --output ./march.pdf

Output formats

All commands support --output-format (default: json):

community-domo-cli --output-format yaml filesets search
community-domo-cli --output-format table filesets files-search abc123-fileset-id

Building apps that use FileSets

For interacting with FileSets from within a Domo custom app (upload/download from the browser, AI query, etc.), see the fileset-api skill.