- URL:https://<items-url>/bigDataFileShares/<data item>/hints
 - Operations:Update
 - Required Capability:Default administrator role | All authorized privileges
 - Version Introduced:10.5
 
Description
This returns the hints resource for a big data file share. Hints are advanced parameters to control the generation of a manifest.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Details | 
|---|---|
| download (Optional)  | This will download hints as a hints.dat file. Values: true  | 
| read (Optional)  | This will return the content of the hints file in text/plain format. Values: true  | 
| f | The response format. The default response format is html. Values: html  |