Web Services API :: File Export

[jpk236]

Has anyone gotten the Export function to work from the Groove Web Services API?

I don't see where in the API you tell it which local directory to store the
File you're wanting to export.

 

[Mark Smith]

It does work. I think (from memory), that it is the URL parameter that is the
place you want the file to end up.

 

[jpk236]

This is from the API:

public void Export(string URI, bool Recursive, bool OverwriteExisting)
Member of Application.GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveFilesBase64


The URI is the URI for the specific file in the File Tool workspace you're
trying to export. For example:

GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor[] files = filesSvc.Read(true, true);
GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor file = files;
filesSvc.Export(file.URI, false, true);

What I don't see here is where you specify the local directory (ex:
C:\WINDOWS\Temp) where you want the file saved to.

What am I missing?

 

[Mark Smith]

"What am I missing?"

Clear documentation. The URL *is* the place where the file ends up.

--
Regards
Mark Smith
http://www.infopatterns.com

This is from the API:

public void Export(string URI, bool Recursive, bool OverwriteExisting)
Member of Application.GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveFilesBase64


The URI is the URI for the specific file in the File Tool workspace you're
trying to export. For example:

GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor[] files = filesSvc.Read(true, true);
GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor file = files;
filesSvc.Export(file.URI, false, true);

What I don't see here is where you specify the local directory (ex:
C:\WINDOWS\Temp) where you want the file saved to.

What am I missing?

It does work. I think (from memory), that it is the URL parameter that is the
place you want the file to end up.

 

[jpk236]

haha @ "clear documentation"

So in my case, would the URL be "C:\WINDOWS\Temp" or maybe even
"file://C:/WINDOWS/Temp"?

Thanks for the help.

"What am I missing?"

Clear documentation. The URL *is* the place where the file ends up.

--
Regards
Mark Smith
http://www.infopatterns.com

This is from the API:

public void Export(string URI, bool Recursive, bool OverwriteExisting)
Member of Application.GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveFilesBase64


The URI is the URI for the specific file in the File Tool workspace you're
trying to export. For example:

GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor[] files = filesSvc.Read(true, true);
GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor file = files;
filesSvc.Export(file.URI, false, true);

What I don't see here is where you specify the local directory (ex:
C:\WINDOWS\Temp) where you want the file saved to.

What am I missing?

It does work. I think (from memory), that it is the URL parameter that is the
place you want the file to end up.

--
Regards
Mark Smith
http://www.infopatterns.com



:

Has anyone gotten the Export function to work from the Groove Web Services API?

I don't see where in the API you tell it which local directory to store the
File you're wanting to export.

 

[jpk236]

Okay, so thanks to Mark's help I now have it working and downloading the files.

So now my next question is, if I do have a URI for a specific file in the
File Tool workspace, is it possible for me to use that in some way to ONLY
download that one file?

What if I had a couple gigs of data in the File Tool. I obviously wouldn't
want that downloading in its entirety every time.

 

[jpk236]

Ah ha! I got it! A little persistence goes a long way.

Here was my final solution:

private void DownloadDatabase(string GrooveRequestKey, string
GrooveHostnamePort, string filesURI, string identityURI) {
string databaseURI = "";

GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveFilesBase64 filesSvc = new
GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveFilesBase64();

filesSvc.GrooveRequestHeaderValue = new
GrooveFilesBase64.GrooveRequestHeader();

filesSvc.GrooveRequestHeaderValue.GrooveIdentityURL = identityURI;
filesSvc.GrooveRequestHeaderValue.GrooveRequestKey = GrooveRequestKey;

filesSvc.Url = GrooveHostnamePort + filesURI;

GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor[] files = filesSvc.Read(true, true);

for (int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++) {
GrooveFilesBase64.FileDescriptor file = files;

if (file.Name == "Database.mdb") {
databaseURI = file.URI;

break;
}
}

filesSvc.Url = GrooveHostnamePort + databaseURI;

filesSvc.Export("C:\\WINDOWS\\Temp", false, true);
}