DownloadFileStream

The DownloadFileStream API downloads a streamed file from an IDO collection. The IDO collection must have a property for storing binary data.

Note: This topic is for REST version 1. See DownloadFileStream for REST version 2.


GET	`/io/uploadfile`
http://localhost/IDORequestService/MGRESTService.svc/io/downloadfile/?ido=UserNames&prop=UserImage&rp=2807a627-577b-462e-9494-aee568152c54

Parameters


Name	In	Required?	Description
ido	Query	Yes	The name of the IDO collection
prop	Query	Yes	The name of an IDO property
rp	Query	No	The value of an IDO row pointer Note: This parameter is optional if the filter parameter is used.
filter	Query	No	Applies a filter for the required row If multiple rows returned, the first row is selected. For optimal performance, use a filter that returns only one row. Note: This parameter is optional if the rp parameter is used.

Headers


Name	Description
Authorization	If the API is called directly, then a Mongoose security token is obtained through a call to the GetSecurityToken API. If the API is called through ION API, then a valid OAuth2.0 bearer token is provided by ION API.
X-Infor-MongooseConfig	The name of a configuration that is available on the application server This header is required only when using the Mongoose API through the ION API.

Request data

None

Response data

Unencoded binary stream of the file, with the content-type of application/octet-stream

Example

This example code downloads a user image from the users table.

var xml = string.Empty;
 
using ( HttpClient client = new HttpClient() )
{
   string ido = "UserNames";
   string prop = "UserImage";
   string rp = "2807a627-577b-462e-9494-aee568152c54";
   string requestUrl = $"http://server/IDORequestService/MGRESTService.svc/io/downloadfile/?ido={ido}&prop={prop}&rp={rp}";
 
   // provide token in the Authorization header
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation(
      "Authorization",
      "b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDbQj…==" );
 
   HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync( requestUrl ).Result;
 
   using ( HttpContent content = response.Content )
   {
      Task<string> result = content.ReadAsStringAsync();
      xml = result.Result;
   }
}