UploadFileStream

The UploadFileStream API uploads a streamed file to an IDO collection. The IDO collection must have a property for storing binary data.

Note: This topic is for REST version 2. Seer Upload File Stream for the REST version 1.


POST	`/file/{ido}`
http://localhost/IDORequestService/ido/file/UserNames?property=UserImage&itemId=PBT=[UserNames] UserNames.DT=[2018-09-0511:01:00.167] UserNames.ID=[7d38e4fb-e1a8-4af7-936b-50accee5d35b]

Parameters


Name	In	Required?	Description
ido	Path	Yes	The name of the IDO collection
property	Query	Yes	The name of the IDO property to be used for storing binary data
itemid	Query	Yes	The value of the _itemID property

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.
X-IdoName	The name of the IDO collection
X-Property	The name of the IDO property
X-RowPointer	The value of the IDO row pointer

Request data

Unencoded binary stream of the file.

Response data

{
   "Message": null,
   "Success": true
}

Example

This example code uploads a user image to the Users table.

string json = string.Empty;
 
using ( HttpClient client = new HttpClient() )
{
   string ido = "UserNames";
   string property = "UserImage";
   string itemid = "PBT=[UserNames] UserNames.DT=[2019-05-29 14:12:02.000] UserNames.ID=[4d6cb1eb-e4fc-4e12-aae8-95ff1086ee8c]";
   string requestUrl = $"http://server/IDORequestService/ido/file/{ido}?property={property}&itemid={itemid}";
 
   // provide token in the Authorization header
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation(
      "Authorization",
      "b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDbQj…==" );
 
   // select an image or a file and include it as the request payload
   OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
   byte[] file = new byte[] { };
 
   if ( dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
   {
      file = File.ReadAllBytes( dialog.FileName );
   }
 
   // pass the file as the request data and send the post request
   HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync( requestUrl, new ByteArrayContent( file ) ).Result;
 
   using ( HttpContent content = response.Content )
   {
      Task<string> result = content.ReadAsStringAsync();
      json = result.Result;
   }
}