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Accessing bulk import utility externally

srowsell — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:49:54 GMT

I'm trying to run the bulk file import utility using a C# web page. This is a POST web script (alfresco/service/bulkfsimport/initiate), so I can't put the various parameters into the URL. Anyway my code looks something like this:<blockcode>using (var wb = new WebClient()) {

Re: Accessing bulk import utility externally

billydoe — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:43:00 GMT

//I encounter the same issue. It is resolved after adding following credential in webclient.
CredentialCache cc = new CredentialCache();
cc.Add(new Uri("http://localhost:80/alfresco"), "Basic", new NetworkCredential("username", "password"));
wb.Credentials = cc;

//use the following URL
string url = "http://localhost:80/alfresco/service/bulkfsimport/initiate";
var response = wb.UploadValues(url, "POST", data);

//Minor correction on checkbox parameters
data["replaceExisting"] = "replaceExisting";
data["disableRules"] = "disableRules";

Re: Accessing bulk import utility externally

srowsell — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:25:43 GMT

Well, I'm not trying to do things like this anymore, but if I were I'd be glad to have this advice. Thanks.

Re: Accessing bulk import utility externally

billydoe — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 03:59:08 GMT

Welcome. Hope it will benefit for others