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The Content Repository Plugin is used to implement a persistence layer for data so that you can store images and videos using this plugin. It contains a repository, folders and files, so you create a repository (parent folder) in which subfolders can be stored in any hierarchy.

Example call of a Content Repository Plugin function via a server-side Business Object:

var result = Simplifier.Plugin.contentRepoPlugin.contentRepositoryAdd({
    "provider": "ClearFileSystem",
    "name": input.name,
    "description": input.description,
    "permissionObjectType" : "App",
    "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp"
});

The payload configuration depends on the required slot.

Difference between File System and Clear File System:

The file system stores the received content repository data in a database.
The clear file system stores this data in an actual file system (compare Windows Explorer).

Restrictions

The content repository supports documents up to 20 MB in general with the default configuration. In Setups with only little concurrency, little traffic in general and an extended memory assignment, it may handle files up to 50 MB correctly. Larger files are not supported.

Content Repositories

Add

Slot Description
contentRepositoryAdd This function adds a new content repository
FileSystem:
Input parameters
Key Type Description
name String Name of the repository
description String (optional) Description of the repository
provider String Content provider (must be specified as ‘FileSystem’)
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected 
{
    "permissionObjectType" : "App",
    "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp",
    "provider" : "FileSystem",
    "name": "MyTestRepo",
    "description": "MyTestRepoDescription"
}

 

Output parameter
Key Type Description
id String The ID of the created repository 
{
    "id": 15
}

 

ClearFileSystem:
Input parameters

 

Key Type Description
name String Name of the repository
description String (optional) Description of the repository
provider String Content provider (must be specified as ‘ClearFileSystem’)
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected 
{  
    "name": "MyTestRepo",
    "provider" : "ClearFileSystem",
    "description": "MyTestRepoDescription",
    "permissionObjectID": "MyRepoName",
    "permissionObjectType": "App"
}

 

Output parameters
Key Type Description
id Integer ID of the created ContentRepository
description String Description of the repository 
{
    "id": 15,
    "description": "MyTestRepoDescription"
}

Find

Slot Description
contentRepositoryFind This function lists only repositories for which the user has authorizations
FileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
name String Name of the searched repository 
{
    "name": "MyRepo"
}
Output parameters
Key Type Description
repositories Array Array of all repositories (max. 1 element)
id Integer ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected
provider String Content provider (must be specified as ‘FileSystem’) 
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "MyRepo",
            "description": "My repo description",
            "permissionObjectType": "App",
            "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp",
            "provider": "FileSystem",           
        }
    ]
}

 

ClearFileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
name String Name of the searched repository 
{
    "name": "MyRepo"
}
Output parameters
Key Type Description
repositories Array  Array of all repositories (max. 1 element)
id Integer  ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
provider String  Content provider (must be specified as ‘ClearFileSystem’) 
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "MyRepo",
            "description": "My repo description",
            "provider": "ClearFileSystem"
        }
    ]
}

List

Slot Description
contentRepositoryList This function finds only repositories for which the user has authorizations
FileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
provider String (optional) Content provider (must be specified as ‘FileSystem’)
If no provider is specified, all repositories are returned		 
{
    "provider": "FileSystem"
}

 

Output parameters
Key Type Description
repositories Array Array of all repositories
id Integer ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected
provider String Content provider 
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "MyRepo",
            "description": "My repo description",
            "permissionObjectType": "App",
            "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp",
            "provider": "FileSystem",          
        },
        {
            "id": 4,
            "name": "MyRepo2",
            "description": "My repo description 2",
            "permissionObjectType": "Session",
            "permissionObjectID": "abc",
            "provider": "FileSystem",          
        }
    ]
}
ClearFileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
provider String (optional) Content provider (must be specified as ‘ClearFileSystem’)
If no provider is specified, all repositories are returned		 
{
    "provider": "ClearFileSystem"
}

 

Output parameters
Key Type Description
repositories Array Array of all repositories
id Integer ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
provider String Content provider 
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "id": 5,
            "name": "MyRepo5",
            "description": "My repo description 5",
            "provider": "ClearFileSystem"
        },
        {
            "id": 6,
            "name": "MyRepo6",
            "description": "My repo description 6",
            "provider": "ClearFileSystem"
        }
    ]
}

Get

Slot
contentRepositoryGet
FileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
id Integer Primary key 
{
    "id": 3
}

 

Output parameters
Key Type Description
id Integer ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected
provider String Content provider (must be specified as ‘FileSystem’) 
{
    "id": 3,
    "name": "MyRepo",
    "description": "My repo description",
    "permissionObjectType": "App",
    "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp",
    "provider": "FileSystem",
}

 

ClearFileSystem:
Input parameter
Key Type Description
id Integer Primary key 
{
    "id": 3
}

 

Output parameters
Key Type Description
id Integer ID of the repository
name String Name of the repository
description String Description of the repository
provider String Content provider (must be specified as ‘ClearFileSystem’) 
{
    "id": 3,
    "name": "MyRepo",
    "description": "My repo description",
    "provider": "ClearFileSystem",
}

Edit

Slot Description
contentRepositoryEdit This function edits a content repository
FileSystem:
Input parameters
Key Type Description
id Integer Primary key (ID of the repository)
name String Name of the repository
description String (optional) Description of the repository
permissionObjectType String Must be specified as ‘App’
permissionObjectID String The ID of the Object Type can be freely selected 
{
    "id" : 15,
    "permissionObjectType" : "App",
    "permissionObjectID": "DummyApp",
    "name": "MyTestRepo",
    "description": "My new description",  
}
ClearFileSystem:
Input parameters
Key Type Description
id Integer Primary key (ID of the repository)
name String Name of the repository
description String (optional) Description of the repository 
{
    "id" : 15,
    "name": "MyTestRepo",
    "description": "My new description"
}

Delete

A repository can only be deleted if it does not contain any content folders.

Slot Description
contentRepositoryDelete This function deletes a content repository
Input parameter
Key Type Description
id Integer Primary key 
{
    "id": 15
}
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