Copy Items
{ copyItems }
Copies content items to another folder
Method
/API2/content/copyItems
Input Parameters
Name
moveItemsObject
Object Type
Description
The move/copy items object with details of the selected content items and the destination folder.
Output Response
Successful Result Code
200
Response Type
Description of Response Type
Generic API response object with success or failure flag and related messages.
Notes
This creates a duplicate of items
Examples
Content Operations (JavaScript):
This example demonstrates how to manage content items in Pyramid.
The example uses API authentication driven from JavaScript. See Authentication APIs for alternatives.
// URL of the Pyramid installation and the path to the API 2.0 REST methods
var pyramidURL = "http://mySite.com/api2/";
// step 1: authenticate admin account and get token
// NOTE: callApi method is a generic REST method shown below.
let token = callApi("auth/authenticateUser",{
"data":{
"userName":"adminUser",
"password":"abc123!"
}
},false);
log("got token "+token);
//step 2: get the default tenant ID
let defaultTenant=callApi("access/getDefaultTenant",{
"auth": token // admin token generated above
}).data;
//step 3: return the ID of the public root folder for the tenant from step 2
let tenentPublicFolder = callApi("content/getPublicOrGroupFolderByTenantId",{
"folderTenantObject": {
"validRootFolderType": 1,//the public folder of the default tenant
"tenantId": defaultTenant
},
"auth": token //admin token generated from step 1 above
}).data;
//step 4: add a new folder to the public folder from step 3
let folderCreation = callApi("content/createNewFolder",{
"folderTenantObject": {
"parentFolderId": tenentPublicFolder.id,
"folderName": "new folder"
},
"auth": token
}).data;
let folderId=folderCreation.modifiedList[0].id;
//step 5: find roles
let findRole = callApi("access/getRolesByName",{
"data": {
"searchValue": "role1",
"searchMatchType": 2//SearchMatchType.Equals
},
"auth": token
});
let roleId=findRole.data[0].roleId;
log("found role with id= "+ roleId);
//step 6:add the role we found in step 5 to the folder we created (folderId) in step 4
let addRoleToFolder= callApi("content/addRoleToItem",{
"roleToItemApiData": {
"itemId": folderId,
"roleId": roleId//SearchMatchType.Equals
},
"auth": token
});
//step 7: read in a Pyramid Import/Export ('PIE') file
let file="http://myOtherSite.com/Sample.pie";
let pieFile=readPieFile(file);
//step 8: import the PIT file into the folder from step 4
let importContent = callApi("content/importContent",{
"pieApiObject": {
"rootFolderId": folderId, //from step 4
"fileZippedData": pieFile, //the file's content from step 7
"clashDefaultOption":1,//ClashDefaultOption.REPLACE_FILE like default
"rolesAssignmentType":3//RoleAssignmentType.ForceParentFolderRoles take roles from parent folder
},
"auth": token
}).data;
let itemId=Object.keys(importContent.importDscMap)[0];
//step 9: optional, search for the item we just imported, it's id is itemId
let findContentItem = callApi("content/findContentItem",{
"searchParams":{
"searchString":"import",
"filterTypes":[3],//ContentTypeObject.DataDiscoveryv
"searchMatchType":2,//SearchMatchType.Equals
"searchRootFolderType":1//SearchRootFolderType.Public
},
"auth": token
}).data;
//step 10: check if you need to run datasource changer
// (since the datasource that created this report dosen't exisits on this server)
if(importContent.importDscMap[itemId][0].needsToPerformDsc){
step 10A: get item's data source connection
let correntConnectionStringId=importContent.importDscMap[itemId][0].connectionStringProperties.id
//step 10B: run the data source changer on the items
let changedDatasource = callApi("dataSources/changeDataSource",{
"dscApiData":{
"fromConnId":correntConnectionStringId,
"toConnId":"55ff277a-53ff-4c39-8f15-5651f1026a2d",//retrive this id using 'getAllConnectionStrings'
"itemId":itemId
},
"auth": token
});
}
//step 11: copying the imported item to the tenant root folder
let copyItems = callApi("content/copyItems",{
"moveItemsObject":{
"itemsForMove":[itemId],
"destinationFolder":tenentPublicFolder.id
},
"auth": token
}).data;
//step 12: remove roles from the folder but not from the item
let removeRoleFromCreatedFolder= callApi("content/removeRolesFromItem",{
"rolesInItemRemovalObject": {
"itemId": folderId,
"roleIds": [roleId]
},
"auth": token
});
//step 13: hard delete the folder (permanently)
let folderDeletion = callApi("content/purgeContentItems",{
"itemIds":[folderCreation.modifiedList[0].id],
"auth": token
});
//step 14: soft-delete the items
let itemSoftDeletion = callApi("content/softDeleteContentItems",{
"itemIds":[copyItems.modifiedList[0].id],
"auth": token
});
function log(msg){
document.write(msg);
console.log(msg);
}
function callApi(path,data,parseResult=true){
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("POST", pyramidURL+path, false);
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
if(parseResult){
return JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
}else{
return xhttp.responseText;
}
}
//example function to read in the contents of a 'PIE' file that contains
//exported Pyramid content.
function readPieFile(file){
var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
rawFile.open("GET", file, false);
rawFile.send(null);
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (request.readyState === 4 && request.status === 200) {
return request.responseText;
}
}
}