Webservice Functions - ResourceItemAddFromURL

Adds a ResourceItem by downloading the underlying file from an external URL

Declaration

public string ResourceItemAddFromURL ( string apiKey, string resourceName, string newName, string folderPath, string url, string login, string pw, bool reuseExisting, string previewFileURL, string previewExtension, bool isPermanentPreview );

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
apiKey	apiKey	The API key previously generated by calling the GenerateApiKey function
resourceName	resourceName	The name of the resource
newName	itemName	The name for the new resource item
folderPath	folderPath	Location for the new ResourceItem.
url	url	URL to download (needs to be accessible from the CHILI server)
login	string	Optional user name for authentication into the URL (passed on using Basic Authentication)
pw	string	Optional user password for authentication into the URL (passed on using Basic Authentication)
reuseExisting	bool	If true, the function will check if an item already exists in the Resource with the provided path/name. If it does, the existing ResourceItem is returned, and the URL is not downloaded.
previewFileURL	url	Optional URL to a preview file. If provided, this is downloaded and used as a preview override file.
previewExtension	string	The extension of the downloaded preview file (if provided)
isPermanentPreview	bool	If true, the provided preview override file remains valid even after the ResourceItem is modified

Returns

resourceItemXML

Definition XML of the ResourceItem

Security rights needed

Add

Apply on resource

Resource from function parameter resourceName