POST /Transfer/Import/

Import the selected projects from the object.
 

Request

Method Request URI
POST /API/Transfer/Import/?sessionId=value

URI Parameters

URI Parameter Description
sessionId The current session ID. Specifying via an Authorization request header instead is recommended.

Request Headers

Authorization: Bearer <Current session ID>

Request Body

Name: options
Type: Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models.ImportOptions

Response

Response Body

A Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models.TransferResultData object, or a status code indicating the reason for failure.

Examples

This example will login and import the file C:\Temp\SomeExportFile.dbie with the project ID = bd767e1f-1fd2-4411-8b70-af9fdfd763e3.

C# Java JavaScript
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

   ...

using (HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
	// Get Session Id
	string logonUri = "http://localhost:8004/Api/LogOn/";
	var logonOptions = new
	{
		accountName = "admin",
		password = "1234",
		cultureName = string.Empty,
		deleteOtherSessions = true,
		isWindowsLogOn = false
	};

	JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
	var requestBodyAsString = serializer.Serialize(logonOptions);
	StringContent content =
		new StringContent(
			requestBodyAsString,
			Encoding.UTF8,
			"application/json"
		);

	string jsonString = string.Empty;

	using (var response = httpClient.PostAsync(logonUri, content).Result)
	{
		jsonString =
			response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
	}

	var obj = (Dictionary<string,object>) serializer.DeserializeObject(jsonString);
	string sessionId = obj["sessionId"].ToString();
	string url = "http://localhost:8004/API/Transfer/Import/";

	// Add an Authorization header
	httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", sessionId);

	// Define the request body
	HttpContent requestBody = null;
	requestBody = 
		new StringContent(@"
		{
		     ""importConfiguration"":  {
		         ""transferFileUncPath"":  ""C:\\\\Temp\\\\SomeExportFile.dbie"",
		        ""importEntityTransferVersionPolicy"":  ""CurrentVersionOnly"",
		        ""groupMembershipTransferPolicy"":  ""DoNotImport"",
		        ""includeReferencedItems"":  true,
		        ""includeCustomAttributes"":  true,
		        ""includeTokens"":  true,
		        ""fileSystemEntryIds"":  [
		             ""bd767e1f-1fd2-4411-8b70-af9fdfd763e3"" 
		        ],
		        ""__classType"":  ""dundas.transfer.ImportConfig""
		    },
		     ""includeSubentriesInResultDetails"":  true 
		}
		",Encoding.UTF8,"application/json");
	using (var response = httpClient.PostAsync(url, requestBody).Result)
	{
		if(response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Success");

			// A Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models
			// TransferResultData object, or a status
			// code indicating the reason for failure.
			string jsonObject = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
		}
	}
}

		
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.json.JSONObject;

   ...

HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();

String url = "http://localhost:8004";

// Get Session Id
String logonUri = url + "Api/LogOn/"
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(logonUri);
StringEntity stringEntity = 
	new StringEntity("{
		+ "\"accountName\":\"admin\","
		+ "\"password":\"1234\","
		+ "\"cultureName\":\"\","
		+ "\"deleteOtherSessions\":false,"
		+ "\"isWindowsLogOn\":false"
		+ "}"
	);
stringEntity.setContentType("application/json");
httpPost.setEntity(stringEntity);
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
String jsonString = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(jsonString);
String sessionId = jsonObj.getString("sessionId");

String requestUrl = "http://localhost:8004/API/Transfer/Import/";

// Define the Request Method.
HttpPost requstMethod = new HttpPost(requestUrl);

// Add an Authorization header
requstMethod.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + sessionId);

// Define the Request Body.
StringEntity input =
	new StringEntity(
		 "{"
		+ " \"importConfiguration\":  {"
		+ "     \"transferFileUncPath\":  \"C:\\\\Temp\\\\SomeExportFile.dbie\","
		+ "    \"importEntityTransferVersionPolicy\":  \"CurrentVersionOnly\","
		+ "    \"groupMembershipTransferPolicy\":  \"DoNotImport\","
		+ "    \"includeReferencedItems\":  true,"
		+ "    \"includeCustomAttributes\":  true,"
		+ "    \"includeTokens\":  true,"
		+ "    \"fileSystemEntryIds\":  ["
		+ "         \"bd767e1f-1fd2-4411-8b70-af9fdfd763e3\" "
		+ "    ],"
		+ "    \"__classType\":  \"dundas.transfer.ImportConfig\""
		+ "},"
		+ " \"includeSubentriesInResultDetails\":  true "
		+ "}"
	);
input.setContentType("application/json");
requstMethod.setEntity(input);
HttpResponse response = 
	httpClient.execute(requstMethod);

if(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200)
{
	System.out.println("Success");
}
// A Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models
// TransferResultData object, or a status
// code indicating the reason for failure.
String json = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
		
var baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8005';
var logonOptions =
{
	accountName: 'admin',
	password: '1234',
	cultureName: 'en-us',
	deleteOtherSessions: false,
	isWindowsLogOn: false
};
$.ajax({
	type: 'POST',
	url: baseUrl + '/Api/LogOn/',
	contentType: "application/json",
	data: JSON.stringify(logonOptions),
	success: function(logOnResultData) { 
		var sessionId = logOnResultData.sessionId; 

		var dataObject =
			{			
			     "importConfiguration":  {
			         "transferFileUncPath":  "C:\\\\Temp\\\\SomeExportFile.dbie",
			        "importEntityTransferVersionPolicy":  "CurrentVersionOnly",
			        "groupMembershipTransferPolicy":  "DoNotImport",
			        "includeReferencedItems":  true,
			        "includeCustomAttributes":  true,
			        "includeTokens":  true,
			        "fileSystemEntryIds":  [
			             "bd767e1f-1fd2-4411-8b70-af9fdfd763e3" 
			        ],
			        "__classType":  "dundas.transfer.ImportConfig"
			    },
			     "includeSubentriesInResultDetails":  true 
			
			};

		$.ajax({
			type: "POST",
			url: baseUrl + "/API/Transfer/Import/",
			headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer " + sessionId },
			data: JSON.stringify(dataObject),
			contentType: "application/json",
			success: function(data) { 
				 // data = A Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models
				 // TransferResultData object, or a status
				 // code indicating the reason for failure.

			},
			error: function(data) { alert('failed' + data); }
		});
	}
});