Not able to call IDM api from dataflow

Hello,

I am trying to read file from specific file location and post it to IDM. I have made file connection point to retrieve file from specific directory as a binary file template. So my file is coded as base64 in RawData attribute of related BOD. Then I am mapping this BOD into new BOD which is exactly same as IDM api call for add items containing base64 representation of my file and file name. Then I have made connection point for API. This connection point is taking mapped BOD, input parameters and call IDM api "IDM/api/items". If I test the connection point the file is really created as expected (I am using the copy of BOD taken from OneView for testing input request). But If I have dataflow activated the API call is returning error 400 "Bad Request".

Could you give me some hints what is wrong or is there any other good way of achieving the same result?

I am attaching log file which is showing exact call and response. It looks correct to me.

[View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/94/infor.api.idm_api-_2800_1_2900_.log:320:240]

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Hi Tomas,
here my REST setup for uploading something into IDM. Do not know if this helps or not...

API URL
hXXps://x-XXXXX-XXXXX.xxxxx.XXXXXXXX.com:7443/infor/IDM/api/items/Product_Image-7240-1-LATEST/resource?%24checkout=true&%24checkin=true&%24filename=TEST1103021V1.jpg&file1=file%3ATEST1103021V1_1.jpg
---> you can see that the URL is URL encoded

Header
Authorization: Bearer [myAuthToken]
Content-type: application/octet-stream (I am also using base64 encoded files to upload)

Body
The pure file

I see that you are using "POST". I am using "PUT".

Best regards,
Marc

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Hi Marc,

thanks for quick reply. But my problem is not api call in general. I can make REST call to IDM from outside (e.g. SoapUI) and inside IOS (workflow). But for some reason I cannot do REST api call to IDM from connection point which is linked in dataflow. Do you have some working example for that?

Thanks

Tomas

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Sorry Tomas, havn´t done that before...

Legacy Contributor

Hi Tomas,

but again: are you sure that your URL is correct? To put a file to IDM is

PUT / /items/{pid}/resource -->Update an item resource

From the REST Documentation:

Updates the specified item resource in the content repository. For uploading large files this Api should be used. The text content of the file (if any) will not be text searchable when this Api is used. If the content repository supports versioning and the revisioning policy for this entity is turned on, the update will result in a new version being created. If “checkout” is set to “true” the item is checked out before the update automatically (if not already checked out) and if “checkin” is set to “true” the item is checked in after the update. Returns a document containing the updated item.

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Hi Marc,

yes, I am. My REST api call is creating new document.

Your REST api is supposed to add new revision of existing document (defined by {pid}). It is update

I have working examples of creating new document using this REST api call.

From REST Documentation:

Adds an item to the content repository. Returns a document containing the newly added item. If the "checkout" parameter is set to "true" the new item left in a checked out (locked) state.

best regards

Tomas Seitl

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