Create

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Link Enterprise provides a web service endpoint that will allow you to create a document or folder.

The following endpoint allows the following capabilities.

Create a File
Create a File with metadata
Create a folder
Create a folder with metadata
Create a nested folder structure (with parent obtaining metadata)
Create a single level tree structure (with parent obtaining metadata)

Create a File

Create a file with no metadata

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "fileLocation":"C:\\someFolder\\someFile.txt",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp"
}

Create a File (metadata)

Create a file with metadata

POST

http://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "fileLocation":"C:\\someFolder\\someFile.txt",
   "type":"insertMetaDataTemplate",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
    "mdArray":[
      {
         "md1":"insertColumnName",
         "md2":"insertValue"
      },
      {
         "md1":"someVendor",
         "md2":"Gimmal Inc"
      }
		 ]
}

Create a Folder

Create a folder with no metadata

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
   "custom1":"test"
}

Create a Folder (metadata)

Create a Folder with metadata

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "type":"insertMetaDataTemplate",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
    "mdArray":[
      {
         "md1":"insertColumnName",
         "md2":"insertValue"
      },
      {
         "md1":"someVendor",
         "md2":"Gimmal Inc"
      }
		 ],
		    "custom1":"test",
		    "metaDataFolderFlag":true
}

Create a Folder (metadata and nested)

Create a Folder with metadataFolderFlag set to true and enableNested set to false. A nested folder structure is created with metadata type and fields set to the parent folder and a document is added inside the specified subfolder or the parent folder.

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "fileLocation": "C:\\someFolder\\someFile.txt",
   "type":"insertMetaDataTemplate",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
    "mdArray":[
      {
         "md1":"insertColumnName",
         "md2":"insertValue"
      },
      {
         "md1":"someVendor",
         "md2":"Gimmal Inc"
      }
		 ],
       "custom1":"folderName#DFLOW#folderName2#DFLOW#folderName3",
      "metaDataFolderFlag":true,
      "enableNested":true
}

Create a Folder (metadata and nested false)

Create a Folder with metadataFolderFlag set to true and enableNested set to false. A flat folder structure is created with metadata type and fields set to the parent folder and a document is added inside the parent folder.

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "fileLocation": "C:\\someFolder\\someFile.txt",
   "type":"insertMetaDataTemplate",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
    "mdArray":[
      {
         "md1":"insertColumnName",
         "md2":"insertValue"
      },
      {
         "md1":"someVendor",
         "md2":"Gimmal Inc"
      }
		 ],
       "custom1":"folderName#DFLOW#folderName2#DFLOW#folderName3",
      "metaDataFolderFlag":true,
      "enableNested":false
}

Create a Folder (no metadata and nested false)

Create a Folder with metadataFloderFlag and enableNested set to false. A flat folder structure is created and a document is added inside the parent folder with metadata type and fields provided in the request.

POST

https://localhost:82/scrud/create

{   
   "cmsName":"Name of the sharepoint system configured in Link Enterpri.",
   "repository":"<domain_name>/sites/<rootSiteName>",    
   "fileLocation": "C:\\someFolder\\someFile.txt",
   "type":"insertMetaDataTemplate",
   "location":"/<subsite>/<documentLibrary>",
   "selectedCMS":"sp",
    "mdArray":[
      {
         "md1":"insertColumnName",
         "md2":"insertValue"
      },
      {
         "md1":"someVendor",
         "md2":"Gimmal Inc"
      }
		 ],
       "custom1":"folderName#DFLOW#folderName2#DFLOW#folderName3",
      "metaDataFolderFlag":false,
      "enableNested":false
}