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GetUserDocumentNodes Method

Overloads

GetUserDocumentNodes(Guid, Guid, String)

Gets user document nodes for the specified relative path and the specified user document folder and QlikView Server ID.

GetUserDocumentNodes(Guid, Guid, String)

Gets user document nodes for the specified relative path and the specified user document folder and QlikView Server ID.

Declaration

      List<DocumentNode> GetUserDocumentNodes(Guid qvsID, Guid folderID, string relativePath)
    

Parameters

Type Name Description
System.Guid qvsID

The QlikView Server ID for which to retrieve user document nodes.

System.Guid folderID

The user document folder ID for which to retrieve user document nodes.

System.String relativePath

The relative path for which to retrieve user document nodes.

Returns

Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<DocumentNode>

User document nodes for the specified relative path and the specified user document folder and QlikView Server ID.

Remarks

This method is typically used to retrieve the user documents as a tree structure. Each returned DocumentNode contains a RelativePath property which describes where in the tree structure the node belongs. It also contains a IsSubFolder property that indicates whether the node represents a sub folder or a document.

To retrieve the first level of nodes under the user document folder specified by folderID, set the relativePath parameter to an empty string. For deeper levels of nodes, set the relativePath parameter to a path combined of the relative path and the name of the parent node at the previous level.

security

Requires membership of local group QlikView Management API and the role Document Folder Administrator.

Examples

The following code example uses the QMS API to retrieve a registered QlikView Server, all its user document folders and nodes. The GetUserDocumentNodes(Guid, Guid, String) method is called recursively to print sub folders and user documents as a tree structure. If anything goes wrong, it prints an error message.

The service key injection is assumed to be handled behind the scenes.

    using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using QMSAPI;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            // create a QMS API client
            IQMS apiClient = new QMSClient();

            //retrieve a time limited service key
            ServiceKeyClientMessageInspector.ServiceKey = apiClient.GetTimeLimitedServiceKey();

            // get a list of QVS services
            List<ServiceInfo> qvsServices = apiClient.GetServices(ServiceTypes.QlikViewServer);
            if (qvsServices.Count > 0)
            {
                // retrieve all user document folders for the first QVS in the list
                Console.WriteLine("The " + qvsServices[0].Name
                    + " contains has following user document file structure:" + Environment.NewLine);
                List<DocumentFolder> userDocumentsFolders = apiClient.GetUserDocumentFolders(qvsServices[0].ID,
                    DocumentFolderScope.General | DocumentFolderScope.Services);
                // loop through all user document folders
                foreach (DocumentFolder userDocumentFolder in userDocumentsFolders.OrderBy(x => x.General.Path))
                {
                    // print the names of all user document folders,
                    // prefix with [R] for root folder and [M] for mounts
                    string folderPrefix = (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userDocumentFolder.General.Path) ? "[R]" : "[M]");
                    string folderName = (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userDocumentFolder.General.Path)
                        ? qvsServices[0].Name : userDocumentFolder.General.Path);
                    Console.WriteLine(folderPrefix + " " + folderName);
                    // print all sub nodes of the current user document folder
                    PrintUserDocumentNodes(apiClient, userDocumentFolder, string.Empty, 1);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: " + ex.Message);
        }
        // wait for user to press any key
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    static void PrintUserDocumentNodes(IQMS apiClient, DocumentFolder userDocumentFolder,
        string relativePath, int indentationDepth)
    {
        // retrieve all user document nodes of the given folder and under the specified relative path
        List<DocumentNode> userDocumentNodes = apiClient.GetUserDocumentNodes(userDocumentFolder.Services.QVSID,
            userDocumentFolder.ID, relativePath);
        // loop through all current user document nodes
        foreach (DocumentNode userDocumentNode in userDocumentNodes
            .OrderByDescending(x => x.IsSubFolder).ThenBy(x => x.Name))
        {
            // print the names of all user document nodes, indent and
            // prefix with [F] for folders and [D] for documents
            string indentation = new string(' ', indentationDepth * 3);
            string nodePrefix = (userDocumentNode.IsSubFolder ? "[F]" : "[D]");
            Console.WriteLine(indentation + nodePrefix + " " + userDocumentNode.Name);
            // print all sub nodes of the current user document node if it represents a folder
            if (userDocumentNode.IsSubFolder)
            {
                PrintUserDocumentNodes(apiClient, userDocumentFolder,
                    Path.Combine(relativePath, userDocumentNode.Name), indentationDepth + 1);
            }
        }
    }
}
  

Exceptions

Type Condition
System.Exception

Thrown if the caller does not have access to the user document folder with the specified ID.

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