Assets Server SOAP API - copy

Note: The Assets Server SOAP Web service has been deprecated. It remains available and fully supported for on-premise or privately hosted installations so that existing third-party applications or integrations can stay compatible with newer Assets Server versions. Because the SOAP Web service is not available for the cloud version of WoodWing Assets, we advise to use the REST API for any new developments.

Below are samples for the various ways you can copy assets.

Note: The wrapping SOAP envelope and authentication header have been omitted to make the samples easier to read. Detailed documentation about each of the elements and their possible values is provided in the WSDL.

Copy single asset

<e:copyRequest
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    xmlns:q="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/query/1.0">
    <e:source>/Demo Zone/Images/Beaches/Ilha Bela.jpg</e:source>
    <e:target>/Demo Zone/Images/Architecture/Copied Ilha Bela.jpg</e:target>
    <e:folderReplacePolicy>MERGE</e:folderReplacePolicy>
    <e:fileReplacePolicy>AUTO_RENAME</e:fileReplacePolicy>
</e:copyRequest>

Copy folder

<e:copyRequest
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    xmlns:q="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/query/1.0">
    <e:source>/Demo Zone/Images</e:source>
    <e:target>/Demo Zone/Images Copy</e:target>
    <e:folderReplacePolicy>AUTO_RENAME|MERGE|THROW_EXCEPTION</e:folderReplacePolicy>
    <e:fileReplacePolicy>AUTO_RENAME|OVERWRITE|OVERWRITE_IF_NEWER|REMOVE_SOURCE|THROW_EXCEPTION|DO_NOTHING</e:fileReplacePolicy>
</e:copyRequest>

Copy with filter

A copy operation can be filtered with a query so only assets that match the query will be copied.

<e:copyRequest
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    xmlns:q="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/query/1.0">
    <e:source>/Demo Zone/Images</e:source>
    <e:target>/User/admin/Copy of all PNG images</e:target>
    <e:folderReplacePolicy>MERGE</e:folderReplacePolicy>
    <e:fileReplacePolicy>OVERWRITE_IF_NEWER</e:fileReplacePolicy>   
    <e:query>
        <q:queryStringQuery>extension:png</q:queryStringQuery>
    </e:query>
</e:copyRequest>

Response

When async is not specified, the response will wait until the operation to complete. In this case the response indicates the number of items copied.

<e:bulkOperationResponse
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    processId="FXCllwm5KEV8BkACDRZfcl">
    <e:processedCount>9</e:processedCount>
</e:bulkOperationResponse>

Async

Since the operation might run for a while when copying large folders, it can be started asynchronous and will run as a separate process on the Assets Server.

<e:copyRequest async="true">

    ...

</e:copyRequest>

In this case the operation immediately returns after the process has started and only returns the process id, not the outcome of the operation.

<e:bulkOperationResponse
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    processId="A6npMCy8ag6991GAHBDMh0"/>

You can make separate requests to retrieve details about the current status of the process.

<e:processStatusRequest
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    processId="A6npMCy8ag6991GAHBDMh0"/>

Which returns the following information.

<e:processStatusResponse
    xmlns:e="http://www.dutchsoftware.com/xmlns/elvis/webservice/1.0"
    processId="A6npMCy8ag6991GAHBDMh0">
    <e:name>CopyBulk</e:name>
    <e:load>NORMAL</e:load>
    <e:user>webservice</e:user>
    <e:state>FAILED</e:state>
    <e:startTime>1321955198664</e:startTime>
    <e:endTime>1321955198665</e:endTime>
    <e:failureMessage>Source does not exist, unable to move /Demo Zone/Images to /Demo Zone/Images Copy</e:failureMessage>
</e:processStatusResponse>