UploadBlockRequest Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages

Assembly:: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy.dll

Package:: Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client v1.1.32

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Contains the data needed to upload a block of data to storage.

public ref class UploadBlockRequest sealed : Microsoft::Xrm::Sdk::OrganizationRequest

[System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract(Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")]
public sealed class UploadBlockRequest : Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest

[<System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract(Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")>]
type UploadBlockRequest = class
    inherit OrganizationRequest

Public NotInheritable Class UploadBlockRequest
Inherits OrganizationRequest

Inheritance: Object

OrganizationRequest
UploadBlockRequest

Attributes: DataContractAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to use this message. For this sample to work correctly, you must have an authenticated connection to the server with a client that implements the IOrganizationService interface instance.

/// <summary>
/// Uploads a file or image column value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service">The service</param>
/// <param name="entityReference">A reference to the record with the file or image column</param>
/// <param name="fileAttributeName">The name of the file or image column</param>
/// <param name="fileInfo">Information about the file or image to upload.</param>
/// <param name="fileMimeType">The mime type of the file or image, if known.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
static Guid UploadFile(
         IOrganizationService service,
         EntityReference entityReference,
         string fileAttributeName,
         FileInfo fileInfo,
         string fileMimeType = null)
{

   // Initialize the upload
   InitializeFileBlocksUploadRequest initializeFileBlocksUploadRequest = new()
   {
         Target = entityReference,
         FileAttributeName = fileAttributeName,
         FileName = fileInfo.Name
   };

   var initializeFileBlocksUploadResponse =
         (InitializeFileBlocksUploadResponse)service.Execute(initializeFileBlocksUploadRequest);

   string fileContinuationToken = initializeFileBlocksUploadResponse.FileContinuationToken;

   // Capture blockids while uploading
   List<string> blockIds = new();

   using Stream uploadFileStream = fileInfo.OpenRead();

   int blockSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024; // 4 MB

   byte[] buffer = new byte[blockSize];
   int bytesRead = 0;

   long fileSize = fileInfo.Length;
   // The number of iterations that will be required:
   // int blocksCount = (int)Math.Ceiling(fileSize / (float)blockSize);
   int blockNumber = 0;

   // While there is unread data from the file
   while ((bytesRead = uploadFileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
   {
         // The file or final block may be smaller than 4MB
         if (bytesRead < buffer.Length)
         {
            Array.Resize(ref buffer, bytesRead);
         }

         blockNumber++;

         string blockId = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Guid.NewGuid().ToString()));

         blockIds.Add(blockId);

         // Prepare the request
         UploadBlockRequest uploadBlockRequest = new()
         {
            BlockData = buffer,
            BlockId = blockId,
            FileContinuationToken = fileContinuationToken,
         };

         // Send the request
         service.Execute(uploadBlockRequest);
   }

   // Try to get the mimetype if not provided.
   if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileMimeType))
   {
         var provider = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();

         if (!provider.TryGetContentType(fileInfo.Name, out fileMimeType))
         {
            fileMimeType = "application/octet-stream";
         }
   }

   // Commit the upload
   CommitFileBlocksUploadRequest commitFileBlocksUploadRequest = new()
   {
         BlockList = blockIds.ToArray(),
         FileContinuationToken = fileContinuationToken,
         FileName = fileInfo.Name,
         MimeType = fileMimeType
   };

   var commitFileBlocksUploadResponse =
         (CommitFileBlocksUploadResponse)service.Execute(commitFileBlocksUploadRequest);

   return commitFileBlocksUploadResponse.FileId;

}

Remarks

The data can be whole or part of a binary file, annotation, or attachment. More information:

Constructors

UploadBlockRequest()

Initializes a new instance of the UploadBlockRequest class.

Properties

BlockData	The data block to upload.
BlockId	A unique identifier for the block of data.
ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest)
FileContinuationToken	A token that uniquely identifies a sequence of related data uploads.
Item[String]	Gets or sets the indexer for the `Parameters` collection. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest)
Parameters	Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest)
RequestId	Gets or sets the ID of the request. Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest)
RequestName	Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest)

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