Vault - update UserDefinedProperties in files using API / C#

[r_rybinskiA9RRF]

Hello Friends,

I come here with a problem I have been trying to solve for several days now. I want to automate filling UserDefinedProperties created for PDF files in Vault. I have a pretty big library with PDFs and CSV file with attributes that I want to inject into UDP in Vault. 

I already managed to connect to Vault using C#, access folder with PDFs and list all filenames and Properties with values but I don't know how can I update them with my attributes. I already went through VaultSDK.chm but it didn't help much.

If you could share example code in C# / VB it would help me a lot. 

[Gabriel_Watson · Accepted solution]

You can post or search customization questions in another side-forum to this one:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/bd-p/301

See if this solution also helps you:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/how-to-update-udp/m-p/9454566
Or this one:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/update-user-defined-properties/m-p/11999640

More here from my search on that forum (just search there for "update user property" and you'll find more):
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/unable-to-update-user-defined-property-via-the-va...
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/user-define-property-update-using-c/m-p/10697583

[jaapflonk]

This is how i do it:

First i get a download ticket (you can alo use DocumentService.CheckoutFile

ByteArray ticket = documentService.GetDownloadTicketsByFileIds(new long[] { selectedFile.Id }).First();

Use the ticket to find the properties 

            CtntSrcPropDef[] fileProps = Globals.Connection.WebServiceManager.FilestoreService.GetContentSourcePropertyDefinitions(
                ticket.Bytes, true);

Then i create PropWriteRequests

PropWriteRequests propWriteRequests = new PropWriteRequests();
            List<PropWriteReq> requests = new List<PropWriteReq>() 
            { 
                new PropWriteReq()
                {
                    CanCreate = true,
                    Moniker = "VltCategory!{D5CDD505-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}!nvarchar", // Moniker van VltCategory property
                    Val = selectedFile.Cat.CatName
                }
            };
            
            propWriteRequests.Requests = requests.ToArray();

Then i use CopyFile and include the propWriteRequest

PropWriteResults propWriteResults = new PropWriteResults();
            byte[] uploadTicket = filestoreService.CopyFile(ticket.Bytes, extension, true, propWriteRequests, out propWriteResults);

And now use DocumentService.AddUploadedFile to upload the file with the new properties.

If you used CheckOut on step one can just check the file in.

            File newFile = documentService.AddUploadedFile(targetFolderId, tempFileName, "Temporary copy design for Flatten command", selectedFile.ModDate, null, bom, selectedFile.FileClass, false, uploadByteArray);

More information can be found here: 

https://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2015/02/another-way-to-update-properties.html

Good luck

[r_rybinskiA9RRF]

Thank you Gabriel, I found solution in one of your link.