Document creation within plugin

Hi Soujanya,

Could you please elaborate more on this.

Thanks.

Hi Raghavendra,

I am trying to create a custom smart service plugin (using java) where in i have to requirement to read the existing document from Appian knowledge center.How can i achieve this via java code.

Hi Soujanya,

You can use download method of ContentService class to download document from knowledge center.

1. Get the conent Service from the constructor
2. Call the below method to get the Appian document as JAVA File.

Long documentId = 123L;
String filePath = cs.getInternalFilename(cs.getVersion(documentId,ContentConstants.VERSION_CURRENT));  /* you will get something like, C:\appian\_admin\accdocs1\1\10000001.pdf */
File jAppianFile = new File(filePath);

Thanks,

Raghu

How about if I don't have document id, i want to create a document id too (fresh document and fresh id), how is it possible.

Hi Pradeep,

You have to upload document using a!fileUploadField. You can save Document Id in local variable to process it further.

Please have a look at following code.

a!fileUploadField(
      label: "File Upload",
      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
      saveInto: {
        local!docId
      },
      validations: {}
    )

 

 

i mean in plugin creation, i have to create a new document.

Most plugins uploaded to community will include their source code so your best point of reference would be to download and inspect an existing plugin that performs a similar operation.
"PDF Tools" for example shows you how to create new documents using the ContentService and how to retrieve the ID.

Most plugins uploaded to community will include their source code so your best point of reference would be to download and inspect an existing plugin that performs a similar operation.
"PDF Tools" for example shows you how to create new documents using the ContentService and how to retrieve the ID.