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Mediabin custom search

Shete

Hi,

I am trying to search images having 'Insertion Date' metadata value less than certain date. I am using following code but it's not returning any result. Can you please let me know if there is anything wrong?
This same code works nice for 'GreaterThan' search operator.
There are assets available in the system satiesfying both the criterias.

MBAsset[] searchResults = null;
const String MediaBin_MetaData_InsertionTime = "{5BE195E7-0726-11D3-9DDE-0060081F836F}";

try
{
//Create search critera and add metadata by passing the value for "Insertion Time" Metadata
MBSearchCriteria criteria = new MBSearchCriteria();
criteria.mContainerID = containerID;
criteria.mAssetID = null;
criteria.mRecursive = true;
criteria.mMaxHits = 1000;

MBMetadata metadataAsset = new MBMetadata();
metadataAsset.mName = "Insertion Time";
metadataAsset.mID = MediaBin_MetaData_InsertionTime;
metadataAsset.mValue = "21/07/2009 00:00:00 AM";

//Create search constraint assinging the above metadata values and
// set a SearchOperator with options present and set the
//boolean oprator to Not Set
MBSearchConstraint[] constraint = new MBSearchConstraint[1];
constraint[0] = new MBSearchConstraint();
constraint[0].mMetadata = metadataAsset;
constraint[0].mSearchOperator = "LessThan";
constraint[0].mBooleanOperator = MBBooleanOperator.NotSet;

criteria.mSearchConstraints = constraint;

// Perform the search
searchResults = _mediaBinServer.Search(criteria, false);
}

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msrinivas

What do you mean by "metadata value less than certain date"? Is it before that date or after that date?

Shete

I mean before that date.

Thanks,
Shriram

Shete

any replies please?

Shete

I am stuck at this point Smiley Sad

..It will be great if someone can reply.

msrinivas

If you are trying to search for assets that were ingested before a certain date then the correct search operator is GreaterThan.

Also, instead of using a hard typed date you can use something like DateTime.Now.AddDays(-intArchiveTime) where intArchiveTime is the archive time in days

HTH

vy8359

You need to convert the value to date/time type before passing it to the query

Shete

You need to convert the value to date/time type before passing it to the query

Thanks! It worked. Earlier I was passing Date in string format which was working with 'GreaterThan' operator but not with 'LessThan' operator. Now I pass value in Date format and it works for 'LessThan' operator.

merry

Hi All,
I am trying to explore MB APIs to get the search result using the Asset ID. I am able to connect to MB server.
I am facing a problem while using search criteria. Following is the code snippet. It would be very helpful if you can throw some light, why "NullPointerException" is hunting me Smiley Sad

All the 3 lines at the bottom (2 of them are commented as of now) just gives this exception.

private static MBServer _server;
public static MediaBinServerSoap service;

MBSearchCriteria mbSearchCriteria = new MBSearchCriteria ();
String folderId ="";
MBContainer testContainer = service.getContainerByPath(
"\\Media Database\\subFolder1\\subFolder2\\subFolder3",
service.getRootContainer().getMID(),
false);
folderId=testContainer.getMID();

mbSearchCriteria.setMContainerID (folderId );
mbSearchCriteria.setMRecursive(true);
mbSearchCriteria.setMMaxHits(10);
mbSearchCriteria.setMAssetID(null);

MBMetadata mbMetadata = new MBMetadata ();

mbMetadata.setMName ("Any Text");
mbMetadata.setMID ("16D82CEC-B515-4768-A412-829E158EFC37"); //Asset ID for one of the asset within the folder
mbMetadata.setMValue (1); // Referred devnet thread and got to know that 1 is for JPG

MBSearchConstraint constraints[] = new MBSearchConstraint[1];
constraints[0]=new MBSearchConstraint ();
constraints[0].setMBooleanOperator(MBBooleanOperator.NotSet);
constraints[0].setMMetadata(mbMetadata);
constraints[0].setMSearchOperator("contains");

//ArrayOfMBAsset serResult = service.search(mbSearchCriteria, true);
//ArrayOfString serResult2 = service.search_GetAssetIDsOnly(mbSearchCriteria);
_server.setSearchConstraints(constraints, mbSearchCriteria);

Rick Poulin

Please start a new thread next time. This doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the thread.

BTW, you're getting a NPE because nowhere in this code have you initialized service and _server. In the last three lines, only those variables could be throwing the NPE (assuming it's not being thrown from inside those calls, but your stack trace should be telling you where to look).

merry

Thanks for your reply.
Thought of updating this thread, as it was also related to Search API.
Not sure, if I got what you are saying regarding initialization Smiley Sad

I am able to invoke service.getMediaBinServerName() successfully for the service I am using.
Would really apriciate any pointer in this regard.

Rick Poulin

If that call works, then this one [service.search(mbSearchCriteria, true);] should not be throwing an NPE on this line, but perhaps on something inside the call. Post your stack trace.

merry

Thanks for ur response. Following are the 3 lines I have used in d java and getting the Error mentioned below. Left most are the line numbers.

142 ArrayOfMBAsset str1 = service.search(mbSearchCriteria, true);
143 MBAsset[] a = str1.getMBAsset();
144 System.out.println("Length : " +a.length);

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.hilton.teamsite.ConnectMediabin.main(ConnectMediabin.java:143)

Thanks.

Rick Poulin

Ok, so that means str1 is null. I don't have the API in front of me to figure out why the search() method returned null instead of an empty array, but I'd guess that you mbSearchCriteria are somehow invalid or missing something.

If you're lucky, the web service log on the MB side might help you figure that one out.

merry

Do I need to refer MBP.log?

Rick Poulin

Well MBP.log is the log for MediaBin itself. You may very well have something useful in there, so it's worth checking. However the log I was referring to is specific to the Web Service. Sorry, I don't remember the exact name of the log and I don't have an instance available to check atm.

merry

Thanks Rick for ur help.
Nothing helpful in MBP log Smiley Sad

.
Can anyone guide me with the path for Web Services log.
Thanks.