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How to Call a Custom task in MediaBin

Husna

Hi All,

We have a requirement where we need to import a folder structure(containing images) from a shared folder location into MediaBin. Can someone please let me know on how a custom task can be called from MediaBin for achieving this. A sample code will be helpful.

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iwTech

Hi All,

We have a requirement where we need to import a folder structure(containing images) from a shared folder location into MediaBin. Can someone please let me know on how a custom task can be called from MediaBin for achieving this. A sample code will be helpful.

This task does not require any custom task. ,You can achieve it by two ways

If you want to implement only one time

Drag and drop using windows client

If you want to implement a runtime task

Configure the Hot folder with the shared folder in the

File system and the folder structure in MediaBin

Thanks

Vin

AgDy3.rptdesign

Husna

Thanx a lot for your response.
The exact requirement is as follows:
I have a Zip folder and an XML file placed at a shared location.
The Zip contains the folder structure(containing images) which I need to unzip and then place the images based on the folder structure given in an XML file (containing the image id,source location of image,destination location where the image needs to be placed) in MediaBin.
Whenever the zip folder is updated, I need to import the images into MediaBin.
Can you please suggest me how can this be achieved...

iwTech

Thanx a lot for your response.
The exact requirement is as follows:
I have a Zip folder and an XML file placed at a shared location.
The Zip contains the folder structure(containing images) which I need to unzip and then place the images based on the folder structure given in an XML file (containing the image id,source location of image,destination location where the image needs to be placed) in MediaBin.
Whenever the zip folder is updated, I need to import the images into MediaBin.
Can you please suggest me how can this be achieved...

First ,I will recommend to read manuals to understand hotfolder structure . I guess , there is no tools available with
MB for updating the folder / asset based on the file list / xml file update.

But , if I am in your situation , I will do the following

Step - I
I will write one program, which will read the asset id , file path etc.. from the XML file and copy the assets ,
create new folders etc. to the folder structure
Step – II
Configure the Source ( Step-I) and Destination folder structure ( MediaBin) using MediaBin hotfolder .
If you do some coding with windows programming , you can automate every thing …every time the user copy the zip file , it will automate the
folder creation and asset copying etc..

You client will be more happier !!!

-Vin

Husna

Thanks a lot for the approach suggested by you...
I have one more query.
I will also receive an xml (after sometime) on the shared folder location which will contain the asset id and the status of those assets (whether they have been approved or rejected by an external system).
I need to parse this xml on the shared folder and set the status of respective assets in MediaBin folder to the respective values i.e.Approved or Rejected.
How can this be achieved?

iwTech

Thanks a lot for the approach suggested by you...
I have one more query.
I will also receive an xml (after sometime) on the shared folder location which will contain the asset id and the status of those assets (whether they have been approved or rejected by an external system).
I need to parse this xml on the shared folder and set the status of respective assets in MediaBin folder to the respective values i.e.Approved or Rejected.
How can this be achieved?

If I understand your question ,

"you want to set the metadata value to be Approved or Rejected
for the assets based on the values from an xml list ? correct ??

-Vin

Husna

Yes... thats correct.
That is my requirement...

iwTech

Yes... thats correct.
That is my requirement...

We implemented this for many customer for asset ingest
like reading metadata value from the excel or file list and setting the values to the assets

It can be achieved by using the API’s provided by MediaBin
Or you can contact the Support , they can help you.

-Vin

jkm

I have a similar situation where I have set of video files and respective XML files as well sitting outside of MediaBin. I got my video files corrected so that video files can be ingested by MediaBin using hotfolder option but I need to set the metadata specified in the XML files as well.

Which function shall I use to set the metadata from the xml file to the asset and can this be done when we ingest the content inside mediabin using hotfolder.