Question

Using CMSDesk and click on the Tools tab, then Media Library I can add files to the inbuilt Kentico Media Library. Is there a way to do this using their API?

Answer 1

You can do this using the Kentico API. It is actually quite rich but the documentation and samples out there are a bit lacking.

Following is a sample method (actually used as a web service method as we have both remote and local pages that use it) and a sample method that calls it (say from an ‘edit’ web page).

fileLogo – > protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.FileUpload fileLogo;

        [WebMethod]
    public bool Import(int libraryID, string folderName, string fileName, byte[] bytes)
    {
        SiteInfo siteInfo = SiteInfoProvider.GetCurrentSite();
        MediaLibraryInfo libraryInfo = MediaLibraryInfoProvider.GetMediaLibraryInfo(libraryID);

        fileName = fileName.Replace(" ", "-").Replace("&", "-").Replace("'", "-").Replace("+", "-").Replace("=", "-").Replace("[", "-").Replace("]", "-").Replace("#", "-").Replace("%", "-").Replace("\\", "-").Replace("/", "-").Replace(":", "-").Replace("*", "-").Replace("?", "-").Replace("\"", "-").Replace("<", "-").Replace(">", "-").Replace("|", "-");

        bool bRetValue = false;

        string filePath = Server.MapPath(string.Format("/{0}/media/{1}/{2}/{3}", siteInfo.SiteName, libraryInfo.LibraryFolder, folderName, fileName));
        File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, bytes);
        if (File.Exists(filePath))
        {
            string path = MediaLibraryHelper.EnsurePath(filePath);
            MediaFileInfo fileInfo = new MediaFileInfo(filePath, libraryInfo.LibraryID, folderName);
            fileInfo.FileSiteID = siteInfo.SiteID;
            MediaFileInfoProvider.ImportMediaFileInfo(fileInfo);
            bRetValue = true;
        }

        return bRetValue;
    }

            string filePath = "~/SITENAME/media/SITE_MEDIALIB/Logos/";
        string fileName = string.Empty  ;

        if (fileLogo.FileName.Length > 0)
        {
            var ext = fileLogo.FileName.Substring(fileLogo.FileName.LastIndexOf('.') + 1).ToLower();

            fileName = entryTitle + "." + ext; 

            MediaLibrary il = new MediaLibrary();
            il.Import(3, "FOLDERNAME", fileName, fileLogo.FileBytes);
        }