Creates a file in the BFS, based on the input in in the FileInfoUpload

Filter inputs

Name	Type	Description	Mandatory	Available from version

Name	Type	Description	Mandatory	Available from version
FileInfoUpload	FileInfoUpload	An instance of the FileInfoUpload class

Response rows

Name	Type	Description	Available from version

Name	Type	Description	Available from version
Message	String	The outcome of the operation ("OK" if everything was correct)
FileId	Guid	Id of the file created, this id is used when getting file in GetFile()	2.24

Code examples

C# example

var client = new BFSServiceReference.bfsapiSoapClient(); var credentials = new BFSServiceReference.Credentials() { UserName = bfsusername, //Username of administrative user in your instance of BFS Password = bfspassword, //Password of the administrative user in your instance of BFS };

// Get information about the file to upload to BFS
FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(@"c:\temp\test.txt");

// in real life make sure the length don't exceed the maximum setting (default is 4 MB limit)
long numBytes = fInfo.Length;
double dLen = Convert.ToDouble(fInfo.Length / 1000000);
FileStream fStream = new FileStream(@"c:\temp\test_new.txt",
FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fStream);

// convert the file to a byte array
byte[] data = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);
br.Close();

CreateFileRequest oReq = new CreateFileRequest();
oReq.Credentials = credentials;
oReq.identify = bfsidentifier; //Identifier is a unique token for your instance of BFS 
oReq.FileInfoUpload = new FileInfoUpload
  {
    ContentType = "text", // choose appropiate content type based on your file
    fileBytes = data,
    FileName = "test_new.txt", // the name of file as you would like to name it in BFS
    Owner = new Guid("xxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"), // The owner of the file,  see GetPersons for reference
    Permission = FilePermission.All // Type of permission that should apply to this file (AdminOnly/AdminPartner/All)
  };
  
CreateFileResponse Rep = client.CreateFile(oReq);

if (oRep.Message == "OK")
{
  Console.Writeline("Upload successful");
}
else
{
  Console.Writeline(string.format("Upload not successful: {0}", Rep.Message));
}

XML example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"  xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:s1="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/" xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/">
    <soap:Body>
        <CreateFile xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
            <req>
                <Credentials>
                    <UserName>{{username}}</UserName>
                    <Password>{{password}}</Password>
                </Credentials>
                <identify>{{identifier}}</identify>
                    <FileInfoUpload>
                        <ContentType>[The content type for example application/pdf]</ContentType>
                        <FileName>[Name-of-the-file.format]</FileName>
                        <Owner>[LegalEntity Guid]</Owner>
                        <Permission>[Permission scope All, AdminPartner or AdminOnly]</Permission>
                        <fileBytes>[Your bytes]</fileBytes>
                    </FileInfoUpload>
            </req>
        </CreateFile>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Blog Posts

Blog: How to create a new account for a legal entity using CreateAccounts, GetPersons and GetAccountTypes created by
Stefan Willebrand

Dec 30, 2015

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