How resolve assets with the ClientLibrary?

Mike_James · March 30, 2023, 1:47pm

I have…

[ x] Read the following guideline: https://docs.squidex.io/01-getting-started/installation/troubleshooting-and-support. I understand that my support request might get deleted if I do not follow the guideline.
[ ] Used code blocks with ``` to format my code examples like JSON or logs properly.

I’m submitting a…

[ ] Regression (a behavior that stopped working in a new release)
[ ] Bug report
[ ] Performance issue
[ x] Documentation issue or request

Current behavior

I’ve spent the day trying to understand how to piece things together using the ClientLibrary (v15) and got a basic blog working. I’m now trying to expand my POC to include a schema that uses assets.

I took a guess and set the Assets as an array of strings and I got back the file Ids, but how do I resolve the URL of the asset?

The lack of documentation and up-to-date samples is a huge problem.

Expected behavior

Minimal reproduction of the problem

Environment

App Name: dev-blog

[ ] Self hosted with docker
[ ] Self hosted with IIS
[ ] Self hosted with other version
[x] Cloud version

Version: Whatever is deployed…no idea

Browser:

[ ] Chrome (desktop)
[ ] Chrome (Android)
[ ] Chrome (iOS)
[ ] Firefox
[ ] Safari (desktop)
[ ] Safari (iOS)
[ ] IE
[ ] Edge

Others:

Sebastian · March 30, 2023, 3:32pm

Hi,

It depends what you want to do with the file.

If you just want to get the URL to render it in a html template, you can use the following method:

github.com

Squidex/squidex-samples/blob/master/csharp/Squidex.ClientLibrary/Squidex.ClientLibrary/ISquidexClient.cs#L35


/// </remarks>
SquidexOptions Options { get; }

/// <summary>
/// Generates the URL to the image with the specified ID.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">The ID of the asset.</param>
/// <returns>
/// THe URL to the image.
/// </returns>
string? GenerateImageUrl(string? id);

/// <summary>
/// Generates the URL to the image with the first specified ID.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">The ID of the asset.</param>
/// <returns>
/// THe URL to the image.
/// </returns>
string? GenerateImageUrl(IEnumerable<string>? id);

If you want to something else, e.g. get metadata, you can use use the methods on the IAssetsClient, e.g.

const asset = await client.Assets.GetAssetAsync(myContent.assets[0]);

I will work on that.

Mike_James · March 30, 2023, 4:23pm

Perfect, thank you for the information! I’ve managed to get it working perfectly. Our blog and Showcase on https://www.avaloniaui.net is now powered by Squidex.

Sebastian · March 30, 2023, 4:29pm

Nice, I have not done any desktop development for years now but I am following what you are doing and it is very impressive