I just arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden, for a mini-web-workshop. I'll let you know what I learn here soon.
Meanwhile, here is a quick little important note on a change to the Revit Server 2014 REST API that affected some:
Question: I am using a POST request to copy a RVT file from one Revit Server folder to another. This call worked fine in Revit Server 2013, but returns an error code 404 in Revit Server 2014. I looked at the documentation of the request and can see no changes.
I can perform GET requests on my folders in 2014 and get valid responses, but a POST will not work. Here are the strings that I am using for my testing, corresponding to the SDK document examples:
- "POST"
- "http://ABC-REV-T01/RevitServerAdminRESTService2014/AdminRESTService.svc/10Folder/descendent?sourceObjectPath=00Folder|01CentralModel.rvt&pasteAction=Move&duplicateOption=CopyIncrement"
I reviewed all the Revit Server API access sample code I could find to no avail.
All of the other requests work fine with 2014. I also compared my POST lines for 2013 and 2014. They are identical, and so are the ones provided in the 2013/2014 PDFs. If I take the post lines I have created for 2014 and change them back to 2013 they work just fine as well.
What in heaven's name is the problem, please, and, above all, how can I fix it?
Answer: Oops. Sorry. The signature of that API call changed since the documentation you are using was created.
The new syntax is:
- Method: POST
- URI: {base URI}/{sourceObjectPath}?destinationObjectPath={destinationObjectPath}&pasteAction={pasteAction}&replaceExisting={replaceExisting}
- {destinationObjectPath} = destination path of the operation
- {pasteAction} = Move or Copy
- {replaceExisting} = true or false
Example: Given a model called WorkingModel.rvt in a folder called OldFolder at the root of the Projects tree that needs to be moved to a new folder at the same level called NewFolder. Here is the call to achieve that:
- Method: POST
- URI:
{base_URI}/OldFolder|WorkingModel.rvt
?destinationObjectPath=NewFolder|WorkingModel.rvt
&pasteAction=Move
&replaceExisting=true
Response: Works like a charm.
I have been adding quite a bit of functionality to my original copy down tool, e.g., the ability for users to create projects, add RVT's with specified names, and create a CMD file to batch copy down central files for our Navisworks integration.
Thank you.
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