How do I upload a pdf to Sitecore Media Library via Sitecore.Services.Client Restful API service

Question

I am using the following to Create an item, and it works to create a folder in the media library, but I want to create/upload a pdf using this or a similar technique. Here is my code:

ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12 | SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;
    var authUrl = "https://mysitecoresite.com/sitecore/api/ssc/auth/login";
    var authData = new Authentication
    {
        Domain = "sitecore",
        Username = "admin",
        Password = "b"
    };

    var authRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(authUrl);

    authRequest.Method = "POST";
    authRequest.ContentType = "application/json";

    var requestAuthBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(authData);

    var authDatas = new UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(requestAuthBody);

    using (var dataStream = authRequest.GetRequestStream())
    {
        dataStream.Write(authDatas, 0, authDatas.Length);
    }
    CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();

    authRequest.CookieContainer = cookies;
    // System.Net.ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = delegate (object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) { return true; };
    var authResponse = authRequest.GetResponse();
    
    Console.WriteLine($"Login Status:\n\r{((HttpWebResponse)authResponse).StatusDescription}");


    authResponse.Close();

    HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sdn5/modules/sitecore%20item%20web%20api/sitecore_item_web_api_developer_guide_sc65-66-usletter.pdf");
    HttpWebResponse httpWebReponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
    
    Stream mediaStream = httpWebReponse.GetResponseStream();
    string itemName = "Test PDF";
    string mediaFileExt = ".pdf";

    var emailObj = new ItemRequest
    {
        ItemName = "PtrTest2",
        TemplateID = "{FE5DD826-48C6-436D-B87A-7C4210C7413B}",
        Title = "Class List Test June",
        Text = "Class List Test June 2020",
        Media = mediaStream
            

    };
    var url = "https://mysitecoresite.com/sitecore/api/ssc/item/sitecore%2FMedia%20library";

    var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

    request.Method = "POST";
    request.ContentType = "application/json";
    request.CookieContainer = cookies;

    var requestBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(emailObj);

    var data = new UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(requestBody);

    using (var dataStream = request.GetRequestStream())
    {
        dataStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
    }

    // var response = request.GetResponse();

    using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Item Status:\n\r{((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription}");
    }    
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
        Console.WriteLine($"Error occurred. Message: {ex.Message}.\r\n StackTrace: {ex.StackTrace}.\r\n InnerException: {ex.InnerException}");
        Console.WriteLine(new StreamReader(ex.Response.GetResponseStream())
                .ReadToEnd());
}

Console.ReadKey();
        

Note: I really just need to know what field the actual PDF body should be mapped to.

Answer 1

Note: I really just need to know what field the actual PDF body should be mapped to.

The actual field name that holds the file data is the Blob field. The type of this field is Attachment. The name Media is just the field title or similar to display name.

The template where this field resides can be found at /sitecore/templates/System/Media/Unversioned/File.