media item creation using Sitecore service API (HTTP POST method)- Error : Resource was not found

Question

Post updated on 05/03 for more information:

Developing a content migration tool using C# console app, using HTTP CRUD operations to access/add/update Sitecore items . To create Media items used HTTP post method, with following References:

I am guessing I need to find right API resource (correct API method with respective parameters) to make the media items creation successful.

https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/93/sitecore-experience-manager/the-restful-api-for-the-itemservice.html

https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/sdnarchive/upload/sdn5/modules/sitecore%20item%20web%20api/sitecore_item_web_api_developer_guide_sc65-66-usletter.pdf

Addition info: I am able to create non-media items using same HTTP post method by passing values in API request body. Tried same approach with media items , getting below error

Getting NO HTTP resource error, I have checked and ensured the following folder is present in Sitecore CM: sitecore/media library/XXX

Error: {"Message":"No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'https://xxxcore-content.yyyyy.com/sitecore/api/ssc/sitecore/media library/XXX/?name=TestMediaTwo'."}

Tried creating media items differently (will add more info soon) and got below error. The request entity's media type 'multipart/form-data' is not supported for this resource.

Another reference: https://www.anyaconsultancy.com/blog/Sitecore-Item-Web-API-CRUD-Operations/

Answer 1

There are 2 ways to create media items in Sitecore programmatically.

1. Create media items using APIs : You can use the Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator and Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions classes to create media items from files. For example, to create the media item /Sitecore/Media Library/Images/Sample in the Master database from the file C:\temp\sample.jpg:

Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions options =

new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions();

options.Database = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

options.Language = Sitecore.Globalization.Language.Parse(

Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.DefaultLanguage);

options.Versioned = Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.Media.UploadAsVersionableByDefault;

options.Destination = "/sitecore/media library/images/Sample";

options.FileBased = Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.Media.UploadAsFiles;

Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator creator =

new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator();

Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem sample =

creator.CreateFromFile(@"C:\temp\sample.jpg",options);

2. Using Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.Creator: The MediaCreator is also available through the static implementation, Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.Creator, so if you like statics, you can use that one instead. The MediaCreator can also create media files from a MemoryStream:

// Remember to insert the appropriate try..catch..finally blocks.
// I have refrained from using them to compress the example.
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions options = new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions();
// Now use the options class as I did in the previous example
// ... insert code here ...
// ...
// Read the file from stream:
FileInfo fi = new System.IO.FileInfo(fileName);
FileStream fs = fi.OpenRead();
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
ms.SetLength(fs.Length);
fs.Read(ms.GetBuffer(), 0, (int)fs.Length);
ms.Flush();
fs.Close();
// Now create the file in Sitecore. This time I'll use the static implementation of the MediaCreator
Item mediaItem = Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.Creator.CreateFromStream(ms, fileName, options);
ms.Dispose();

Reference: Adding a file to the Sitecore Media Library programatically

Hope it helps!