DC 5.7 Creating combo values

BatchUpdate may be used for more than just setting metadata on assets. It may also be used for creating combo values

URL : /BatchUpdateService.js

Method : POST

Auth required : Yes

Required parameters

Name	Example	Description
accessKey	eb774621-1c2f-467b-b006-a8efa67094a7	accessKey that grants access to the API

The updateXML and values is send as forms data and it looks like this:

updateXML

<r>
	<metacombo_definition fieldId="MetaDataUpdate0">
		<item_metafield_labelid fieldId="item_metafield_labelid"/>
		<combovalue fieldId="combovalue"/>
		<optionvalue fieldId="optionvalue"/>
		<sortindex fieldId="sortindex"/>
		<ispublic fieldId="ispublic"/>
		<visible fieldId="visible"/>
	</metacombo_definition>
</r>

values

[{
	"Id": "MetaDataUpdate0",
	"FieldId": "MetaDataUpdate0",
	"ContainerType": 1,
	"RowId": 1,
	"Values": [{
		"FieldId": "item_metafield_labelid",
		"Type": 3,
		"Values": [51867]
	},
	{
		"FieldId": "combovalue",
		"Type": 1,
		"Values": ["test 3"]
	},
	{
		"FieldId": "optionvalue",
		"Type": 1,
		"Values": ["3"]
	},
	{
		"FieldId": "sortindex",
		"Type": 3,
		"Values": [0]
	},
	{
		"FieldId": "ispublic",
		"Type": 2,
		"Values": [true]
	},
	{
		"FieldId": "visible",
		"Type": 2,
		"Values": [true]
	}],
	"BaseId": 0
}]

NOTE: The important parts to change in this example is the combovalue which refers to the name of the combovalue, the optionvalue which refers to a unique id for it (it may be the same as the name) and the item_metafield_labelid which refers to the language version combo on which the value should be created.

cUrl data example

curl -X POST \
'/dmm3bwsv3/BatchUpdateService.js?accesskey=eb774621-1c2f-467b-b006-a8efa67094a7' \
-H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-F 'updateXML=<r><metacombo_definition fieldId="MetaDataUpdate0"><item_metafield_labelid fieldId="item_metafield_labelid"/><combovalue fieldId="combovalue"/><optionvalue fieldId="optionvalue"/><sortindex fieldId="sortindex"/><ispublic fieldId="ispublic"/><visible fieldId="visible"/></metacombo_definition></r>' \
-F 'values=[{"Id":"MetaDataUpdate0","FieldId":"MetaDataUpdate0","ContainerType":1,"RowId":1,"Values":[{"FieldId":"item_metafield_labelid","Type":3,"Values":[51867]},{"FieldId":"combovalue","Type":1,"Values":["test 3"]},{"FieldId":"optionvalue","Type":1,"Values":["3"]},{"FieldId":"sortindex","Type":3,"Values":[0]},{"FieldId":"ispublic","Type":2,"Values":[true]},{"FieldId":"visible","Type":2,"Values":[true]}],"BaseId":0}]'

Success Response

Code : 200 OK

Content example

{
	"success": true,
	"total": 0,
	"error": "",
	"items": [{
		"Id": "MetaDataUpdate0",
		"FieldId": "MetaDataUpdate0",
		"ItemId": 10600,
		"BaseId": 51637,
		"TestFase": false,
		"VersionId": null,
		"ChangesetId": 0,
		"Warnings": []
	}],
	"warnings": []
}

Error Response

Code : 200 OK

Content example

{
	"success": false,
	"total": 0,
	"error": "A critical exception occurred while we were executing the search(Access denied, login first).\r\n",
	"items": null,
	"warnings": [{
		"Severity": 150,
		"Code": 420,
		"Description": "A critical exception occurred while we were executing the search(Access denied, login first)."
	}]
}