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Merge a list of assets into a single asset. A single asset is selected as the merge target, and the remaining assets in the list are merged onto it
A XML structure in the format required by the Asset Disposal API function SpecialBulkDisposal. This determines how the merged asset records are disposed of
11+ onwards = assetid of each asset being merged into sarg(0). If Arguments(11) contains commas then that one parameter is used as a list
If successful, an empty string is returned. If an error occurred, the return value contains the error message.
Imports System.Text
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
Public Module Module1
Public Sub Main()
Try
' Enter your API key and company database name in these variables
Dim _db As String = "mycompany"
Dim apikey As String = "YOURAPIKEY"
' Open a web client to login
Dim web As New System.Net.WebClient()
Dim urlroot as String = "https://" & _db & ".yourxassetsplatform.xassets.net/api"
Dim json As String = web.DownloadString(urlroot & "/api.ashx?apikey=" & apikey & "&database=" & _db & "&command=apilogon")
' Check the login for errors
Dim o As JObject = JObject.Parse(json)
Dim e As String = GetResultFromJson(o, "error")
If e <> "" Then
Throw New Exception(e)
End If
' Store the login hash, nonce and noncedate
Dim hash As String = GetResultFromJson(o, "hash")
Dim nonce As String = GetResultFromJson(o, "nonce")
Dim noncedate As Date = CDate(GetResultFromJson(o, "noncetime"))
If hash = "" Then
Throw New Exception("Unexpected error - a hash was not returned from the API logon process")
End If
Console.WriteLine("Logged on OK")
' Open a new web client to perform the API call
web = New System.Net.WebClient()
' Add the authorization header
web.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " & hash)
web.Headers.Add("Sec", _db & "|" & nonce & "|" & Format(noncedate, "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss") & "|" & Format(noncedate, "fff"))
' Perform the actual API call
Dim url as String = urlroot & "/api.ashx?command=SpecialAssetMerge&arg0=6&arg1=6&arg2=&arg3=1&arg4=1&arg5=1&arg6=0&arg7=1&arg8=Notes&arg9=Asset merged&arg10=&arg11=3,4,5,6"
Dim data As String = web.DownloadString(url.ToString)
' Parse and output the data
Dim ob As JObject = JObject.Parse(data)
Dim err As String = GetResultFromJson(ob, "error")
If err <> "" Then
Throw New Exception(err)
End If
Dim xml As String = GetResultFromJson(ob, "returncode")
Console.WriteLine(xml)
Console.WriteLine("Finished - Press enter to close")
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error:" & ex.Message & " - Press enter to close")
End Try
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
Private Function GetResultFromJson(o As JObject, sFind As String) As String
For Each res As JObject In o.SelectTokens("data[*]")
If res("type").Value(Of String) = sFind Then
Return res("value").ToString
End If
Next
Return ""
End Function
End Module
Try
ErrorMessage = ""
Return w.WebSaveSpecial(_hash, _username, _db, _ip, "", "SpecialAssetMerge", {"6", "6", "", "1", "1", "1", "0", "1", "Notes", "Asset merged", "", "3,4,5,6"}, False, _dns, _port, _scheme, _nonce, _noncedate)
Catch ex As Exception
ErrorMessage = ex.Message
Return "
End Try
SaveSpecial "SpecialAssetMerge","", "6", "6", "", "1", "1", "1", "0", "1", "Notes", "Asset merged", "", "3,4,5,6"
Dim ret as String = Server.SaveSpecial("SpecialAssetMerge","", "6", "6", "", "1", "1", "1", "0", "1", "Notes", "Asset merged", "", "3,4,5,6")
If ret = " Or ret.Substring(0, 8) = "special=" Then
MsgBox("Save operation completed.", vbInformation, "Save Data")
Else
MsgBox("Save operation failed:" & ret, vbExclamation, "Save Data")
End If