Specifying an existing assets folder on AJAX post for "addAssets""

it0tt · February 27, 2020, 5:43pm

So I am successfully uploading to assets folder using:
formData.append(“files[]”, file);

ahead of attaching it to data in an ajax call, but I am wondering if I am able to specify an existing assets folder. I can, after the upload, log in to Cockpit and go to “Edit Asset” and click the “Folder” option and select a folder from there, but anyway to do this against the API?

Tried including another key value in the formData, ie.:
formData.append(“folder”, “name_of_folder”);

but thats not it. Any help?

Cheers, Aaron.

raffaelj · February 27, 2020, 9:11pm

Try it with meta[folder], folder_id instead.

it0tt · February 28, 2020, 2:22pm

Thanks for that, its a lot of help! My issue now is that I can’t figure out how / where to find the id of the folder. I was using the name I gave it but of course that’s not what it needs. There appears to be no “Show JSON” button in the asset UI and I cant find mention in the docs or any of the JSON I get back from my calls.

Any idea how I can find what the ID of any given folder is? Is there an endpoint which reveals it?

Sorry to be a pain!

Aaron

raffaelj · February 28, 2020, 3:16pm

O, I see. There is no rest api endpoint yet to list folders.

If you are logged in, you can call the url /assetsmanager/_folders in your browser to list all folders as a json response.

github.com

agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/modules/Cockpit/Controller/Assets.php#L131-L154


public function _folders() {


    function parent_sort(array $objects, array &$result=[], $parent='', $depth=0) {


        foreach ($objects as $key => $object) {


            if ($object['_p'] == $parent) {
                $object['_lvl'] = $depth;
                array_push($result, $object);
                unset($objects[$key]);
                parent_sort($objects, $result, $object['_id'], $depth + 1);
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }


    $_folders = $this->app->storage->find('cockpit/assets_folders', [
        'sort' => ['name' => 1]
    ])->toArray();

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