GetUserContentAsync Method

In This Topic

Gets the given username's content. Items are either in the home folder for the user, e.g. /content/users/{username} or in a subfolder of the home folder with the given folder ID. Multilevel folders are not supported.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public static Task<PortalUserContent> GetUserContentAsync( 
   ArcGISPortal portal,
   string username,
   string folderId
)

Public Shared Function GetUserContentAsync( _
   ByVal portal As ArcGISPortal, _
   ByVal username As String, _
   Optional ByVal folderId As String _
) As Task(Of PortalUserContent)

Parameters

portal
username: the username
folderId: optional folderid

Return Value

Task{ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.Portal.PortalUserContent}

Exceptions

Exception	Description
PortalConnectionDoesNotExistsException	Thrown when an invalid portal is provided as the active portal.
System.ArgumentNullException	username cannot be null or empty.
System.InvalidOperationException	You must be signed on to get user content.
System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException	You do not have permissions to access this resource or perform this operation.
System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException	Request failed: status code {status code}.

Remarks

Executes the following portal rest query:
{portalURL}sharing/rest/content/users/{userName}

or {portalURL}sharing/rest/content/users/{userName}/{folderId} if a folderid was provided. Users executing this query must be signed on or an exception will be thrown.

Example

Portal: Get the user content for the active user from the active portal

var portal = ArcGISPortalManager.Current.GetActivePortal();
var owner = portal.GetSignOnUsername();
var userContent = await portal.GetUserContentAsync(owner);
//Get content for a specific folder (identified by its folder id)
//var userContent = await portal.GetUserContentAsync(owner, folderId);

//Get all the folders
foreach (var pf in userContent.PortalFolders)
{
  //Do something with the folders

}

//Get all the content items
foreach (var pi in userContent.PortalItems)
{
  //Do something with the portal items
}

Portal: Download any package items in the user content

//user content previously from...
//var userContent = await portal.GetUserContentAsync(owner);

var packages = new List<PortalItemType>
{
  PortalItemType.BasemapPackage,
  PortalItemType.GeoprocessingPackage,
  PortalItemType.LayerPackage,
  PortalItemType.LocatorPackage,
  PortalItemType.MapPackage,
  PortalItemType.ProjectPackage,
  PortalItemType.ScenePackage,
  PortalItemType.RulePackage,
  PortalItemType.VectorTilePackage
};
var folder = @"E:\Temp\PortalAPITest\";
foreach (var di in userContent.PortalItems.Where(pi => packages.Contains(pi.PortalItemType)))
{
  var path = System.IO.Path.Combine(folder, di.Name);
  await di.GetItemDataAsync(path);
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.

Reference

ArcGISPortalExtensions Class
ArcGISPortalExtensions Members

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