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Loading files
There are two overloads of the LoadFileAsync method used to load a single or multiple files in a single call.
Syntax
Task<FileHeader> LoadFileAsync(string path);| Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| path | string | The full file path to load |
| Return Value | |
|---|---|
| Task<FileHeader> | The file instance represented by the FileHeader object or null if a file does not exist. |
Task<FileHeader[]> LoadFileAsync(IEnumerable<string> paths);| Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| paths | IEnumerable<string> | The collection of the file paths to load |
| Return Value | |
|---|---|
| Task<FileHeader[]> | The array of file instances, each represented by theFileHeader object or null if a file does not exist. |
File headers
Note that the load method does not download file content. It fetches only the header, which is a basic session entity object.
Example I
FileHeader file = await session.LoadFileAsync("/movies/intro.avi");Example II
If you pass multiple paths, the returned array contains headers in exactly the same order as the given paths. If a file does not exist, the value at the appropriate position in the array will be null.
FileHeader[] files = await session.LoadFileAsync(new[]
{
"non-existing-file", "/movies/intro.avi"
}); // will return [null, FileHeader] array