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tmyers1-Visitor
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July 28, 2015
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Automating Thingworx Server Setup

  • July 28, 2015
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Hello,

We are looking at automating the setup of our Thingworx server.  The issue we are running into is in trying to import the extensions, entities, and data programmatically.  I can see that ThingWorx is using /Thingworx/DataImporter, /Thingworx/ExtensionPackageUploader, and /Thingworx/Importer to accomplish these tasks when a user does it via the composer.  Can I make a JSON request to accomplish the same thing, and if so what parameters are required for these three functions?

Thanks,

Tim

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    paic1-Visitor
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    July 29, 2015

    I believe you have to Post a file, not sure if it will work for the Extension packages, it will work for the Entities and Data.

    You could also perhaps do it with the Import From ThingworxStorage

    Another shortcut, if you are deploying on the same version of the Thingworx platform, would be to prepare the ThingworxStorage and BackupStorage folders and deploy with those folders populated. (ie on a machine import everything, turn off Tomcat, copy Storage folders to your deployment)

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    aamit5-Regular Member
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    August 2, 2015

    Hi,

    As Pai said, you can invoke these services programmatically.

    Below works for me:

    # Import an extension

    curl "http://$host/Thingworx/ExtensionPackageUploader?purpose=import&appKey=$APPKEY_ADMIN"  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: TWX-XSRF-TOKEN-VALUE" -F "file=@Widgets/MyWidget/MyWidget.zip"

    # Import Entities (Mashups, Things etc..)

    curl "http://$host/Thingworx/Importer?purpose=import&appKey=$APPKEY_ADMIN"   -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: TWX-XSRF-TOKEN-VALUE" -F "file=@Entities_UI.xml"

    # Import data

    curl "http://$host/Thingworx/DataImporter?purpose=import&appKey=$APPKEY_ADMIN"  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: TWX-XSRF-TOKEN-VALUE"  -F "file=@Sample_Database.json"

    Thanks,

    Asaf

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      mabdalla1-Visitor
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      August 12, 2015

      Hi,

      I am trying to automate the import extension

      I am using the following

      curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/Thingworx/ExtensionPackageUploader?purpose=import&appKey=309bdb66-ee46-4e66-821d-e9d118f103da" -F "file=@BMS_Quality_ThingWorx_Extension.zip"

      or

      curl --user Administrator:Admin http://127.0.0.1:8080/Thingworx/ExtensionPackageUploader?purpose=import" -F "file=@BMS_Quality_ThingWorx_Extension.zip"

      I am getting Http Status 500, internal server error

      what could be the problem?

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      mabdalla1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      September 25, 2015

      the header should contain X-XSRF-TOKEN:TWX-XSRF-TOKEN-VALUE

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