//recursive function that pulls all files from all folders
public async Task <List <string> > searchFolder(BoxClient client, BoxCollection <BoxItem> items, string BoxURL)
{
List <string> files = new List <string>(); //stores the file names for future display
List <string> tempFiles = new List <string>();
int id = 0; //temp placeholder for id
foreach (BoxItem item in items.Entries) //loop through all items in a folder
{
if (item.Type == "folder") //if the item is a folder dive into it
{
BoxCollection <BoxItem> folder = await client.FoldersManager.GetFolderItemsAsync(item.Id, 500); //get files from new folder
tempFiles = await searchFolder(client, folder, BoxURL); //recursive call
foreach (string i in tempFiles) //load file names into list
{
files.Add(i);
}
continue; //skip to next item
}
//converts the box field id from string to int
Int32.TryParse(item.Id.Substring(item.Id.Length - 5, 4), out id); //id is actually a long so for our purposes i just grabbed some of it
Stream stream = await client.FilesManager.DownloadStreamAsync(item.Id); //grab the actual file
docs elasticSearch = new docs(); //build elasticSearch Connection
byte[] data;
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 64];
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) //grab file stream and pass it into elasticsearch
{
int count = 0;
do
{
count = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
ms.Write(buffer, 0, count);
} while (count > 0);
data = ms.ToArray();
FileMeta tempFile = new FileMeta();
tempFile.Path = BoxURL + item.Id;
tempFile.File = data; //load metadata for elasticsearch
tempFile.Id = id; //load metadata for elasticsearch
tempFile.Name = item.Name; //load metadata for elasticsearch
tempFile.longID = item.Id;
elasticSearch.uploadDirect(tempFile); //upload the file in memory stream to elasticsearch as id of j
}
files.Add(item.Name); //append the name of the file to the list for future display on results page
}
return(files); //return a list of all files
}
