function cdb_createBlob(pPath, pTarget, pProject)


Summary

This function adds a blob to the database. It will create a copy of the blob either locally or on the cloud.

Inputs

  • pPath (String) - The location of the blob on disk. This can either be a relative path (based on the default folder), or an absolute path.
  • pTarget (String) - The place to create the blob, either "cloud" or "local".
  • *pProject (String) - The project name to save the blob to. Defaults to the current project. We recommend that you do not set this parameter.

*optional parameter.

Outputs

(String) - The ID of the new blob. This ID is the CDBRecordID of the blob in the cdbBlobs table, which you can query/read/lookup.

Additional Requirements

This API call requires internet access in order to create cloud records.

Examples

# Project Name: meetings

local tPath, tTarget, tFromSync, tProject, tBlobID

put "/Users/johnsmith/Desktop/blob.png" into tPath
put "cloud" into tTarget

put cdb_createBlob(tPath,tTarget) into tBlobID

# tBlobID now contains the blobID of the created blob: 01234567-abcd-8901-efgh-2345678901ij