Here is what I'm doing:
- Create a ContentVersion record. This creates a ContentDocument record automatically if you leave the ContentVersion.ContentDocumentId field blank. (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_contentdocument.htm - "To create a document, create a new version via the ContentVersion object without setting the ContentDocumentId. This automatically creates a parent document record.")
- Insert ContentVersion record
- DEBUG: Confirm ContentVersion.ContentDocumentId is set (Here is where the problem is because it is NULL; however if I SOQL query ContentVersion after the Apex completes, ContentVersion.ContentDocumentId is set and the corresponding ContentDocument record exists)
- Create ContentDocumentLink record (commented out because it fails because ContentDocumentLink.ContentDocumentId is a required field)
- Insert ContentDocumentLink record (commented out because it fails because ContentDocumentLink.ContentDocumentId is a required field)
Here is the code:
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, not considering, etc?Appreciate any thoughts and input!public class FileController {
@AuraEnabled
public static Id saveTheFile(Id parentId, String fileName, String base64Data, String contentType, Id contentDocumentId) {
base64Data = EncodingUtil.urlDecode(base64Data, 'UTF-8');
ContentVersion cv = new ContentVersion();
cv.ContentLocation = 'S';
cv.ContentDocumentId = contentDocumentId;
cv.VersionData = EncodingUtil.base64Decode(base64Data);
cv.Title = fileName;
cv.PathOnClient = filename;
insert cv;
//***This DEBUG statement must return an Id for the rest of the code to work***
System.debug('contentDocumentId='+cv.ContentDocumentId);
//ContentDocumentLink cdl = new ContentDocumentLink();
//cdl.ContentDocumentId = cv.ContentDocumentId;
//cdl.LinkedEntityId = parentId;
//cdl.ShareType = 'I';
//insert cdl;
return cv.Id;
}
@AuraEnabled
public static Id saveTheFile(Id parentId, String fileName, String base64Data, String contentType) {
return saveTheFile(parentId, fileName, base64Data, contentType, NULL);
}
}
Interesting..Well the culprit in your code is the null value and way you are using it to assign the value to ContentDocumentLink.contentDocumentId.You should query the content version object again to get the contentDocumentId (which is generated after the parent document is inserted by default because of you passing of null value). Something like below :
As per the salesforce documentation lines higlighted by you, "To create a document, create a new version via the ContentVersion object without setting the ContentDocumentId. This automatically creates a parent document record." it does create the parent document record as expected, but the contentDocumentId is still null in above initialised object. Id doesn't get updated automatically to the object instance. Infact you will have to pull out the corresponding Id as done in the above snippet.Let me know if this helps.ContentDocumentLink cdl = new ContentDocumentLink();
cdl.ContentDocumentId = [SELECT Id, ContentDocumentId FROM ContentVersion WHERE Id =: cv.Id].ContentDocumentId;
cdl.LinkedEntityId = '00590000000a6dP';
cdl.ShareType = 'V';
insert cdl;
