Use Chrome Developer tool to capture content
- Last UpdatedMay 09, 2023
- 3 minute read
You can use the template from the Chrome Developer tool and a PowerShell script to create content.
To capture AVEVA Insight content for a post request with Chrome Developer tool
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Using a Chrome browser, create content in AVEVA Insight.
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Press F12 to open the Chrome Developer tool.
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In the Chrome Developer tool:
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Select the Network tab.
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Select
to clear the tool's displayed information.
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In AVEVA Insight, save your content.
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In the Developer tool:
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Select the "Content" line to see details.
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In the General section, note the Request URL:
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In the Request Payload section, copy all the content.
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Paste the request payload into a JSON formatter and make any edits.
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Remove these items: URL property, CreationDate, LastModifiedDate, LastAccessedDate, and SharedDate, the numeric portion of the UserID (retain the email address), and TenantID.
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Optionally, modify these items as needed: FavoriteName, UserID (email address only), and UserName.
Thjs is an example of the resulting code:
{
"upsert": {
"LayoutInfo": {
"DashboardContents": [
],
"Layout": [
{
"Type": "Column Chart",
"Name": "All Numeric",
"IsActiveGroup": "true",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": "{\"version\":{\"major\":1,\"minor\":5,\"timestamp\":\"\"},\"selectedOptions\":{\"limitLine\":{\"visible\":false,\"position\":10,\"text\":\"Limit Line Text\"},\"legend\":{\"visible\":true},\"xAxis\":{\"label\":\"DateTime\"},\"yAxis\":{\"label\":\"All Tags\"},\"dates\":{\"from\":\"2018-11-15T19:30:00.000Z\",\"to\":\"2018-11-15T20:04:33.099Z\"},\"aggregation\":\"Maximum\",\"isChartOptionAvailable\":true,\"isTimeAggregateAvailable\":true,\"isValueAggregateAvailable\":true,\"isCSVDownloadAllowed\":true,\"timeAggregate\":\"15MINUTES\"}}"
},
{
"Type": "",
"Name": "None",
"IsActiveGroup": "false",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": ""
},
{
"Type": "",
"Name": "65F",
"IsActiveGroup": "false",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": ""
}
],
"TagDetails": [
{
"TagName": "Weather.Auckland.Daily Cooling Degrees",
"IsSelected": "false",
"Order": "",
"ColorIndex": "undefined",
"Color": "#eeeeee"
},
{
"TagName": "Weather.Auckland.Weather ID",
"IsSelected": "true",
"Order": "0",
"ColorIndex": "1",
"Color": "#AD1457"
}
],
"TimeAggregate": 3,
"TimePreset": "OffsetInMilliSecs:1700224"
},
"ContentType": 1,
"ChartType": "Column Chart",
"Name": "wally_embed for comments123",
"UserID": "wally.wonderware@gmail.com",
"CreatedUserFirstName":"Wally",
"CreatedUserLastName":"Wonderware",
"Keywords": [
],
"Location": "/",
"SharedMode": 98
}
}
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Paste the resulting code (shown below in blue) in Powershell as a POST request.
For the -Uri parameter, use the Request URL from step 7 (shown in red below).
For example:
$header = @{
Authorization="Bearer <token_ID>";
"Content-Type"="application/json;charset=UTF-8"
};
$postdata='
{
"upsert": {
"LayoutInfo": {
"DashboardContents": [
],
"Layout": [
{
"Type": "Column Chart",
"Name": "All Numeric",
"IsActiveGroup": "true",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": "{\"version\":{\"major\":1,\"minor\":5,\"timestamp\":\"\"},\"selectedOptions\":{\"limitLine\":{\"visible\":false,\"position\":10,\"text\":\"Limit Line Text\"},\"legend\":{\"visible\":true},\"xAxis\":{\"label\":\"DateTime\"},\"yAxis\":{\"label\":\"All Tags\"},\"dates\":{\"from\":\"2018-11-15T19:30:00.000Z\",\"to\":\"2018-11-15T20:04:33.099Z\"},\"aggregation\":\"Maximum\",\"isChartOptionAvailable\":true,\"isTimeAggregateAvailable\":true,\"isValueAggregateAvailable\":true,\"isCSVDownloadAllowed\":true,\"timeAggregate\":\"15MINUTES\"}}"
},
{
"Type": "",
"Name": "None",
"IsActiveGroup": "false",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": ""
},
{
"Type": "",
"Name": "65F",
"IsActiveGroup": "false",
"Tags": [
],
"UIProperties": ""
}
],
"TagDetails": [
{
"TagName": "Weather.Auckland.Daily Cooling Degrees",
"IsSelected": "false",
"Order": "",
"ColorIndex": "undefined",
"Color": "#eeeeee"
},
{
"TagName": "Weather.Auckland.Weather ID",
"IsSelected": "true",
"Order": "0",
"ColorIndex": "1",
"Color": "#AD1457"
}
],
"TimeAggregate": 3,
"TimePreset": "OffsetInMilliSecs:1700224"
},
"ContentType": 1,
"ChartType": "Column Chart",
"Name": "wally_embed for comments123",
"UserID": "wally.wonderware@gmail.com",
"CreatedUserFirstName":"Wally",
"CreatedUserLastName":"Wonderware",
"Keywords": [
],
"Location": "/",
"SharedMode": 98
}
}
'
try{
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://online.wonderware.[DOMAINSUFFIX]/apis/explore/v2/Content?overwrite=true -Method
Post -Body $PostData -Headers $header -ErrorVariable RespErr$response;
}
catch [System.Net.WebException] {
if($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode -eq "Conflict"){
Write-Host "It's a duplicate Content"
}else{
Write-Host "The Request failed.";
$respStream = $_.Exception.Response.GetResponseStream()
$reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($respStream)
$ResponseContent = $reader.ReadToEnd();
$ResponseContent;
$RespErr;
}
}