Portal Metadata Online

This sample illustrates a simple way of querying the Portal metadata/properties and retrieving featuredItems using the Portal API. To use the sample, Click on Initialize button to initialize the portal. Once the portal is initialized , the portal metadata is displayed.

XAML

<UserControl x:Class="ArcGISWPFSDK.PortalMetadata"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/client/2009">

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <Grid.Resources>
            <DataTemplate x:Key="PortalGroupTemplate">
                <StackPanel Margin="2">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title, StringFormat='Title: {0}'}" FontWeight="Bold"/>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Snippet, StringFormat='Snippet: {0}'}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="500"/>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Owner, StringFormat='Owner: {0}'}" />
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding CreationDate, StringFormat='Creation Date: {0}'}" />
                </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>

        </Grid.Resources>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="35"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
            <TextBlock Text="Portal Url:" Margin="10,5,5,5" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
            <TextBox x:Name="PortalUrltextbox" Text="http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest"
                             HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="250" Margin="5"/>
            <Button Content="Initialize" Click="LoadPortalInfo_Click" Height="25"/>
        </StackPanel>

        <Grid Margin="2" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Text="Portal Details" 
                       VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="15,10,0,0" FontSize="12" 
                       FontWeight="Bold"/>
            <ListBox x:Name="PropertiesListBox" Margin="5,35,5,5" />
        </Grid>

        <Grid Margin="2" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Text="Featured Maps" 
                       VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="15,10,0,0" FontSize="12" 
                       FontWeight="Bold"/>
            <ListBox x:Name="FeaturedMapsList" Margin="5,35,5,5">
                <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                            <Image Source="{Binding ThumbnailUri}" Margin="5" Stretch="None" />
                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title, StringFormat='Title: {0}'}"/>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Type, StringFormat='Type: {0}'}"/>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Owner, StringFormat='Owner: {0}'}"/>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding CreationDate, StringFormat='Creation Date: {0}'}"/>
                            </StackPanel>
                        </StackPanel>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>
        </Grid>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>
 

C#

using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Text;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Portal;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.WebMap;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client;
using System.Windows;
using System;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ArcGISWPFSDK
{
    public partial class PortalMetadata : UserControl
    {
        public PortalMetadata()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void LoadPortalInfo_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            PropertiesListBox.Items.Clear();
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(PortalUrltextbox.Text))
                return;
            InitializePortal(PortalUrltextbox.Text);
        }

        public void InitializePortal(string PortalUrl)
        {
            ArcGISPortal arcgisPortal = new ArcGISPortal();
            arcgisPortal.InitializeAsync(PortalUrl, (p, ex) =>
            {
                if (ex == null)
                {
                    ArcGISPortalInfo portalInfo = p.ArcGISPortalInfo;
                    if (portalInfo == null)
                    {
                        MessageBox.Show("Portal Information could not be retrieved");
                        return;
                    }
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Current Version: {0}", p.CurrentVersion));
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Access: {0}", portalInfo.Access));
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Host Name: {0}", portalInfo.PortalHostname));
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Name: {0}", portalInfo.PortalName));
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Mode: {0}", portalInfo.PortalMode));

                    ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.WebMap.BaseMap basemap = portalInfo.DefaultBaseMap;

                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("Default BaseMap Title: {0}", basemap.Title));
                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(string.Format("WebMap Layers ({0}):", basemap.Layers.Count));

                    foreach (WebMapLayer webmapLayer in basemap.Layers)
                    {
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(webmapLayer.Url);
                    }

                    portalInfo.GetFeaturedGroupsAsync((portalgroup, exp) =>
                    {
                        if (exp == null)
                        {
                            PropertiesListBox.Items.Add("Groups:");

                            ListBox listGroups = new ListBox();
                            listGroups.ItemTemplate = LayoutRoot.Resources["PortalGroupTemplate"] as DataTemplate;

                            listGroups.ItemsSource = portalgroup;
                            PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(listGroups);
                        }
                    });

                    portalInfo.SearchFeaturedItemsAsync(new SearchParameters() { Limit = 15 }, (result, err) =>
                    {
                        if (err == null)
                        {
                            FeaturedMapsList.ItemsSource = result.Results;
                        }
                    });
                }
                else
                    MessageBox.Show("Failed to initialize" + ex.Message.ToString());
            });
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Text
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Portal
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.WebMap
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Client
Imports System.Windows
Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Navigation
Imports System.Diagnostics

Namespace ArcGISWPFSDK
    Partial Public Class PortalMetadata
        Inherits UserControl
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub LoadPortalInfo_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            PropertiesListBox.Items.Clear()
            If String.IsNullOrEmpty(PortalUrltextbox.Text) Then
                Return
            End If
            InitializePortal(PortalUrltextbox.Text)
        End Sub

        Public Sub InitializePortal(ByVal PortalUrl As String)
            Dim arcgisPortal As New ArcGISPortal()
            arcgisPortal.InitializeAsync(
                PortalUrl,
                Sub(p, ex)
                    If ex Is Nothing Then
                        Dim portalInfo As ArcGISPortalInfo = p.ArcGISPortalInfo
                        If portalInfo Is Nothing Then
                            MessageBox.Show("Portal Information could not be retrieved")
                            Exit Sub
                        End If
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Current Version: {0}", p.CurrentVersion))
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Access: {0}", portalInfo.Access))
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Host Name: {0}", portalInfo.PortalHostname))
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Name: {0}", portalInfo.PortalName))
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Mode: {0}", portalInfo.PortalMode))
                        Dim basemap As ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.WebMap.BaseMap = portalInfo.DefaultBaseMap
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("Default BaseMap Title: {0}", basemap.Title))
                        PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(String.Format("WebMap Layers ({0}):", basemap.Layers.Count))
                        For Each webmapLayer As WebMapLayer In basemap.Layers
                            PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(webmapLayer.Url)
                        Next webmapLayer
                        portalInfo.GetFeaturedGroupsAsync(
                            Sub(portalgroup, exp)
                                If exp Is Nothing Then
                                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add("Groups:")
                                    Dim listGroups As New ListBox()
                                    listGroups.ItemTemplate = TryCast(LayoutRoot.Resources("PortalGroupTemplate"), DataTemplate)
                                    listGroups.ItemsSource = portalgroup
                                    PropertiesListBox.Items.Add(listGroups)
                                End If
                            End Sub)
                        portalInfo.SearchFeaturedItemsAsync(
                            New SearchParameters() _
                            With {.Limit = 15},
                            Sub(result, err)
                                If err Is Nothing Then
                                    FeaturedMapsList.ItemsSource = result.Results
                                End If
                            End Sub)
                    Else
                        MessageBox.Show("Failed to initialize" & ex.Message.ToString())
                    End If
                End Sub)
        End Sub

        Private Sub Hyperlink_RequestNavigate(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
            Dim btn As Button = TryCast(sender, Button)
            Process.Start(New ProcessStartInfo(btn.Content.ToString()))
            e.Handled = True
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace