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Ingest
These plugins enable you to ingest assets into Dalet Flex.
Default Ingest
This plugin supports basic ingest of media files into Dalet Flex. The plugin supports retrieving a file and creating a new Dalet Flex asset. If the file comes with a manifest file then the metadata will be extracted and associated with the new asset.
| Field | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Icon |  |
Plugin icon |
| Sub-type | Ingest | Sub-type of this plugin |
| Classification | I/O | Classification of this plugin |
| Deployment | Internal | Whether the plugin is deployed inside Dalet Flex or within another product |
| Supports Configuration |  |
Whether this plugin supports configuration |
| Supports Scripting | |
Whether configuration supports scripting |
| Scripting Context | job, asset, event* | What Dalet Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. *Note: The event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler. |
| Undo Action | The action required to undo this action | |
| Redo Action | The action required to redo this action | |
| Timeout | Whether to select a timeout | |
| Auto retry | Whether to select an automatic retry | |
| Compatibility | 5.x | What versions of Dalet Flex this plugin works for |
| Lifecycle | Stable | Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable) |
If the folder resource is specified, then the filesystem path is ignored. If the folder resource is not specified, then a filesystem path must be specified.
The variant options allow for specifying the variant type of the asset on ingest.
| Field | Field Type | Mandatory | Multiplicity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk File Id | string |  |
Unmanaged file object reference | |
| Copy Source File | boolean | |
If set to true copy from source file, otherwise move the source file | |
| Folder Resource | Resource (Folder) | |
The output file(s) will be placed in the specified folder resource | |
| Filesystem Path | string | |
The output file(s) will be placed in the specified server filesystem location | |
| Reference Name | string | |
Reference name | |
| Variant | complex | |
0..1 | Specify the variant and optionally the metadata definition to set on the asset. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured. |
| Variant | string | |
The variant to set. This must be a valid configured variant name. | |
| Metadata Definition | Metadata Definition | |
0..1 | The metadata definition to set. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured. |