Could ZoweExplorerApi.IMvs also have "Get.dataSet()" ?

[travatine]

Hi,

The ZOSMF / Zowe "Get,dataSet()" function allowed the contents of a dataset to be downloaed to a buffer. It'd be great if we could do the same via the "ZoweExplorerApi.IMvs" interace / api.

[travatine]

Hi, I still am interested in a Get.dataset api, is there any way to get this added at some point in the future?

[travatine]

Hi,

Currently I use the Get.dataSet() api to "get the contents of a small dataset" as string. The data set contains UTF-8 test data.

async function getDataSetAsString(profile: IProfileLoaded, dsn: string): Promise<string> {
  const session = await  ZosmfSession.createBasicZosmfSession(profile.profile);
  const response = await Get.dataSet(session, dsn,  binary: true })); 
 return response.toString();
}

I use this API as a local temporary file is not required and does not have to be subsequently deleted.

[crawr]

Hi @travatine, we have the dataset function implemented as an API. Kindly check if this suits your needs and if we can close this issue. Thanks!

[travatine]

Hi,

I needed to download a file to a string, that API function uses a temporary file rather than a string.

Could a function to download a file to string please be added to the dataset API?

Thanks

[rudyflores]

Hi @travatine ! is the use case for this to enhance Zowe Explorer to be able to download a data set through a right-click for example or to have this call to get a dataset into our API?

If the case is the second one, I believe the following should fufill your need for downloading a file to a string in the dataset API:

public getContents(dataSetName: string, options?: zowe.IDownloadOptions): Promise<zowe.IZosFilesResponse> {
        return zowe.Download.dataSet(this.getSession(), dataSetName, options);
}

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[travatine]

Thanks @rudyflores