P4API.NET is Perforce's own .NET API.
P4API.NET is the .NET API for perforce, released by Perforce themselves.
It is distinct from p4.net which is a previous API from a third party.
The API documentation is unfortunately quite sparse.
Questions tagged [p4api.net]
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Creating P4Server vs. Server using p4 api .NET
My end goal is to create a perforce server in which I can log in, create a workspace, and checkin/checkout. I am going through the p4 api and trying to figure out how to do this, and I am unsure on how to make the perforce server. There is a…
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open a mysession in perforce using p4api.net
i tried to open my session with p4 api .net but the command is not working.
ServerAddress adr = new ServerAddress(p.conStr);
Server serv = new Server(adr);
P4Server ser = new P4Server(p.conStr, p.user, p.password, p.ws_client);
Connection con =…
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P4API.NET equivalence of "p4 files" command to find files in depot
I'm using the Perforce .NET APIs P4API.NET library and wonder if there is a "p4 files" command line equivalence that I can call to return a listing of files (such as *.cpp) in my //depot? Thanks in advance!
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Perforce P4 .NET API GetFileMetaData() returns NullReferenceException
I ran a P4api.net sample C# code downloaded from P4 to traverse a local P4 /depot repository that I have. When the sample code attempts to read the //depot/subdirA for sub directories and files, the call to API function GetFileMetaData() hits a…
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How do I use Repository.GetFileContents() to get file @Label in p4api.net
Trying this:
var path = $"{filePath}@{fileLabel}";
var dloc = new DepotPath(path);
var opts = new GetFileContentsCmdOptions(GetFileContentsCmdFlags.Suppress, null);
var file = p4repo.GetFileContents(opts, dloc);
I always get an empty file back even…
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Looking to get P4PORT from p4api.net
It seems the call is Connection.GetP4EnvironmentVar( "P4PORT" ), but to be able to interrogate a connection I need to connect to a server and hence need a P4PORT in advance, and so have a chicken and egg situation. What is the best practice in this…
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How can I perform a Perforce UNDO operation using p4Api in c#
If I was calling this from the command line, I would call (for example):
p4 undo //depot/myfile.txt#2
How can I accomplish the same thing using the perforce API? There appears to be no api for UNDO.
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Can p4api.net connect to a (local) p4 personal server?
Can p4api.net connect to a (local) p4 personal server?
I started a personal server with
p4 -u itsame -d c:\perforce\local -c itsameClient clone -m 1 -v -p p4server:somePort -f //repo/path/...
It works - it can use it in p4v or from the command like…
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How to get Perforce (P4Api.net) Workspace Path
var P4USER = p4Config.P4USER;
var P4PORT = p4Config.P4PORT;
var P4CLIENT = p4Config.P4CLIENT;
var P4PASSWD = p4Config.P4PASSWD;
Perforce.P4.Server srv = new Perforce.P4.Server(new ServerAddress(P4PORT));
Perforce.P4.Repository p4 = new…
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Extracting the list of CL that matches a certain condition Failing
I am trying to extract a list of CL in a depot that matches a certain description and i dont have a success. below is my code and the error i get
/* ALL MY IMPORTS */
/* MY PERFORCE AND HTTP modules using grapes */
/* SERVER LOGIN CONDITIONS…
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Trouble with Groovy to print Changelist description
I want to print the Changelist description of each changelist for a Particular stream , but the description that i am getting as output is limited to certain set of characters
changelistList.each { IChangelistSummary cl ->
println…
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How to use p4api.net to get pending changelist number for given submitted changelist
Changelist during submission might be re-enumerated. I need to get old changelist number for already submitted changelist. I can do that using p4:
p4 -Ztag -F%oldChange% describe 1234
I want to do that using p4api.net but I cannot find the way.
Do…
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How to get local workspace mapping using p4api
All I want to know is the location of all the work-spaces which are created on user's local machine using p4api.
e.g. If user has mapped 'MyProject' workspace at location: "D:\LocalPerforce\MyWS" then I want to know this path ->…
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p4api.net.dll used in creating a webapi
So I've created this web app that will make a call to a server to get information about branches, streams, changset info, etc. I'm working on creating the api using p4api.net.dll. I've downloaded and extracted it and followed the instruction on…
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p4 revert files not working with -a option using p4api.net method
Trying to revert files in a changelist using -a option in p4api.net method. It used to work for me but now am getting exception with below message.
Also p4 edit and p4 revert with -c option works fine but p4 revert with -a option throws below…
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