Uploading to Documenten API with metadata

The Documenten API is an API for storage and disclosure of documents and associated metadata. Valtimo supports uploading files to the Documenten API with the option to input metadata through a dedicated tab on the detail page of a case instance, or through a custom Form.IO component.

Configuring the Documenten API tab

To enable the dedicated Documenten API tab in an implementation, set uploadProvider in the implementation's environment file to UploadProvider.DOCUMENTEN_API. The documents tab on a case detail page will now show the Documenten API uploader.

Configuring the Documenten API Form.IO upload component

In order to make the Documenten API File Upload component available in Form.IO forms in your implementation, import registerDocumentenApiFormioUploadComponent from @valtimo/components in your app module and move it into the AppModule constructor like so:

app.module.ts

...
import {
  ...
  registerDocumentenApiFormioUploadComponent,
} from '@valtimo/components';

...
export class AppModule {
  constructor(injector: Injector) {
      ...
      registerDocumentenApiFormioUploadComponent(injector);
  }
}

Afterwards, the component is available under the advanced section in the form builder.

Configuring the Case 'upload process'

When a document is uploaded to a case, the 'upload process' connected to the case definition will be started to handle the upload. The upload process needs to be configured on the case page:

1. Open the menu 'Admin'.

2. Go to the page 'Cases'.

3. Select the case definition you want to configure the upload process to use the Documenten API for.

4. Link the upload process under section 'Link upload process to case'.

5. Select the 'Upload Document', or select any custom process that can handle uploads.

Link upload process to case

Required plugins

Make sure that the following plugins are configured.

• An authentication plugin (e.g.: OpenZaak plugin)

• Documenten API plugin

• Zaken API plugin

• Catalogi API plugin

Configuring the Upload Document process

Every Valtimo implementation comes with a system process called 'Upload Document'. This process is meant to handle most generic document uploads. The Upload Document process look like this:

Upload Document

By default, the Upload Document process does not do anything, so it will not upload anything yet. The process needs to be configured first.

Process links can be used to configure the Upload Document process. The first service task called 'Upload document' can be linked to a Documenten API plugin action called 'Save uploaded document'. Look here for more information.

Plugin action: Save uploaded document

Configuring the first service task of the Upload Document process is enough to let Valtimo users upload their documents to the Documenten API in Valtimo. But the documents will not be visible yet in case information within Valtimo. This is because the document has not been linked to any zaak.

The second service task in the Upload Document process is called 'Link uploaded document to zaak'. The Zaken API plugin can take care of this action. Look here for more information.

Plugin action: Link uploaded document to zaak