Browse

Calling this method triggers that the OPC UA namespace is browsed and saved to a file.

The file containing the available opc items is saved in the following location in a storage account:

Destination container: files-drop
File path: <deviceId>/browse/opcua/items-<datetime>.json

Method Name: Browse

Payload:

{
}

Result The direct method returns the following payload:

{
    "status": 200,
    "payload": {
        "status": "ok",
        "response": {
            "blobName": "{DEVICE ID}/browse/opcua/items-{DATETIME}.json"
        }
    }
}

Executing the the direct method uploads the file containing the available OPC UA items to a storage account. The example below shows the format of the content:

[
    [
        {
            "referenceTypeId": {
                "identifier": "i=35"
            },
            "isForward": true,
            "nodeId": {
                "identifier": "ns=3;s=Constant"
            },
            "browseName": {
                "namespaceIndex": 3,
                "name": "Constant"
            },
            "displayName": {
                "locale": null,
                "text": "Constant"
            },
            "nodeClass": "Variable_2",
            "typeDefinition": {
                "identifier": "i=63"
            }
        },
        {
            "referenceTypeId": {
                "identifier": "i=35"
            },
            "isForward": true,
            "nodeId": {
                "identifier": "ns=3;s=Counter"
            },
            "browseName": {
                "namespaceIndex": 3,
                "name": "Counter"
            },
            "displayName": {
                "locale": "en",
                "text": "Counter"
            },
            "nodeClass": "Variable_2",
            "typeDefinition": {
                "identifier": "i=63"
            }
        },
        ....
    ]
]