| Orthanc Plugin SDK 1.3.0 Documentation of the plugin interface of Orthanc

Classes | Typedefs | Enumerations | Functions
Callbacks

Functions to register and manage callbacks by the plugins. More...

## Classes
struct | OrthancPluginHttpRequest
| The parameters of a REST request. More...
class | OrthancPlugins::DatabaseException
class | OrthancPlugins::DatabaseBackendOutput
class | OrthancPlugins::IDatabaseBackend
class | OrthancPlugins::DatabaseBackendAdapter
| Bridge between C and C++ database engines. More...

## Typedefs
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginRestCallback) (OrthancPluginRestOutput *output, const char *url, const OrthancPluginHttpRequest *request)
| Signature of a callback function that answers to a REST request.
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginOnStoredInstanceCallback) (OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance, const char *instanceId)
| Signature of a callback function that is triggered when Orthanc receives a DICOM instance.
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginOnChangeCallback) (OrthancPluginChangeType changeType, OrthancPluginResourceType resourceType, const char *resourceId)
| Signature of a callback function that is triggered when a change happens to some DICOM resource.
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginDecodeImageCallback) (OrthancPluginImage **target, const void *dicom, const uint32_t size, uint32_t frameIndex)
| Signature of a callback function to decode a DICOM instance as an image.
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginStorageCreate) (const char *uuid, const void *content, int64_t size, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Callback for writing to the storage area. More...
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginStorageRead) (void **content, int64_t *size, const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Callback for reading from the storage area. More...
typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* | OrthancPluginStorageRemove) (const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Callback for removing a file from the storage area. More...

## Enumerations
enum | OrthancPluginChangeType { OrthancPluginChangeType_CompletedSeries , OrthancPluginChangeType_Deleted , OrthancPluginChangeType_NewChildInstance , OrthancPluginChangeType_NewInstance , OrthancPluginChangeType_NewPatient , OrthancPluginChangeType_NewSeries , OrthancPluginChangeType_NewStudy , OrthancPluginChangeType_StablePatient , OrthancPluginChangeType_StableSeries , OrthancPluginChangeType_StableStudy , OrthancPluginChangeType_OrthancStarted , OrthancPluginChangeType_OrthancStopped , OrthancPluginChangeType_UpdatedAttachment , OrthancPluginChangeType_UpdatedMetadata , _OrthancPluginChangeType_INTERNAL }

## Functions
int | OrthancPluginCheckVersion (OrthancPluginContext *context)
| Check the compatibility of the plugin wrt. the version of its hosting Orthanc. More...
void | OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallback (OrthancPluginContext *context, const char *pathRegularExpression, OrthancPluginRestCallback callback)
| Register a REST callback. More...
void | OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallbackNoLock (OrthancPluginContext *context, const char *pathRegularExpression, OrthancPluginRestCallback callback)
| Register a REST callback, without locking. More...
void | OrthancPluginRegisterOnStoredInstanceCallback (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginOnStoredInstanceCallback callback)
| Register a callback for received instances. More...
const char * | OrthancPluginGetInstanceRemoteAet (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the AET of a DICOM instance. More...
int64_t | OrthancPluginGetInstanceSize (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the size of a DICOM file. More...
const char * | OrthancPluginGetInstanceData (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the data of a DICOM file. More...
char * | OrthancPluginGetInstanceJson (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the DICOM tag hierarchy as a JSON file. More...
char * | OrthancPluginGetInstanceSimplifiedJson (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the DICOM tag hierarchy as a JSON file (with simplification). More...
int | OrthancPluginHasInstanceMetadata (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance, const char *metadata)
| Check whether a DICOM instance is associated with some metadata. More...
const char * | OrthancPluginGetInstanceMetadata (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance, const char *metadata)
| Get the value of some metadata associated with a given DICOM instance. More...
void | OrthancPluginRegisterStorageArea (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginStorageCreate create, OrthancPluginStorageRead read, OrthancPluginStorageRemove remove)
| Register a custom storage area. More...
void | OrthancPluginRegisterOnChangeCallback (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginOnChangeCallback callback)
| Register a callback to monitor changes. More...
uint32_t | OrthancPluginGetExpectedDatabaseVersion (OrthancPluginContext *context)
| Get the expected version of the database schema. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginStorageAreaCreate (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginStorageArea *storageArea, const char *uuid, const void *content, uint64_t size, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Create a file inside the storage area. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginStorageAreaRead (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginMemoryBuffer *target, OrthancPluginStorageArea *storageArea, const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Read a file from the storage area. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginStorageAreaRemove (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginStorageArea *storageArea, const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)
| Remove a file from the storage area. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginReconstructMainDicomTags (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginStorageArea *storageArea, OrthancPluginResourceType level)
| Reconstruct the main DICOM tags. More...
OrthancPluginInstanceOrigin | OrthancPluginGetInstanceOrigin (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDicomInstance *instance)
| Get the origin of a DICOM file. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginRegisterDecodeImageCallback (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginDecodeImageCallback callback)
| Register a callback to handle the decoding of DICOM images. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginIncomingHttpRequestFilter callback)
| Register a callback to filter incoming HTTP requests. More...
OrthancPluginErrorCode | OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter2 (OrthancPluginContext *context, OrthancPluginIncomingHttpRequestFilter2 callback)
| Register a callback to filter incoming HTTP requests. More...
typedef struct _OrthancPluginDatabaseContext_t | OrthancPluginDatabaseContext
OrthancPluginDatabaseContext * | OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackend (OrthancPluginContext *context, const OrthancPluginDatabaseBackend *backend, void *payload)
OrthancPluginDatabaseContext * | OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackendV2 (OrthancPluginContext *context, const OrthancPluginDatabaseBackend *backend, const OrthancPluginDatabaseExtensions *extensions, void *payload)

## Detailed Description

## Typedef Documentation

## ◆ OrthancPluginDatabaseContext

typedef struct _OrthancPluginDatabaseContext_t OrthancPluginDatabaseContext

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## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageCreate

typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* OrthancPluginStorageCreate) (const char *uuid, const void *content, int64_t size, OrthancPluginContentType type)

Signature of a callback function that is triggered when Orthanc writes a file to the storage area.

Parameters

  uuid | The UUID of the file.
  content | The content of the file.
  size | The size of the file.
  type | The content type corresponding to this file.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageRead

typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* OrthancPluginStorageRead) (void **content, int64_t *size, const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)

Signature of a callback function that is triggered when Orthanc reads a file from the storage area.

Parameters

  content | The content of the file (output).
  size | The size of the file (output).
  uuid | The UUID of the file of interest.
  type | The content type corresponding to this file.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageRemove

typedef OrthancPluginErrorCode(* OrthancPluginStorageRemove) (const char *uuid, OrthancPluginContentType type)

Signature of a callback function that is triggered when Orthanc deletes a file from the storage area.

Parameters

  uuid | The UUID of the file to be removed.
  type | The content type corresponding to this file.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ OrthancPluginChangeType

enum OrthancPluginChangeType

The supported types of changes that can happen to DICOM resources.

Enumerator
OrthancPluginChangeType_CompletedSeries | Series is now complete
OrthancPluginChangeType_Deleted | Deleted resource
OrthancPluginChangeType_NewChildInstance | A new instance was added to this resource
OrthancPluginChangeType_NewInstance | New instance received
OrthancPluginChangeType_NewPatient | New patient created
OrthancPluginChangeType_NewSeries | New series created
OrthancPluginChangeType_NewStudy | New study created
OrthancPluginChangeType_StablePatient | Timeout: No new instance in this patient
OrthancPluginChangeType_StableSeries | Timeout: No new instance in this series
OrthancPluginChangeType_StableStudy | Timeout: No new instance in this study
OrthancPluginChangeType_OrthancStarted | Orthanc has started
OrthancPluginChangeType_OrthancStopped | Orthanc is stopping
OrthancPluginChangeType_UpdatedAttachment | Some user-defined attachment has changed for this resource
OrthancPluginChangeType_UpdatedMetadata | Some user-defined metadata has changed for this resource

## Function Documentation

## ◆ OrthancPluginCheckVersion()

int OrthancPluginCheckVersion | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context | ) |

This function checks whether the version of this C header is compatible with the current version of Orthanc. The result of this function should always be checked in the OrthancPluginInitialize() entry point of the plugin.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().

Returns
  1 if and only if the versions are compatible. If the result is 0, the initialization of the plugin should fail.

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetExpectedDatabaseVersion()

uint32_t OrthancPluginGetExpectedDatabaseVersion | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context | ) |

Retrieve the expected version of the database schema.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().

Returns
  The version.

Deprecated:
  Please instead use IDatabaseBackend::UpgradeDatabase()

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceData()

const char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceData | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns a pointer to the content of the given DICOM instance.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The pointer to the DICOM data, NULL in case of error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceJson()

char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceJson | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns a pointer to a newly created string containing a JSON file. This JSON file encodes the tag hierarchy of the given DICOM instance.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The NULL value in case of error, or a string containing the JSON file. This string must be freed by OrthancPluginFreeString().

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceMetadata()

const char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceMetadata | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance,
|  | const char * | metadata
| ) |  |

This functions returns the value of some metadata that is associated with the DICOM instance of interest. Before calling this function, the existence of the metadata must have been checked with OrthancPluginHasInstanceMetadata().

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.
  metadata | The metadata of interest.

Returns
  The metadata value if success, NULL if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceOrigin()

OrthancPluginInstanceOrigin OrthancPluginGetInstanceOrigin | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns the origin of a DICOM instance that has been received by Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The origin of the instance.

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceRemoteAet()

const char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceRemoteAet | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns the Application Entity Title (AET) of the DICOM modality from which a DICOM instance originates.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The AET if success, NULL if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceSimplifiedJson()

char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceSimplifiedJson | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns a pointer to a newly created string containing a JSON file. This JSON file encodes the tag hierarchy of the given DICOM instance. In contrast with OrthancPluginGetInstanceJson(), the returned JSON file is in its simplified version.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The NULL value in case of error, or a string containing the JSON file. This string must be freed by OrthancPluginFreeString().

## ◆ OrthancPluginGetInstanceSize()

int64_t OrthancPluginGetInstanceSize | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance
| ) |  |

This function returns the number of bytes of the given DICOM instance.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.

Returns
  The size of the file, -1 in case of error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginHasInstanceMetadata()

int OrthancPluginHasInstanceMetadata | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDicomInstance * | instance,
|  | const char * | metadata
| ) |  |

This function checks whether the DICOM instance of interest is associated with some metadata. As of Orthanc 0.8.1, in the callbacks registered by OrthancPluginRegisterOnStoredInstanceCallback(), the only possibly available metadata are "ReceptionDate", "RemoteAET" and "IndexInSeries".

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  instance | The instance of interest.
  metadata | The metadata of interest.

Returns
  1 if the metadata is present, 0 if it is absent, -1 in case of error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginReconstructMainDicomTags()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginReconstructMainDicomTags | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageArea * | storageArea,
|  | OrthancPluginResourceType | level
| ) |  |

This function requests the Orthanc core to reconstruct the main DICOM tags of all the resources of the given type. This function can only be used as a part of the upgrade of a custom database back-end (cf. OrthancPlugins::IDatabaseBackend::UpgradeDatabase). A database transaction will be automatically setup.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  storageArea | The storage area.
  level | The type of the resources of interest.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackend()

OrthancPluginDatabaseContext* OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackend | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | const OrthancPluginDatabaseBackend * | backend,
|  | void * | payload
| ) |  |

Register a custom database back-end.

Instead of manually filling the OrthancPluginDatabaseBackend structure, you should instead implement a concrete C++ class deriving from OrthancPlugins::IDatabaseBackend, and register it using OrthancPlugins::DatabaseBackendAdapter::Register().

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  backend | The callbacks of the custom database engine.
  payload | Pointer containing private information for the database engine.

Returns
  The context of the database engine (it must not be manually freed).

Deprecated:

See also
  OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackendV2

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackendV2()

OrthancPluginDatabaseContext* OrthancPluginRegisterDatabaseBackendV2 | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | const OrthancPluginDatabaseBackend * | backend,
|  | const OrthancPluginDatabaseExtensions * | extensions,
|  | void * | payload
| ) |  |

Register a custom database back-end.

Instead of manually filling the OrthancPluginDatabaseBackendV2 structure, you should instead implement a concrete C++ class deriving from OrthancPlugins::IDatabaseBackend, and register it using OrthancPlugins::DatabaseBackendAdapter::Register().

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  backend | The callbacks of the custom database engine.
  payload | Pointer containing private information for the database engine.
  extensions | Extensions to the base database SDK that was shipped until Orthanc 0.9.3.

Returns
  The context of the database engine (it must not be manually freed).

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterDecodeImageCallback()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginRegisterDecodeImageCallback | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginDecodeImageCallback | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a custom callback to the decoding of DICOM images, replacing the built-in decoder of Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  callback | The callback.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginIncomingHttpRequestFilter | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a custom callback to filter incoming HTTP/REST requests received by the HTTP server of Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  callback | The callback.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

Deprecated:
  Please instead use OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter2()

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter2()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter2 | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginIncomingHttpRequestFilter2 | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a custom callback to filter incoming HTTP/REST requests received by the HTTP server of Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  callback | The callback.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterOnChangeCallback()

void OrthancPluginRegisterOnChangeCallback | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginOnChangeCallback | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a callback function that is called whenever a change happens to some DICOM resource.

Warning
  If your change callback has to call the REST API of Orthanc, you should make these calls in a separate thread (with the events passing through a message queue). Otherwise, this could result in deadlocks in the presence of other plugins or Lua scripts.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  callback | The callback function.

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterOnStoredInstanceCallback()

void OrthancPluginRegisterOnStoredInstanceCallback | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginOnStoredInstanceCallback | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a callback function that is called whenever a new DICOM instance is stored into the Orthanc core.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  callback | The callback function.

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallback()

void OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallback | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | const char * | pathRegularExpression,
|  | OrthancPluginRestCallback | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a REST callback against a regular expression for a URI. This function must be called during the initialization of the plugin, i.e. inside the OrthancPluginInitialize() public function.

Each REST callback is guaranteed to run in mutual exclusion.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  pathRegularExpression | Regular expression for the URI. May contain groups.
  callback | The callback function to handle the REST call.

See also
  OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallbackNoLock()

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallbackNoLock()

void OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallbackNoLock | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | const char * | pathRegularExpression,
|  | OrthancPluginRestCallback | callback
| ) |  |

This function registers a REST callback against a regular expression for a URI. This function must be called during the initialization of the plugin, i.e. inside the OrthancPluginInitialize() public function.

Contrarily to OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallback(), the callback will NOT be invoked in mutual exclusion. This can be useful for high-performance plugins that must handle concurrent requests (Orthanc uses a pool of threads, one thread being assigned to each incoming HTTP request). Of course, it is up to the plugin to implement the required locking mechanisms.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  pathRegularExpression | Regular expression for the URI. May contain groups.
  callback | The callback function to handle the REST call.

See also
  OrthancPluginRegisterRestCallback()

## ◆ OrthancPluginRegisterStorageArea()

void OrthancPluginRegisterStorageArea | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageCreate | create,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageRead | read,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageRemove | remove
| ) |  |

This function registers a custom storage area, to replace the built-in way Orthanc stores its files on the filesystem. This function must be called during the initialization of the plugin, i.e. inside the OrthancPluginInitialize() public function.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  create | The callback function to store a file on the custom storage area.
  read | The callback function to read a file from the custom storage area.
  remove | The callback function to remove a file from the custom storage area.

## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageAreaCreate()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginStorageAreaCreate | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageArea * | storageArea,
|  | const char * | uuid,
|  | const void * | content,
|  | uint64_t | size,
|  | OrthancPluginContentType | type
| ) |  |

This function creates a new file inside the storage area that is currently used by Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  storageArea | The storage area.
  uuid | The identifier of the file to be created.
  content | The content to store in the newly created file.
  size | The size of the content.
  type | The type of the file content.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageAreaRead()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginStorageAreaRead | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginMemoryBuffer * | target,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageArea * | storageArea,
|  | const char * | uuid,
|  | OrthancPluginContentType | type
| ) |  |

This function reads the content of a given file from the storage area that is currently used by Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  target | The target memory buffer. It must be freed with OrthancPluginFreeMemoryBuffer().
  storageArea | The storage area.
  uuid | The identifier of the file to be read.
  type | The type of the file content.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.

## ◆ OrthancPluginStorageAreaRemove()

OrthancPluginErrorCode OrthancPluginStorageAreaRemove | ( | OrthancPluginContext * | context,
|  | OrthancPluginStorageArea * | storageArea,
|  | const char * | uuid,
|  | OrthancPluginContentType | type
| ) |  |

This function removes a given file from the storage area that is currently used by Orthanc.

Parameters

  context | The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
  storageArea | The storage area.
  uuid | The identifier of the file to be removed.
  type | The type of the file content.

Returns
  0 if success, other value if error.