ADCImportExport.Program.Export C# (CSharp) Method

        static int Export(AzureDataCatalog td, StreamWriter sw, string searchString)
        {
            const int countPerPage = 100;

            bool firstTime = true;
            int startPage = 1;
            int totalResultsCount = 0;
            int totalExportedSuccessfully = 0;

            sw.Write("{\"catalog\":[");

            do
            {
                string results = td.Search(searchString, startPage, countPerPage);

                if (results == null)
                {
                    return 0;
                }

                if (firstTime)
                {
                    totalResultsCount = (int)JObject.Parse(results)["totalResults"];
                }

                var assetList = JObject.Parse(results)["results"].Children();

                foreach (JObject asset in assetList["content"])
                {
                    if (firstTime)
                    {
                        firstTime = false;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        sw.Write(",");
                    }

                    (asset["properties"] as JObject).Remove("containerId");

                    var annotationsNode = asset.SelectToken("annotations") as JObject;

                    if (annotationsNode != null)
                    {
                        bool previewExists = annotationsNode.Remove("previews");
                        bool columnsDataProfilesExists = annotationsNode.Remove("columnsDataProfiles");
                        bool tableDataProfilesExist = annotationsNode.Remove("tableDataProfiles");

                        if (previewExists || columnsDataProfilesExists || tableDataProfilesExist)
                        {
                            var fullAsset = JObject.Parse(td.Get(asset["id"].ToString()));
                            if (previewExists)
                            {
                                annotationsNode.Add("previews", fullAsset["annotations"]["previews"]);
                            }
                            if (columnsDataProfilesExists)
                            {
                                annotationsNode.Add("columnsDataProfiles", fullAsset["annotations"]["columnsDataProfiles"]);
                            }
                            if (tableDataProfilesExist)
                            {
                                annotationsNode.Add("tableDataProfiles", fullAsset["annotations"]["tableDataProfiles"]);
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    //Set contributor equal to "Everyone" on all nodes. This allows them to be updated by others later.  Ideally we would preserve the contributor but that requires
                    //a special platform to enable it.

                    JToken contributor = JObject.Parse("{'role': 'Contributor','members': [{'objectId': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000201'}]}");
                    var roles = new JArray();
                    roles.Add(contributor);

                    foreach (var rolesNode in asset.SelectTokens("$..roles").ToList())
                    {
                        rolesNode.Replace(roles);
                    }

                    RemoveSystemProperties(asset);

                    sw.Write(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(asset));
                    totalExportedSuccessfully++;
                    if (totalExportedSuccessfully % 10 == 0)
                    {
                        Console.Write(".");
                    }
                }

                startPage++;
            } while ((startPage - 1) * countPerPage < totalResultsCount);

            sw.Write("]}");

            Console.WriteLine("");

            return totalExportedSuccessfully;
        }