Introduction about Alfresco webscript

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Agenda • Quanticate Overview • Who Am I ? • What is a Web Scripts? • Why we need web Scripts? • Types of Web Scripts • Sample Web Script • Sample Web Script using Javascript • Sample Web Script using Java backed web script • Unit testing for Java backed web scripts

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Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate What is Web Scripts? • Service bound to a URI which responds to HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE. • Provides RESTful API to programmatically interact with the Alfresco content residing in the content repository.

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Why we need Web Scripts? • Build custom URI-identified and HTTP accessible Content Management Web Services • Easily access, manage, and cross-link your content via a tailored RESTful API

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Web Scripts Solutions • Integrating Alfresco with third-party systems • Developing data services • Developing UI services such as portlets • Customising search • Acting as a backend to client tools such as Orbeon Forms • Integrating with Microsoft Office

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Data Web Scripts • Encapsulate access and modification of content/data held in the content repository • Server interface for client applications to query, retrieve, update, and perform processes, using request and response formats such as XML and JSON.

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Presentation Web Scripts • Built on top of Alfresco Spring Surf framework • Allows us to build user interfaces such as a dashlet for Alfresco Share. • Hosted in the Alfresco Content Application Server or in a separate presentation server

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Web Script Framework Components Web script comprises the following 3 components • A description document - .desc.xml – ShortName – Description – Webscript URI – Authentication – None, guest, user and admin – Transaction mode - Read-Only like – Output format – JSON or XML • An optional controller script - .js or Java class • FreeMarker response templates – Either html.ftl or json.ftl

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Web Script without controller • Description document file • Free marker template file to render response • No controller defined <webscript> <shortname>Hello world</shortname> <description>Sample Hello world webscript</description> <url>/com/quanticate/hello</url> <format default="json"/> <authentication>user</authentication> </webscript>

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate JavaScript backed Web Script • Description document file • FTL to render response • Controller - Server side Javascript function main(){ // Get the user name of the person to get var userName = url.extension; // Do we want to return containing groups? var groups = true; // Get the person who has that user name var person = people.getPerson(userName); if (person != null) { model.person = person; } else { status.setCode(status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND, "Person " + userName + " does not exist"); } } main();

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Java backed Web Script • Description document file • Free marker template file to render response • Controller • Spring configuration for registering our Web script Java class (bean injection) Map<String, Object> siteInfoMap = new HashMap<String, Object>(); String userName = AuthenticationUtil.getFullyAuthenticatedUser(); List<SiteInfo> siteInfos = siteService.listSites(userName); Pair<String, List<SiteInfo>> result = new Pair<String, List<SiteInfo>>( getPersonName(userName), siteInfos); siteInfoMap.put("siteInfos", result);

Confidential, Copyright © Quanticate Unit testing for Java backed web scripts • Test class extending Alfresco’s built-in test class BaseWebScriptTest • Free marker template file to render response • Controller • Spring configuration for registering web script Java class (bean injection) String BASE_URL=“/com/quanticate/sample” Response response = sendRequest(new GetRequest(BASE_URL), expectedStatus);

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