Web Script to create a new space

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davidturner90

I had originally posted this in hope of a web service. However, was just wondering whether a web script could prove to be the answer?

Hi,

I was wondering whether a web service exists that takes the place of the 'create space wizard' on the web client. Essentially, I would like to make a remote call to the Alfresco server and pass the space details in the SOAP request.

The kind of things I would like to pass are existing template name, location of space to be created and the space details (name, title, description, icon).

Has anybody had a similar requirement? I don't believe the 'out of the box' web service provided by Alfresco can fulfill this requirement - unless somebody can tell me otherwise?

Thanks for any assistance

Dave

jbarmash

Web Scripts is definitely the easier way.  You can probably create something with the SOAP interface, it will require multiple client calls into Alfresco.

OR you can write a web script that accepts parameters you specify, and internally (in javascript or java) performs all the operations you need.  So one client call, and the webscripts will take care of the rest.

Feel free to submit the script to the scripts competition, as I am sure it might be useful to others as well  🙂

http://www.alfresco.com/partners/programme/webscripts/

Check out the JavaScript Cookbook on Wiki if you decide to do it in javascript, and the SDK samples if you do it in Java. 

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API_Cookbook