Sites root-scoped javascript variable not defined.

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vamirr

Greetings,

I'm attempting to modify the Share footer webscript to include some information found in an aspect applied to each site.


The javascript API docs show that there is a root scoped variable 'sites' that gives access to the sites service.   My code below fails on the use of that root scoped variable with the error that it is not defined.

Any thoughts on what I'm missing?    Why is sites undefined when it's supposed to be a root scoped variable? How else should I be getting the site's scriptNode from its shortName?

function main(){
        profile = context.properties["site-profile"]

        if(profile){
                mySite = sites.getSite(profile.shortName);    //fails here…
                mySiteNode = mySite.node;

                if(mySiteNode){
                        if(mySiteNode.hasAspect("ac:siteProps")){
                                model.siteSponsor = mySiteNode.properties["ac:sponsor"];
                        }
                        else{
                                //aspect not applied.
                        }
                }
        }
}
main();
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mikeh

It's because the "sites" root object is only present on the Repository tier (/alfresco) and not the Web tier (/share). Share is a remote webapp that communicates with the Repository via JSON-based REST APIs.

You'll need to build a webscript on the repo tier to return the information you need. You can use the remote.call() function in the footer's JavaScript controller to make the call. Look throughout the Share source code for many examples of this pattern.

Thanks,
Mike