CMIS ADN WebScripts

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imran

Hello Experts,
Is it possible to invoke an alfresco restful web service (web script) from within CMIS client session?
I have some requirements that can't be done using cmis, but it is possible with web scripts. Now, the problem is that I have cmis session and now I also need a way to invoke custom script. What can you suggest me to do?

Thanks in advance

jpotts

Both CMIS and web scripts can use tickets for authentication. So the answer is that you should grab a ticket and then use that to hit either CMIS or web script end points.

I do this a lot with little groovy utilities. You call /api/login to get a ticket, like this:

// Login to Alfresco
def client = new RESTClient(url)
def resp = client.get(path : ALF_SERVICE + '/api/login', query: ['u': userName, 'pw': password.toString(), 'format': 'json'])
assert resp.status == 200
def ticket = resp.data.data.ticket
println "Successfully logged in to Alfresco..."‍‍‍‍‍‍

Then once you have that ticket you can use it to make other calls.

For example, you might use CMIS to check for a folder:

// Leave the username as an empty string to auth with a ticketSession session = createCMISSession(url + CMIS_SERVICE, CMIS_BINDING, "", ticket);
Folder folder = findFolder(session, folderPath)

if (folder == null) {
  println "ERROR: Could not find: " + folderPath
  System.exit(0)
}

Folder findFolder(Session session, String folderPath) {
  Folder result = null;

  try {
    CmisObject folder = session.getObjectByPath(folderPath);
    if (folder != null && BaseTypeId.CMIS_FOLDER.equals(folder.getBaseTypeId())) {
      result = (Folder) folder;
    }
  } catch (CmisObjectNotFoundException confe) {
    println "ERROR: getObjectByPath threw a CmisObjectNotFoundException"
  }

  return result;
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Or you might use the Alfresco API to look for a site:

// Checking for presence of site
resp = client.get(path : ALF_SERVICE + '/api/sites/' + siteId, query: ['alf_ticket': ticket])
assert resp.status == 200‍‍‍