How to use webscript to get SiteService object for Site related operations

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smita

    I want to get SiteService object for some site related functions like creation, deletion etc through java code. eg. I want following should be working

siteService.deleteSite(shortName);

As I researched on net, I have to use webscript to get SiteService objcet. I have seen on alfresco wiki pages, for running webscripts we need to hit webscript url given in webscript discritor.
1. My first question is, what are the minimum and proper steps to get this SiteService object? Also, please refer the location where I can put my webscript discriptor file in src which could be read as webscript.
2. To fulfill my requirement, do  need to call this webscript url through apache's http api in some java code? If not, how could I can use above siteService which could perform oprations on alfresco server.
Please reply, its urgent.

Thanks,
Smita

kaynezhang

siteService an object in javascript api.
If you just want to operate site using existing webscript api you don't need to get siteService object

alfresco webscript api is a REST API.so to  make a call, You can use apache commons httpclient to make an HTTP  request to webscript's URI:

Take site creation  as an example

package com.kayne.cmis.webscript;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.StringRequestEntity;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public class CreateSiteTest {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
      client.getState().setCredentials(
            new AuthScope("localhost", 8080, "Alfresco"),
            new UsernamePasswordCredentials("admin", "admin"));

      String apiurl = "http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/sites";
      PostMethod post = new PostMethod(apiurl);
      try {
         JSONObject site = new JSONObject();
         site.put("shortName", "newsite");
         site.put("sitePreset", "site-dashboard");
         site.put("title", "newsite");
         site.put("description", "newsite");
         site.put("visibility", "PUBLIC");

         System.out.println(site.toString());
         post.setDoAuthentication(true);
         post.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
         post.setRequestEntity(new StringRequestEntity(site.toString(),
               "application/json", "UTF-8"));

         int status = client.executeMethod(post);
         if (status != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
            System.err.println("Method failed: " + post.getStatusLine());
         }
         String resultString = post.getResponseBodyAsString();
         System.out.println(resultString);
      } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      } finally {
         post.releaseConnection();
      }
   }
}

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