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How to access a file without logging into Alfresco WebClient

pratyush — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:03:11 GMT

I am trying to make some modifications in Alfresco Community Edition 2.1 Web Client project. I am trying to create a functionality where there is a link to every content in the system which will send an email to a non-registered user. The email body will contain a link to that content item. When the

Re: How to access a file without logging into Alfresco WebClient

pmonks — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:48:21 GMT

You should be able to use the /api/path/content/ web script to do this. It uses "guest" authentication, so provided the guest user has permission to read the documents you're linking to in the emails and you call the web script correctly (with "?guest=true"), it should do what you're after.

Cheers,
Peter

Re: How to access a file without logging into Alfresco WebClient

pratyush — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:39:51 GMT

Peter, thanks for your response.

if I set guest access permission to the content, any guest would be able to access the document/content. I want to create a link (which will have a ticket as a parameter - something like InMemoryTicketComponentImpl.getNewTicket()) so that only that user has access to the content who has the link with a valid ticket (and not all guest user).