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Streaming content from Alfresco with anonymous access

spdaly — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:52:45 GMT

I am wrestling with 3.0 to pull images out of the the repo using web scripts. I noticed that there is a new Javascript API for streaming content, but there isn't any documentation out yet. So, I wrote a Java backed web script using the RandomSelectWebScript example on the wiki.The web script works

Re: Streaming content from Alfresco with anonymous access

sbuckle — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:06:55 GMT

In the web script description file set authentication to "guest", e.g.


<webscript>
  …
  <authentication>guest</authentication>
</webscript>
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Then whatever your web script URL you can also add on "?guest=true". That should allow anybody to access the web script.

Re: Streaming content from Alfresco with anonymous access

spdaly — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:22:42 GMT

Thanks for the reply!

Would these changes work with a "standard" web script that pulls images??

Re: Streaming content from Alfresco with anonymous access

sbuckle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:08:35 GMT

It should do. It depends what you mean by "standard"

You can also use the guest download content servlet. URL looks something like this:


/alfresco/guestDownload/<direct|attach>/<workspace>/<store>/<nodeId>/<filename>
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There's more on the wiki page: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/URL_Addressability

When you refer to the "new JavaScript API for streaming content" are you referring to the thumbnail service in 3.0?