Trouble with custome site creation script

ofrxnz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:19:15 GMT

I am working on duplicating the functionality of the create-site script in share so i can hook on some extra functions (copy default files, add users) when the site is created. I opted not to extend the default script because i didn't want to screw it up (yet). So, as a result, I created my own ve

Re: Trouble with custome site creation script

ofrxnz — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:37:57 GMT

I think i got this one figured out. I didnt pass it through site.lib.ftl

Re: Trouble with custome site creation script

yqu — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:14:57 GMT

Let us first get back to all necessary steps for creating a site programmatically

1) On DM repo side, a node needs to be created under /Sites space and it needs to have all required metadata such as sitePreset etc. This will be taken care of by siteService.createSite. This API is available on DM site as both JAVA API and JavaScript API. Keep in mind, it doesn't create any required data on AVM side.

2) on AVM repo side, for each site, we need to create all necessary SURF XML files such as dashboard.xml etc. All needed APIs/services for creating those files are available on Share side. It should be doable on DM site as well since we can use AVM related service to create files. But it will require much more work.

Now let us figure out possible solutions:

If we take a close look at the Share side create site service, you can see the extra step is

      // Check if we got a positive result
      if (repoJSON.shortName)
      {
         // Yes we did, now create the site in the webtier
         var tokens = new Array();
         tokens["siteid"] = repoJSON.shortName;
         sitedata.newPreset(clientJSON.sitePreset, tokens);

         model.success = true;
      }

The key is to populate the sitedata object once DM side siteService.createSite is invoked.

To validate it, let us first create a site on DM side

var site = siteService.createSite("site-dashboard", "yongtest", "YongTestSite", "YongTestSite", true);

The new site will be created. But if you click on the site link, it will be forwarded to user dashboard.

Now let us add a new webscript to share

File: custom-site.get.desc.xml

<webscript>
   <shortname>Utility Service for creating site programmatically</shortname>
   <description>Utility Service for creating site programmatically</description>
   <url>/modules/custom-site</url>
</webscript>

File:custom-site.get.html.ftl
empty

File: custom-site.get.js

var tokens = new Array();
tokens["siteid"] = args.shortName;
sitedata.newPreset(args.sitePreset, tokens);

Add all files to

share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\site-webscripts\org\alfresco \modules

Refresh Share webscript list.

Open a browser and hit the following link

http://localhost:8080/share/service/modules/custom-site ?shortName=yongtest&sitePreset=site-dashboard

Now, let us visit the site dashboard again and you you will find out it works.

So the conclusion is

The suggested solution is to write java code to invoke Share site service directly.

We can prepare a JSON object and post to the Share side service endpoint

/modules/create-site

Sample code (for how to prepare a JSON object and do a POST) can be found org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.site.SiteServiceTest.

Again, we need to post it to the Share service endpoint not the DM service endpoint.

Yong

Re: Trouble with custome site creation script

sans — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:25:12 GMT

Hi ofrxnz,

I think i got this one figured out. I didnt pass it through site.lib.ftl

What did you do to pass it through site.lib.ftl?
Also does your site work after tomcat restart?

Thanks
Sans!!

Re: Trouble with custome site creation script

devmehta555 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:59:40 GMT

Is there any solution for PHP Rest API for custom site create?
https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=44985

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