topic Unable to create document via REST service in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-create-document-via-rest-service/m-p/218588#M171718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am unable to get any of the operations working that use HTTP POST method.&nbsp; If however the same (RESTful) request is sent via GET it is working.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>e.g.&nbsp; If I try to get the list of checkedout file, the API to be used is (GET request):</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/checkedout" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/checkedout</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This works perfectly fine, and I get the response with the list of documents that are checked out.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, If I want to check if a specific document is checked out, the same request is to be sent via a POST with documentId as the input parameter.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In this case, I am getting the following error:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp; Web Script Status 500 - Internal Error&nbsp; <BR /><BR />The Web Script /alfresco/service/api/checkedout has responded with a status of 500 - Internal Error.&nbsp; <BR /><BR />500 Description:&nbsp; An error inside the HTTP server which prevented it from fulfilling the request. <BR />&nbsp; <BR />Message:&nbsp; Wrapped Exception (with status template): IO Error during processing of the template 'org/alfresco/repository/store/checkedout.post.atomentry.ftl'. Please contact your system administrator. <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />Exception:&nbsp; java.io.FileNotFoundException - Template org/alfresco/repository/store/checkedout.post.atomentry.ftl not found. <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR /> freemarker.template.Configuration.getTemplate(Configuration.java:489) <BR /> freemarker.template.Configuration.getTemplate(Configuration.java:452) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:194) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractWebScript.renderTemplate(AbstractWebScript.java:532) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.renderFormatTemplate(DeclarativeWebScript.java:241) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:147) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$2.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:319) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:322) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:229) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:368) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:390) <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:273) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:261) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:139) <BR /> org.alfresco.web.scripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:122) <BR /> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) <BR /> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286) <BR /> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845) <BR /> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) <BR /> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) <BR /> java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />Exception:&nbsp; org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.TemplateException - IO Error during processing of the template 'org/alfresco/repository/store/checkedout.post.atomentry.ftl'. Please contact your system administrator. <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR /> org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:221) <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />Exception:&nbsp; org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptException - Wrapped Exception (with status template): IO Error during processing of the template 'org/alfresco/repository/store/checkedout.post.atomentry.ftl'. 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