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Getting a list of groups attached to a folder.

zezom — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:42:04 GMT

Hi, I've been trying to get a list of groups that are attached to a folder.I have tried many approaches and one even works for the admin, but the whole web script returns an error 500 when a normal user tries it. I will list this method now:folder = search.findNode(args.nodeRef);if(folder != null){/

Re: Getting a list of groups attached to a folder.

stevegreenbaum — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:05:52 GMT

Here's another approach to the problem. There may be a simpler way, but ……

1. getPermissions - to dump the full list of permissions for the folder. Parse it.
2. For each userid listed, check to see if it is a group or a person
var group = people.getGroup(user);
var personType=group.typeShort;
3. Check if personType = cm:group

Re: Getting a list of groups attached to a folder.

zezom — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:04:40 GMT

Thank you Steve Greenbaum,
You helped a lot, I'll post the code below showing how I got it working in the end in case any one else needs to do this.


if(args.nodeRef != null && args.nodeRef != "")
{
   folder = search.findNode(args.nodeRef);
   if(folder != null)
   {
      if(folder.hasPermission("_ReadPermissions"))
      {
         record = folder.permissions;
         for(i=0; i<record.length;i++)
         {
            group = record[i].split(";")[1];
            if (/^GROUP_(.*?)Approvers?$/i.test(group))
            {
               for each (approver in people.getMembers(people.getGroup(group)))
               {
                  if(person.properties.userName == approver.properties.userName)
                  {
                     model.approver = "true";
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
}
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