topic How to create a root group using the REST API ? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241173#M194303 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I try to create (using PERL) a root group using the REST API. according to lot of mix of the docs </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/index/all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/index/all</A><SPAN> and </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/3.2_REST_API_Group_Service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/3.2_REST_API_Group_Service</A><SPAN> I coded that :</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>use warnings;<BR />use strict;<BR /><BR />use HTTP::Request::Common;<BR />use HTTP::Request;<BR />use HTTP::Response;<BR />use HTTP::Headers;<BR />use LWP::UserAgent;<BR /><BR />use JSON;<BR /><BR />my $alfTicket;<BR /><BR />my $host = 'localhost';<BR />my $port = 8080;<BR /><BR />sub login ()<BR />{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my ($username, $password) = @_;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $ua = LWP::UserAgent-&gt;new;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $h = HTTP::Headers-&gt;new;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$h-&gt;header ('Content-Type' =&gt; 'text/x-json', Accept=&gt;'text/x-json');<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $GetReq = HTTP::Request-&gt;new<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'POST',<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"<A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.alfresco.com/$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/login" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/login</A>",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$h,<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'{"username" : "' . $username . '","password" : "' . $password . '"}'<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<BR /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $res = $ua-&gt;request($GetReq);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # Check the outcome of the response<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ($res-&gt;is_success)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $hashRef = JSON::decode_json ($res-&gt;content);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$alfTicket = $hashRef-&gt;{"data"}-&gt;{"ticket"};<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return 1;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print 'Error (' . $res-&gt;{_rc} . ') : ' . $res-&gt;{_msg} . "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "\t" . $res-&gt;content . "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return 0;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />}<BR /><BR />#—————————————————————————<BR />sub createGroup ()<BR />{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my ($shortName, $groupInfosRef) = @_;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $content = JSON::encode_json ($groupInfosRef);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $ua = LWP::UserAgent-&gt;new;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $h = HTTP::Headers-&gt;new;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$h-&gt;header ('Content-Type' =&gt; 'text/x-json', Accept=&gt;'text/x-json');<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $GetReq = HTTP::Request-&gt;new<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'POST',<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"<A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.alfresco.com/$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/$shortName?alf_ticket=$alfTicket" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/$shortName?alf_ticket=$alfTicket</A>",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$h,<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$content<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "—————————-\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Request :\n" . $GetReq-&gt;as_string . "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "—————————-\n";<BR /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $res = $ua-&gt;request($GetReq);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ($res-&gt;is_success)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "—————————-\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Response :\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print $res-&gt;content;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return 1;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "—————————-\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Response :\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print 'Error (' . $res-&gt;{_rc} . ') : ' . $res-&gt;{_msg} . "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "\t" . $res-&gt;content . "\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "—————————-\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return 0;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />}<BR /><BR />print "admin: ";<BR />my $admin = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<BR />chomp ($admin);<BR /><BR />print "admin password: ";<BR />my $password = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<BR />chomp ($password);<BR /><BR />if (&amp;login ($admin, $password))<BR />{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "$admin is logged on !\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Group creation :\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Enter shortName : ";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my $shortName = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chomp ($shortName);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Enter fullName : ";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my %groupInfos;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$groupInfos {"shortName"} = $shortName;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$groupInfos {"authority"} = 'Group';<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my @groups;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;push (@groups, \%groupInfos );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (&amp;createGroup ($shortName, \%groupInfos))<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "$shortName created !\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "Can't create $shortName\n";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />}<BR />else<BR />{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "$admin can't log in $host:$port\n";<BR />}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>And I obtain :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> —————————-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Request :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>POST </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/students?alf_ticket=TICKET_97db1c3bccfddb0eb3fe2b81e02e4e71eda9ece7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/students?alf_ticket=TICKET_97db1c3bccfddb0eb3fe2b81e02e4e71eda9ece7</A><BR /><SPAN>Accept: text/x-json</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Content-Type: text/x-json</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>{"authority":"Group","shortName":"students"}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>—————————-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>—————————-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Response :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Error (500) : Erreur Interne de Servlet</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "status" : </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "code" : 500,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "name" : "Internal Error",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "description" : "An error inside the HTTP server which prevented it from fulfilling the request."</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; },&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; "message" : "09040012 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 09040011 Error during processing of the template 'Error executing macro: authorityJSON\nrequired parameter: authority is not specified.'. Please contact your system administrator.",&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; "exception" : "org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptException - 09040012 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 09040011 Error during processing of the template 'Error executing macro: authorityJSON\nrequired parameter: authority is not specified.'. 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How can I create a root group with this API ?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Bruno</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:33:38 GMT ferbru60 2009-10-04T19:33:38Z How to create a root group using the REST API ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241173#M194303 I try to create (using PERL) a root group using the REST API. according to lot of mix of the docs http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/index/all and http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/3.2_REST_API_Group_Service I coded that :use warnings;use strict;use HTTP::Request::Common;use HTTP::Request;use HTTP::Resp Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:33:38 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241173#M194303 ferbru60 2009-10-04T19:33:38Z Re: How to create a root group using the REST API ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241174#M194304 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For both your questions, you need Content-Type to be "application/json", not "text/x-json"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:06:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241174#M194304 mikeh 2009-10-04T20:06:03Z Re: How to create a root group using the REST API ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241175#M194305 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks ! It's OK now ! I can create root groups !</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Bruno</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:28:45 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-root-group-using-the-rest-api/m-p/241175#M194305 ferbru60 2009-10-04T20:28:45Z