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A Simple private file share

jkoutavas — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:24:49 GMT

Hi. I am new to Alfresco.Alfresco is an amazing product and I can see from my studies of it there's no end to its configurability. This is a good thing! I'm really happy I found it. The core of what I want to accomplish with Alfresco is quite simple and I think I need a hand.I'm hoping that someone(

Re: A Simple private file share

jpotts — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:53:36 GMT

Hi, Jay,

Welcome to the World of Alfresco. We're glad you are here and that you've looked through some of the many resources available to you.

If your site is as basic as it appears to be and you have no desire for your main user base to use the out-of-the-box Alfresco Share web client (or some customized version of that), then you should definitely build something from scratch.

Here comes the double-edged sword of Alfresco: Because we don't dictate tools or front-ends, you can use absolutely anything you want to build the application you describe.

Your requirements are about creating and querying for content in a set of folders. That's right in the CMIS wheelhouse. So if I were you, I'd pick a language and a framework and then go find the corresponding CMIS client library. Use that to access the Alfresco repository.

It just so happens that I am building a little example based on Python and Pyramid that does what you describe. If you are interested, let me know. I know there are multiple people doing something similar with Grails. It really is up to you.

Jeff

Re: A Simple private file share

jkoutavas — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:27:30 GMT

Hi Jeff.

Thanks for your quick and useful reply. Yes, I would like to see your example.

Interesting that folks are using Grails. I'd like to see some of that too.

/Jay

Re: A Simple private file share

jkoutavas — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:05:11 GMT

Soon Jeff?

Re: A Simple private file share

jpotts — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:26:53 GMT

Here's a screencast showing my little proof-of-concept with Pyramid, Python, cmislib, and Alfresco:
http://youtu.be/B9nV3uUb0Hw

If you want to look at some Grails stuff, you might start with:
http://www.slideshare.net/alfresco/using-enterprise-content-in-grails

Jeff