topic Alfresco Service API in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291651#M244781 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to update the Person property "emailFeedDisabled" using Alfresco Service API </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>call (Alfresco Version Alfresco Enterprise 4.0.2) , but It never allowed me to update the </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>property value.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am using HttpWebRequest PUT method through a C# code, but the property always remains </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>unchanged.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please find the below C# code:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>AlfrescoAdmin.aspx.cs</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>———————-</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>using System;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Data;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Configuration;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Collections;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web.Security;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web.UI;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web.UI.WebControls;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Net;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.IO;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Text;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using System.Xml;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>public partial class AlfrescoAdmin : System.Web.UI.Page</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>protected void btnPost_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtResponse.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(txtAdminUser.Text))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblError.Text = "Please enter a admin user name";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>return;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(txtPassword.Text))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblError.Text = "Please enter a admin password";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>return;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblError.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string adminUser = txtAdminUser.Text;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string adminPass = txtPassword.Text;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string userName = txtUser.Text;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string typeOfAPI = ddlAPI.SelectedValue;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>string response = getResponse(typeOfAPI, adminUser, adminPass, userName);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtResponse.Text = response;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>protected string getResponse(string typeOfAPI, string adminUser, string adminPass, string </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>userName)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string url = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string postData = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>bool chkBoxStatus = true;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if ("notification".Equals(typeOfAPI))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>url = "</SPAN><A href="http://youralfrescowebsite.com:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://youralfrescowebsite.com:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/</A><SPAN>" + userName;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>postData = "{ \"emailFeedDisabled\": " + !chkOnOff.Checked + "}";</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>return postDataToServer("PUT", postData, url, adminUser, adminPass);</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if ("sites".Equals(typeOfAPI))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>url = "</SPAN><A href="http://youralfrescowebsite.com:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://youralfrescowebsite.com:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/</A><SPAN>" + userName + </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>"/sites";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if ("groups".Equals(typeOfAPI))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>url = "</SPAN><A href="http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/</A><SPAN>" + userName</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>+ "/children?authorityType=USER";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if ("groupsearch".Equals(typeOfAPI))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>url = "</SPAN><A href="http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups?shortNameFilter=" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups?shortNameFilter=</A><SPAN>" + </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>userName;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>return postDataToServer("GET", "", url, adminUser, adminPass);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>} </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>protected string postDataToServer(string method, string postData, string url,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string adminUser, string adminPass)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string _auth = string.Format("{0}:{1}", adminUser, adminPass);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string _enc = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_auth));</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string _cred = string.Format("{0} {1}", "Basic", _enc);</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/* WebProxy proxyObject = new WebProxy("</SPAN><A href="http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/%22,true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://youralfrescowebsite:8080/',true</A><SPAN>);*/</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>/* req.Proxy = proxyObject;*/</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>req.Timeout = 20 * 60 * 1000;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.ReadWriteTimeout = 20 * 60 * 1000;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.Method = method;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.ContentType = "application/json;charset=UTF-8";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.ContentLength = postData.Length;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.AuthenticationLevel = System.Net.Security.AuthenticationLevel.MutualAuthRequired;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = _cred;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>string response = null;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Stream dataStream=null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>try</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if ("POST".Equals(method) || "PUT".Equals(method))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream(), </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>System.Text.Encoding.ASCII))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>sw.Write(postData);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>sw.Flush();</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>response = sr.ReadToEnd();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>req.GetResponse().Close(); </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>catch (Exception e)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtResponse.Text = e.Message;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>response = "Exception: " + e.Message + "; " + e.ToString();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>return response;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>protected void ddlAPI_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtUser.Text = "(case sensitive)";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtResponse.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblError.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>chkOnOff.Visible = false;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if (ddlAPI.SelectedValue.Equals("groups"))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblUser.Text = "Group Name:";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblExample.Text = "(ex: site_OCP3MIntegration_SiteManager)";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if (ddlAPI.SelectedValue.Equals("sites"))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblUser.Text = "User Name:";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblExample.Text = "(ex: Marianandan Arockias)";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if (ddlAPI.SelectedValue.Equals("groupsearch"))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtUser.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblUser.Text = "Group Name:";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblExample.Text = "(ex: ocp)";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>else if (ddlAPI.SelectedValue.Equals("notification"))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>chkOnOff.Visible = true;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>txtUser.Text = "";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblUser.Text = "User Name:";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>lblExample.Text = "(ex: Marianandan Arockias)";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Below is the API Result:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"url": "\/alfresco\/service\/api\/person\/marianandanarockiasamy",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"userName": "marianandanarockiasamy",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"enabled": true,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"firstName": "Marianandan",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"lastName": "Arockiasamy",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"jobtitle": "Consultant",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"organization": "",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"location": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"telephone": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"mobile": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>"email": "</SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:marockiasamy@avery.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">marockiasamy@avery.com</A><SPAN>",</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companyaddress1": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companyaddress2": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companyaddress3": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companypostcode": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companytelephone": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companyfax": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"companyemail": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"skype": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"instantmsg": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"userStatus": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"userStatusTime": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"googleusername": null,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"quota": -1,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"sizeCurrent": 0,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"emailFeedDisabled": false,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"persondescription": null</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the above result,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>"emailFeedDisabled": false is the property I am trying to change from false to true. But </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>it is not working.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please help me to fix this issue.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-Mari</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:17:34 GMT marianandan 2013-06-24T17:17:34Z Alfresco Service API https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291651#M244781 Hi All,I am trying to update the Person property "emailFeedDisabled" using Alfresco Service API call (Alfresco Version Alfresco Enterprise 4.0.2) , but It never allowed me to update the property value.I am using HttpWebRequest PUT method through a C# code, but the property always remains unchanged.P Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:17:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291651#M244781 marianandan 2013-06-24T17:17:34Z Re: Alfresco Service API https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291652#M244782 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am experiencing the same issue on 4.2c Community edition.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>There are no error messages in the logs, I'm making the PUT request using curl, the other changes work fine except for the emailFeedDisabled:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>curl –user "…" -X PUT –header "Content-Type: application/json" –data '{firstName: "Newfirstname", lastName: "Newlastname", emailFeedDisabled: false}' </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/username" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/people/username</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any other alternative way to change this setting? I don't see any in the UI. Looks like I'm gonna have to resort to the database.</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 May 2014 19:25:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291652#M244782 aaron_bru 2014-05-09T19:25:20Z Re: Alfresco Service API https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291653#M244783 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Login to alfresco share. Open the user menu on the toolbar and click My Profile and go to Notifications page.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Disable Email Notification Feed and click OK.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This would disable email updates such as recent site activities and site invitations.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 May 2014 02:38:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291653#M244783 romschn 2014-05-10T02:38:03Z Re: Alfresco Service API https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291654#M244784 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for replying. I'm trying to change the setting for another user. I am an admin, however the setting is not available in the Admin Console.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I haven't managed to find the setting in the database or the userStore, does anyone know where it is?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>As a last resort I will copy their password hash, change their password, log in as the user and then change the password back.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 May 2014 21:44:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291654#M244784 aaron_bru 2014-05-10T21:44:13Z Re: Alfresco Service API https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291655#M244785 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I later found a way to do this, You can actually access the notifications page from an admin accouint by manually generating the url, ie</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>localhost:8080/share/page/user/{username}/user-notifications</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>To do it programmatically, it would simply be a matter of generating the correct POST request.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[edit]</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Turns out that wasn't quite correct, but you can do it like this (have tested):</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>curl –user '…' –header "Content-Type: application/json" –data '{"username": "user", "properties": {"cm:emailFeedDisabled": true}}' </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/slingshot/profile/userprofile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/slingshot/profile/userprofile</A></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 May 2014 20:56:00 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-service-api/m-p/291655#M244785 aaron_bru 2014-05-12T20:56:00Z