topic How to create a site with REST API from javascript? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23692#M10340 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is what am trying to do ,top create a site from REST API in javascript.</P><P>(Alfresco community edition 201707)</P><P>function CreateSite(){<BR /> /*TEST API - START*/<BR /> var siteBodyCreate = {<BR /> "id": "NewTest",<BR /> "title": "NewTest",<BR /> "description": "NewTest",<BR /> "visibility": "PUBLIC"<BR /> };</P><P>$.ajax({<BR /> type: 'POST',<BR /> beforeSend: function(request) {<BR /> request.setRequestHeader("Authority", 'Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=');<BR /> },<BR /> headers: {<BR /> 'Content-Type': 'application/json',<BR /> 'Accept':'application/json',<BR /> 'Authorization': 'Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4='<BR /> },<BR /> dataType: 'json',<BR /><SPAN> url: '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/sites?skipConfiguration=false&amp;skipAddToFavorites=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/sites?skipConfiguration=false&amp;skipAddToFavorites=false</A><SPAN>',</SPAN><BR /> data:JSON.stringify({"entry" : siteBodyCreate}) ,<BR /> success: function(data) {<BR /> alert(data);<BR /> } ,<BR /> failure : function(data){<BR /> alert(data);<BR /> } <BR /> });<BR /> /*TEST API - END*/<BR /> }</P><P>i get the following error</P><P>{<BR /> "error": {<BR /> "errorKey": "Could not read content from HTTP request body: Unrecognized field \"entry\" (Class org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Site), not marked as ignorable\n at [Source: java.io.BufferedReader@5ad545e1; line: 1, column: 11] (through reference chain: org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Site[\"entry\"])",<BR /> "statusCode": 400,<BR /> "briefSummary": "07300002 Could not read content from HTTP request body: Unrecognized field \"entry\" (Class org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Site), not marked as ignorable\n at [Source: java.io.BufferedReader@5ad545e1; line: 1, column: 11] (through reference chain: org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Site[\"entry\"])",<BR /> "stackTrace": "For security reasons the stack trace is no longer displayed, but the property is kept for previous versions",<BR /><SPAN> "descriptionURL": "</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://api-explorer.alfresco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://api-explorer.alfresco.com</A><SPAN>"</SPAN><BR /> }<BR />}</P><P></P><P>What is the right approach?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:49:33 GMT anandhan 2017-08-30T08:49:33Z How to create a site with REST API from javascript? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23692#M10340 This is what am trying to do ,top create a site from REST API in javascript.(Alfresco community edition 201707)function CreateSite(){ /*TEST API - START*/ var siteBodyCreate = { "id": "NewTest", "title": "NewTest", "description": "NewTest", "visibility": "PUBLIC" };$.ajax({ type: 'POST', beforeSend: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:49:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23692#M10340 anandhan 2017-08-30T08:49:33Z Re: How to create a site with REST API from javascript? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23693#M10341 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Please check your&nbsp;JSON payload. You do not need the top-level "entry" ...</P><P></P><P>You may&nbsp;find it useful to sanity check&nbsp;via "curl" or Postman (or your favourite HTTP/REST client) ?&nbsp;You may also find it useful to take a look at&nbsp;<A href="https://community.alfresco.com/community/ecm/blog/2017/02/24/v1-rest-api-part-8-sites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://community.alfresco.com/community/ecm/blog/2017/02/24/v1-rest-api-part-8-sites</A>&nbsp;or simply "Try it out !" via the API explorer to see an example payload&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://api-explorer.alfresco.com/api-explorer/#!/sites/createSite" title="https://api-explorer.alfresco.com/api-explorer/#!/sites/createSite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alfresco Content Services REST API Explorer</A>&nbsp;?</P><P></P><P>Another option is to have a look at how it is done via the&nbsp;Alfresco JS API "<A href="https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/SitesApi.md#createSite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">create site</A>" or use that instead ?</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Jan</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:05:08 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23693#M10341 janv 2017-08-30T11:05:08Z Re: How to create a site with REST API from javascript? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23694#M10342 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="color: #000000;">Hi Jan Vonkan<SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">,</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">It was helpul.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">But now i have end up with error saying "Can not get preferences for admin because there was an error pasing the JSON data"</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:15:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-create-a-site-with-rest-api-from-javascript/m-p/23694#M10342 anandhan 2017-08-31T10:15:40Z