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Set a property of type d:content via REST API

daniil — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:28:07 GMT

Hi all,How would I create a new node with d:content property via REST API?I created a custom type containing a property of type d:content:<type name="thy:daniilFolder"> <title>Daniil Folder</title> <parent>cm:folder</parent> <properties> <p

Re: Set a property of type d:content via REST API

afaust — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:34:22 GMT

As far as I can see from both the API Explorer and the low-level code, the public V1 REST API does not support dealing with any custom d:content properties. Only cm:content is supported (actually hard-coded).

Re: Set a property of type d:content via REST API

daniil — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:53:52 GMT

Thanks for the info, Axel!
Looks like I'll have to store base64 representation of a file and mimetype inside a d:any field.

Re: Set a property of type d:content via REST API

afaust — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:01:18 GMT

Or you could just use an API that is a bit more suited to the use case, e.g. CMIS via Browser binding, instead of completely messing up the data storage. Any Base64 data in a d:any will be stored as a blob in the database instead of content on disk, and will seriously impact the performance of the DB the more data is being stored in that way.