Lost version history when update file properties

TomasHorvath — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:38:11 GMT

Hi guy , I apologize I am really alfresco newbie. I try to update file properties with REST API. But allways I lost all version history. I cannot find any parametr in swagger which can help me.

Re: Lost version history when update file properties

abhinavmishra14 — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:58:46 GMT

With the info you have shared, it could be possible that you are not using the APIs properly and somehow cm:versiobable aspect is getting removed. Could you check whether cm:versionable aspect is present on the document where you are seeing this issue? you can use node browser to check that or use below api call with nodeRefId param:

This would return a list of aspects in the response, you can check cm:versionable aspect presence:

http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco/service/api/metadata?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/902413b5-b3ed-4a88-afed-6b44f88a78d5

Also can you make sure there are no change to following properties, these are default settings:

# ADM VersionStore Configuration 
version.store.initialVersion=true
version.store.enableAutoVersioning=true
version.store.enableAutoVersionOnUpdateProps=false

If you want a new version to be created on update of one/more properties, you can enable it in alfresco-global.properties:

version.store.enableAutoVersionOnUpdateProps=true

To understand more on how these properties work, refer this post: https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-forum/version-history-does-not-include-property-updates/m-p/297112/highlight/true#M18250

Have a look at these V1 REST APIs:

To upload a file: https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/dev-api-by-language-alf-rest-upload-file.html

To upload a new version of a file: https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/dev-api-by-language-alf-rest-upload-file-new-version.html

To update the properties: https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/dev-api-by-language-alf-rest-update-node-metadata.html

Just follow the instructions and try the sample URLs as provided to under the working of APIs.

All file/folder management APIs can be found here: https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/dev-api-by-language-alf-rest-mng-folders-files.html

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