topic How to Give Users Access Through the Upload API? in Alfresco Forum

How to Give Users Access Through the Upload API?

draperaj — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:19:07 GMT

Hey Guys,I'm working on an app, and in my app I have the user login, which gets an alfresco ticket from the url:http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/login?u=memedude&pw=ilovememes‍‍‍‍‍‍The string I receive back from this is:TICKET_9aa49e5ff12d3cba95d62b4cd21cfc27bda4f1f3‍‍‍‍‍‍Then when I t

Re: How to Give Users Access Through the Upload API?

fcorti — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 07:04:12 GMT

Hi,

Instead of changing the upload webscript you should evaluate to write your own webscript for your specific needs.

Changing the default Alfresco API is not a good choice.

I hope this helps you.

Re: How to Give Users Access Through the Upload API?

janv — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:59:34 GMT

I'm guessing that you're trying to upload to a target folder for which the user does not have write (add children) permission ? Here's a link to the deprecated API: File upload | Alfresco Documentation

If you're using Community, then I would recommend that you test an upgrade to the latest release and try out the new Alfresco 5.2 REST APIs for uploading new content Alfresco API Explorer (Create Node).

Regards,

Jan