Accessing the Alfresco Repository through Perl

[dpclar0]

Has anyone successfully accessed, checked-out, edited files, and then checked them back in through Perl?  There doesn't seem any support for it in the documentation.  Is this even possible? 

I'm looking for a solution other than web scripts to access my web-based Alfresco repository. 

There was one post from several years ago asking a similar question, but I'm wondering if anything has changed since then. 

I think it might be possible using SOAP through Perl.

Anyone out there have any tips on this?

[jpotts]

You could use SOAP and take the Web Services approach.

You could also use the Atom Pub binding of CMIS to hit Alfresco in a restful way from Perl. This is a somewhat dated tutorial, but it shows how to hit Alfresco with cURL, so it should be obvious how you'd use Perl instead to do that.

I'd also add that the Apache Chemistry project has .NET, PHP, Python, and Java clients but lacks one for Perl. If you're feeling ambitious, why not create one?

Jeff

[dpclar0]

Thanks for the info Jeff.

I'll start working on some Perl and, assuming I come up with some productive results, I'll be sure to share with the community.

Who knows, I just might be ambitious enough to get something going.