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Import jQuery or other library in controller script?

gronfelt
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‎12-10-2009 06:14 AM

I would like to use a library like jQuery or YUI in my controller scripts. However, when I try to import these libraries there are always some errors, because they expect to be in a browser environment, using objects such as "document" or "window".

Is there anyway around this?
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mikeh
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‎12-10-2009 08:06 AM

I would just pull the functions you need out of the libraries - what are you trying to achieve?

The other path you might try going down is to create "fake" document and window JavaScript objects - although I suspect you'll end up stubbing-out half the browser's API in order to keep the libraries happy!

Mike
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gronfelt
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Champ in-the-making

‎12-10-2009 11:37 AM

I want to make remote calls to another web service, so I'd like to use the simplified AJAX functions. I've seen that Alfresco Share has a remote API, but as far as I understand it only supports http (I'd need https), right?
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mikeh
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‎12-10-2009 12:16 PM

The problem you'll have is that the XmlHttpRequest object isn't supported by Rhino, so you won't get any AJAX-style functionality anyway.

The remote/connector API should support https as far as I'm aware (please raise a JIRA bug if this doesn't work); you'd need to update or add new endpoints in the webscript-framework configuration.

Thanks,
Mike
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gronfelt
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‎12-10-2009 12:27 PM

Ok, thanks a lot for your input. If it´s possible to get https working I think that the connector API would suit my needs perfectly. I'm not really interested in AJAX functionality, I just want a simple way to connect to a remote web service, retrieve information and present it in a dashlet.
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