Problem with rootgroup api

[laurent_hever]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a new rootgroup to my alfresco with the rootgroup api function.
I'm trying this from a java webapp. Here's my code.

public boolean createRootGroup(String groupShortName) {
        getLog().info("Adding group " + groupShortName);
        HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        String alfrescoUrl = ResourceBundle.getBundle("pchCommonsWebAlfresco").getString("alfrescoServer");
        try {
            String url = alfrescoUrl + "/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/" + groupShortName +
                    "?alf_ticket=" + getAlfResource().getTicket();
            getLog().info("Url: " + url);
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);
            request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
            HttpResponse result = httpClient.execute(request);
            log.info(result.toString());
            if (result.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200)
                return true;
            String json = EntityUtils.toString(result.getEntity(), "UTF-8");
            JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
            JSONObject resultObject = (JSONObject) parser.parse(json);
            String exception = (String) resultObject.get("exception");
            getLog().severe("Could not add group " + groupShortName);
            getLog().severe("Exception: " + exception);
            return false;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            getLog().severe("Could not add group " + groupShortName + "(" + e.toString() +": " + e.getMessage() + ")");
            return false;
        }
    }
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On the alfresco side, I receive this message. The shortname is a simple string with some "_" but nothing special.

2015-05-13 08:14:31,360  ERROR [extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] [http-apr-8080-exec-495] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 04131264 Failed to convert request to JSON
 org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 04131264 Failed to convert request to JSON
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONReader.read(JSONReader.java:82)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONReader.createScriptParameters(JSONReader.java:93)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.createScriptParameters(AbstractWebScript.java:663)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:81)
        at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$3.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:433)
        at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:454)
        at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:495)
        at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:563)
        at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:343)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:378)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:209)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:132)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.GlobalLocalizationFilter.doFilter(GlobalLocalizationFilter.java:61)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1040)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketWithOptionsProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2378)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at character 0
        at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:413)
        at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:180)
        at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:420)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONReader.read(JSONReader.java:77)
        … 34 more
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Does someone know a solution for this?

best regards,
Laurent

[mrogers]

You have forgotten to post anything!    You have got as far as saying you are posting JSON but there's no body.

[laurent_hever]

Oh.
I didn't know that I works that way, I thought I should only POST the request, but you were right. With the json attached to the request it works just as expected.

many thanks.

[sujaypillai]

If I do the same with CURL I use the below command -

 curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{data:{shortName:"test22"}}' -u admin:admin http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/rootgroups/test22
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{
   "data":{
         "authorityType": "GROUP",
         "shortName": "test22",
         "fullName": "GROUP_test22",
         "displayName": "test22",
         "url": "/api/groups/test22"
           ,"zones":
           [
              "APP.DEFAULT",
              "AUTH.ALF"
           ]
}

}
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Make sure you are passing the JSON object correctly as shown above.