Using remote endpoint in repository (not share) webscript

[loftux]

I need to fetch external data in the repository, that is call http://example.com/fetch/some/json.
I need this both for a webscript (trigger manually) and a scheduled action.

In Share this is easy for webscripts via declaring remote endpoints. But how do I in the best way fetch external data repository side? I would prefere a way to do this with javascript.
There seem to be an older "left over" script here
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/sample/cmis/repo?service=servername
It uses var conn = remote.connect("alfresco"); but throws an error  org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError - ReferenceError: "remote" is not defined.

So I guess remote object is not available, can it be enabled? If so, can it be made available to a scheduled action as well?

[afaust · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I think enhancing the webscripts.container bean should do the trick, e.g.

<blockcode>
  <bean id="webscripts.container" class="org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer" parent="webscripts.abstractcontainer">
      <property name="name"><value>Repository</value></property>
      <property name="scriptObjects">
         <map merge="true">
           <entry key="paging">
              <ref bean="webscripts.js.paging"/>
           </entry>
           <entry key="remote">
              <ref bean="webscripts.script.remote" />
           </entry>
           <entry key="cmis">
              <ref bean="webscripts.js.cmis.client" />
           </entry>
         </map>
      </property>
      <!– more boring properties –>
   </bean>
</blockcode>

I don't know about scheduled actions though, as the ScriptRemote class is not a valid processor extension and can not be added as a root object to the internal Rhino script processor.

Regards
Axel

[loftux]

Thanks, that makes the remote object available.

Since I'm developing a module I added this to my project
<code lang="xml">
   <bean id="customSurfClientConfig" class="org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigBootstrap" init-method="register">
      <property name="configService" ref="web.config" />
      <property name="configs">
         <list>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/module/mymodule/context/surf-config.xml</value>
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>
</code>
and then in surf-config.xml
<code lang="xml">
<alfresco-config>
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">
      <remote>
         <!– Define the endpoint for Presss –>
         <endpoint>
            <id>myservice</id>
            <name>Myservice service</name>
            <description>External service webb to retrieve data from</description>
            <connector-id>http</connector-id>
            <endpoint-url>http://www.examplecom</endpoint-url>
            <identity>none</identity>
         </endpoint>
      </remote>
   </config>
</alfresco-config>
</code>

and then i can use  [font=Courier]var conn = remote.connect("myservice");[/font]

As for scheduling, I can probably use cron and curl to call the webscript.