How to get site id of a node using REST API ?

[mikeitexpert]

Hi All,

I would like to get site name / id of a given node id. How can I do that?

I used the below query (/nodes/{nodeId}/parents) but apparently it gives only the immediate parent of the node?

Request

http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/nodes/b5c8f4ec-e7e2-4e74-81c...

Response

{
   "list":{
      "pagination":{
         "count":1,
         "hasMoreItems":false,
         "totalItems":1,
         "skipCount":0,
         "maxItems":100
      },
      "entries":[
         {
            "entry":{
               "createdAt":"2018-05-28T17:40:02.421+0000",
               "isFolder":true,
               "isFile":false,
               "createdByUser":{
                  "id":"admin",
                  "displayName":"Administrator"
               },
               "modifiedAt":"2018-05-28T23:55:58.705+0000",
               "modifiedByUser":{
                  "id":"admin",
                  "displayName":"Administrator"
               },
               "name":"MyFolder1",
               "association":{
                  "isPrimary":true,
                  "assocType":"cm:contains"
               },
               "id":"7bd86fea-5477-470f-9d91-2c7937a8936e",
               "nodeType":"cm:folder",
               "parentId":"18f734ac-8e2c-424b-a75c-c19db3ea6d36"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Please let me know

Thank you,

Edit by Axel Faust‌: Use syntax highlighter and formatting to make post easier to read.

[afaust · Accepted solution]

You need to traverse up the chain of parents until you find a node of type st:site. Then use that node's name as the site ID.

[soungalo]

It's creazy to traverse up the chain of parents

Now in 2022 is there another way to get the parent site without traversing the parent chain ? 

Thanks you in advance.

[angelborroy]

You may use the regular node API with the include=path parameter

http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/nodes/1a0b110f-1e09-4ca2-b36...

The response will include the Site and all the other parent folders

"path": {
            "name": "/Company Home/Sites/swsdp/documentLibrary/Agency Files/Contracts",
            "isComplete": true,
            "elements": [
                {
                    "id": "1810057d-ad92-4adf-b770-2916c56251f3",
                    "name": "Company Home",
                    "nodeType": "cm:folder",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:auditable",
                        "app:uifacets"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "9d550dea-d02f-450a-8e30-c05c091e7272",
                    "name": "Sites",
                    "nodeType": "st:sites",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:auditable",
                        "app:uifacets"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "b4cff62a-664d-4d45-9302-98723eac1319",
                    "name": "swsdp",
                    "nodeType": "st:site",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:tagscope",
                        "cm:ownable",
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:auditable"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "8f2105b4-daaf-4874-9e8a-2152569d109b",
                    "name": "documentLibrary",
                    "nodeType": "cm:folder",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:tagscope",
                        "st:siteContainer",
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:ownable",
                        "cm:auditable"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "8bb36efb-c26d-4d2b-9199-ab6922f53c28",
                    "name": "Agency Files",
                    "nodeType": "cm:folder",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:ownable",
                        "cm:auditable",
                        "cm:taggable"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "e0856836-ed5e-4eee-b8e5-bd7e8fb9384c",
                    "name": "Contracts",
                    "nodeType": "cm:folder",
                    "aspectNames": [
                        "cm:titled",
                        "cm:ownable",
                        "cm:auditable"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }

[jpotts]

An alternative would be to write a simple web script with a Java controller. The SiteService has a getSite() method that accepts a node reference and returns a SiteInfo object for the site that contains that node.

    /**
     * This method gets the {@link SiteInfo} for the Share Site which contains the given NodeRef.
     * If the given NodeRef is not contained within a Share Site, then <code>null</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param nodeRef   the node whose containing site's info is to be found.
     * @return SiteInfo  site information for the containing site or <code>null</code> if node is not in a site.
     */
    @NotAuditable
    SiteInfo getSite(NodeRef nodeRef);‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍