Problem with UTF-8 strings/content sending by POST

[louise]

Alfresco version: (Community Network): Current version 2.9.0 (B 683) schema 116

I've a big problem - just below - while trying to store content after editing on custom editor, and sending by HTTP POST into a custom webscript. Looks like the webservice always recoding UTF-8 characters to UTF-8.

As a difference between community edition 2.1 and 2.9B; this 'bug?' presents in 2.1 in GET and POST, but only in POST on version 2.9B…

Is there a workaround to fix this issue, or i need to wait for next Alfresco release?

Shell script to test answering on service:

#!/bin/sh

PROTOCOL="http"
USERPASS="admin:admin"
HOST="127.0.0.1:8080"

# get
htdump "${PROTOCOL}://${USERPASS}@${HOST}/alfresco/service/eu/tenderworks/formtest?formdata=ékezetesókősségík"

# post
htdump -post="formdata=ékezetesókősségík" "${PROTOCOL}://${USERPASS}@${HOST}/alfresco/service/eu/tenderworks/formtest"
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Answer by GET:

<pre>
ékezetesókősségík
</pre>
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Answer by POST:

<pre>
ékezetesókősségík
</pre>
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[louise]

Fixed by a base64 encoder/decoder (encode content before POST, and decode in webscript): http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript-base64.html

[louise]

Same effect with 3.0 Labs too…

[ev1lgenius]

Hello LouiSe,

I have exactlly the same problem and as you I'm using base64 encoding. But when script decodes message and saves it to the file message becomes corrupted like "ékezetesókÅ‘sségÃk". So could you pls write a sample web script, where content is decoded from base64 string?

Thank you.

[louise]

Example part of my webscript:

for each (field in formdata.fields) {
  if(field.name == 'parent') {
    var parent = field.value;
  } else if (field.name == 'updatenoderef') {
    var updatenoderef = field.value;
  } else if (field.name == 'file' && field.isFile) {
    var filename = field.filename;
    var content = field.content;
  }
}

var contentData = Base64.decode(content);

var newContent = parentNode.childByNamePath(name);
if (newContent == null && parentNode.hasPermission("CreateChildren")) {
  newContent = parentNode.createFile(name);
}
            
newContent.properties.content.write(contentData);
newContent.properties.content.encoding = "UTF-8";

if (args.title != undefined) {
  newContent.properties.title = Utf8.decode(args.title);
}
            
if (args.description != undefined) {
  newContent.properties.description = Utf8.decode(args.description);
}
            
newContent.save();

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[ev1lgenius]

Thanks for the sample script, but it seems that write method and encoding property is not supported in version 2.2, so instead of

newContent.properties.content.write(contentData);
newContent.properties.content.encoding = "UTF-8";‍‍

I just wrote

newContent.properties.content.content = contentData‍

, but it didn't help  :x

Moreover if I just skip the encoding/decoding procedure and write content directly, like newContent.properties.content.content = "ékezetesókősségík", behaviour will be the same.

[louise]

Just follow this thread: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10286

db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8‍

[ev1lgenius]

It doesn't help either.

[louise]

Sorry, i haven't other idea