Upload file using webscript

[shai]

Hello,
I'm building a simple cm server, and I want my users to be able to upload content to a certain space (almost always the same one), and to be able to apply a tag to it (categorize the content). I tried to do it using the upload webscript provided in the webscripts samples (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts_Examples#File_Upload), but I got stuck pretty fast.
Can I do it with web scripts? how?
If not, where can I find information about doing it with JAVA servlets?

I should mention that I'm very new to Alfresco, but it seemed nice and easy..

Thanks,
Shai

[schambon]

Hi,

You can definitely do that in webscripts. Where are you getting stuck?

[shai]

Hi,
I can't figure out how to create the new content in a specified space other than 'company home'…

Shai

[schambon]

Hi,

If the space is always the same one, then just get its node reference (you can get that in the Explorer UI : more actions > view details, then copy the Alfresco Node Reference link), which should look like: workspace://SpacesStore/8469e812-6383-42f6-9d89-872810d0e547

Then in the script, at the bottom you see:

  // create document in company home for uploaded file
  upload = companyhome.createFile("upload" + companyhome.children.length + "_" + filename) ;
  upload.properties.content.write(content);
  upload.properties.encoding = "UTF-8";
  upload.properties.title = title;
  upload.properties.description = description;
  upload.save()‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

you need to change this to something like:

  var folder = search.findNode("workspace://SpacesStore/8469e812-6383-42f6-9d89-872810d0e547");
  // create document in folder for uploaded file
  upload = folder.createFile("upload" + folder.children.length + "_" + filename) ;
  upload.properties.content.write(content);
  upload.properties.encoding = "UTF-8";
  upload.properties.title = title;
  upload.properties.description = description;
  upload.save()‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Rather than using a hardwritten node ref, you can also use:

var folder = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Wherever/You/Need");‍

(note that this is less robust, if someone decides to rename your folder you're stuck).

As for the tagging, you can use the addTag method on ScriptNode; so in the script add in something like:

upload.addTag("my_wonderful_new_tag");‍

Hope that helps,
Sylvain.

PS you may be interested in reading the documentation: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API

[shai]

Thanks a lot! It really helped, just as I was beginning to get too frustrated..