Web Scripts

Web scripts are basically RESTful web services. Alfresco provides REST architecture based framework for web scripts.

You can achieve model-view-controller (MVC) pattern using Web Script to create your own application or API. You can create application which gets render using template language like FreeMarker. It may use Java or JavaScript based Web Script controller to access Alfresco repository and create data model to use it on front-end for generating user interface.

In this section we will talk about Web Script, implementation of Web Script, some Out-of-the box Web Script examples and some custom Web Script examples.

Understanding Web Scripts

A REST Web Script is simply a service bound to a URI and based on HTTP, so the technology that the external application is implemented in is irrelevant. This means that they are cross-platform and cross-language. You are not restricted to any programming language or development environment.

The Web Script framework lets you roll your own...