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Learning Alfresco Web Scripts

You're reading from   Learning Alfresco Web Scripts Learn a powerful way to successfully implement unique integration solutions with Alfresco

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784390600
Length 182 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ramesh Chauhan Ramesh Chauhan
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Preface 1. Getting Familiar with Web Scripts FREE CHAPTER 2. It's Time for the First Web Script 3. Understanding the Web Script Framework 4. Building Blocks of Web Scripts 5. Invoking Web Scripts 6. Creating Java-backed Web Scripts 7. Understanding JavaScript-based Web Scripts in Detail 8. Deployment, Debugging, and Troubleshooting Web Scripts 9. Mavenizing Web Scripts 10. Extending the Web Script Framework Index

Creating a response template


As a rule of thumb for a web script, we have to follow the naming convention as expected by the web script framework in Alfresco. As the web script is supposed to return the response in the JSON and XML formats, we need to create two response templates for the web script. Following the naming conventions, there are two files to be created—contentlocation.get.json.ftl and contentlocation.get.xml.ftl as response templates. Return filesystem_location and size in the response as follows:

  1. To create a JSON response template, create a file named contentlocation.get.json.ftl that has the following content:

    {
      "content" :
      {
        "filesystem_location" : "${contentFSLocation}",
        "size" : ${contentSize}
      }
    }
  2. To create an XML response template, create a file named contentlocation.get.xml.ftl that has the following content:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <content>
      <filesystem_location>${contentFSLocation}
      </filesystem_location>
      <size...
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