Accessing Alfresco repository in Share.

Hi, Here i am trying to explain how to access alfresco repository in alfresco share.

Here i am going to create a dashlet that will display all the spaces and content for particular site based upon site name.

(note: every time alfresco will create space or content in Company Home > Sites , which is depends upon site activities in alfresco share.)


Step1: Create a site in share, name it as chandu as follows

Step2: next go to alfresco and  create webscript  in alfreso for that we need two files create those two files

a)siteacts.get.desc.xml
b)siteacts.get.json.ftl

code to add in siteacts.get.desc.xml
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <webscript>
    <shortname>Document Property</shortname>
    <description>It provides documents name and date of creation and Creator property</description>
    <url>/sample/siteacts.json?siteName={sitename)</url>
    <authentication>user</authentication>
    <transaction>required</transaction>
</webscript>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

code to add in siteacts.get.json.ftl
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
<#assign dateformat="yyyy/MM/dd">
"siteacts" : [

<#macro recurse_macro node>

<#if node.isContainer>
{
    "name" : "${node.properties.name}" ,
  
    "creator" : "${node.properties.creator}",

   "createdDate" : "${node.properties.created?string(dateformat)}"
 },

<#list node.children as child>
    <#if child.isContainer>
         <@recurse_macro node=child/>
    <#else>
 {   
    "name" : "${child.properties.name}" ,
  
    "creator" : "${child.properties.creator}",

   "createdDate" : "${child.properties.created?string(dateformat)}"
 }
  ,</#if>
    </#list>
</#if>
</#macro>

<@recurse_macro node=companyhome.childByNamePath["Sites/${args.siteName}"] />

]
}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step3: add these two files into
                      Company Home > Data Dictionary > Web Scripts > org > alfresco > sample 

Refresh the webscripts , for this go to  http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/, click on Click on Refresh Web Scripts.

if is it successfully completed you will get the message like

Maintenance Completed
Reset Web Scripts Registry; registered 335 Web Scripts. Previously, there were 334.

      then check the webscript using below URI


http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/sample/siteacts.json?siteName=chandu


here add the name of the site that you need. in my case it is chandu.


you will get the output will be like this
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
"siteacts" : [



{
    "name" : "chandu" ,
  
    "creator" : "admin",

   "createdDate" : "2010/02/23"
 },


{
    "name" : "documentLibrary" ,
  
    "creator" : "admin",

   "createdDate" : "2010/02/23"
 },



{
    "name" : "links" ,
  
    "creator" : "admin",

   "createdDate" : "2010/02/23"
 },



]
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Step4: next step is to create dashlet in the share. for that we need three files.

a)siteacts.get.desc.xml
b)siteacts.get.html.ftl
c)siteacts.get.js

code for siteacts.get.desc.xml
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<webscript>
   <shortname>Site Activities</shortname>
   <description>Dashlet to list Site Activities from Alfresco</description>
   <family>site-dashlet</family>
   <url>/components/dashlets/siteactivites</url>
</webscript>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
note that here i added this as site dashlet not a user dashlet. code to add in siteacts.get.js

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var connector = remote.connect("alfresco");
var data = connector.get("/sample/siteacts.json?siteName=" + page.url.templateArgs.site);

// create json object from data
var result = eval('(' + data + ')');
model.siteactivites= result["siteacts"];
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
code to add in siteacts.get.html.ftl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<table>
<tr>
    <th>Name </th>
    <th>Creator </th>
    <th>Date of Creation </th>
</tr>
<#list siteactivites as x>
<tr>
    <td>${x.name}</td>
    <td>${x.creator}</td>
    <td>${x.createdDate}</td>
</tr>
</#list>
</table>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
place all these files into
\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\site-webscripts\org\alfresco\components\dashlets


Step5: next refresh the share webscripts using this URI http://localhost:8080/share/service/

click on refresh webscripts. is it is successes you will get the message like. as follows

Maintenance Completed
Reset Web Scripts Registry; registered 176 Web Scripts. Previously, there were 175.

next go to the site http://localhost:8080/share/page/site/chandu/dashboard

click on customise dashboard ., and add dashlet in to the site .


the dashlet will be updated if any activites performed on this site.

download the entire code here download code .