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Get Alfresco NodeRef by path

I want to get the NodeRef of a document (or space) stored in Alfresco.

My code is in Java, running within Alfresco (for instance in an AMP).

How to do?

Solution

  • The easiest way is probably using the NodeLocatorService and the XPath locatorName + an xpath expression

    Under the hood, that uses the search service, but it wraps up a lot of the complexity for you!

    To use it, get the NodeLocatorService injected into your bean, then do something like:

     Map<String,Serializable> params = new HashMap<>();
 params.put("query", "/x:path/to:node/pa:th");
 NodeRef nodeRef = nodeLocatorService.getNode("xpath",null,params);

    Other NodeLocators exist for other lookups, and it's also available remotely via /alfresco/service/api/nodelocator/{node_locator_name}?params