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The official documentation is at: http://docs.alfresco.com
Web Scripts2.13.02.2
Back to Web Scripts.
NOTE: This document describes features to be found in Alfresco v2.1 onwards.
Introduction
A Web Script may consist of many files (e.g. JavaScript, templates, XML description). Those files can become difficult to manage e.g. backup, transfer to another repository, e-mail etc.
Web Scripts 'dump & load' provides a simple mechanism for extracting the full definition of a Web Script and then installing that definition elsewhere.
Dump
There's a Web Script URL (admin required) for dumping the full description of a Web Script including all of its supporting implementation files (e.g. JavaScript, FreeMarker) held in either the Alfresco Server class path or Repository folders into a single HTML page.
The URL template is:
/alfresco/service/script/{scriptid}
e.g. to dump the sample 'AVM Browse'
/alfresco/service/script/org/alfresco/sample/avmbrowse.get
The resulting HTML page may be saved and sent to others (e.g. support). The default Web Script error page includes a link for dumping the Web Script that caused the error.
Not only does the HTML page provide a descriptive document of the Web Script, but it also contains the full definition (as embedded XHTML).
Load
A simple Web Script installer is available at the (admin required) URL
/alfresco/service/installer
It supports POST of a Web Script 'file' which installs the Web Script into the Repository. GET returns a simple upload form and submit button.
What is the Web Script 'file'? It's the HTML generated by the dump process.
Implementation files (e.g. javascript & freemarker) are installed either into the Alfresco Server class path or Repository folders (depending on where they were in the source Repository). So, it's possible to 100% replicate a declarative Web Script.
