HTTP Request from WebScript in Alfresco

Question

I\'m writing a WebScript in Alfresco using JS controller and I want to make a HTTP request to the local HTTP resource. This resource is a Java-based app and gives me its own

Answer 1

EDIT: Alfresco is overriding the Spring Surf webscripts.container bean removing the remote definition (in web-scripts-application-context.xml of remote-api):

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I suggest you include it again as a custom Javascript API root level object.

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The remote root object comes from the Spring Surf framework, meaning you have it regardless of being developing your Web Scripts against the Alfresco repository or Share. As a proof, here's the source for a Web Script available in the public Alfresco CMIS server (-> Alfresco repository instance, admin/admin if you are asked to login):

var serviceUrl = (args.service === null) ? "/api/repository" : args.service;
var conn = remote.connect("alfresco");
var result = conn.get(stringUtils.urlEncodeComponent(serviceUrl));

var service = atom.toService(result.response);
var workspace = service.workspaces.get(0);
model.repo = workspace.getExtension(atom.names.cmisra_repositoryInfo);

The following snippet is taken from spring-surf-application-context.xml as found inside spring-webscripts-1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT.jar of Alfresco 3.4.0, which is where the remote root object gets its definition:

   
      Spring Surf Container