Alfresco Content Services REST API Tutorial | Upload, Download, Metadata & Search with Java
Alfresco Content Services (ACS) provides powerful REST APIs to manage documents and metadata. Using these APIs, you can: đź“„ Upload documents 📥 Download files 🏷️ Manage metadata 🔍 Perform search 👉 This tutorial shows real Java examples for production use . đź–Ľ️ REST API Architecture (JPG) 🏗️ 1. Alfresco REST API Overview ACS exposes REST APIs for: Nodes (files/folders) Metadata Search Permissions 👉 Base URL: http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/ đź“„ 2. Upload Document (Java Example) API Endpoint: POST /nodes/{parentId}/children đź§Ş Java Code String url = baseUrl + "/nodes/-root-/children" ; HttpPost post = new HttpPost ( url ); MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder . create (); builder . addBinaryBody ( "filedata" , new File ( "test.pdf" )); builder . addTextBody ( "name" , "test.pdf" ); post . setEntity ( builder . build ()); post . setHeader ( "Authorization...