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Client Library for Nuxeo API

The Nuxeo JavaScript Client is a JavaScript client library for the Nuxeo Automation and REST API. The library can work in a browser, or in Node.js, using the same API.

This is an on-going project, supported by Nuxeo.

Nuxeo Platform Dependency

The JS Client is compliant with all Nuxeo versions as of LTS 2015.

Getting Started

Installation

Node.js Applications

After installing Node.js, use npm to install the nuxeo package:

$ npm install nuxeo

Node.js v6 LTS (Boron)

var Nuxeo = require('nuxeo');
var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });

Node.js v4 LTS (Argon)

var Nuxeo = require('nuxeo/es5');
var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });

Bower Powered Applications

The nuxeo client can be also installed through bower:

$ bower install nuxeo --save

When added to your page, Nuxeo is available as a global variable.

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });

Angular Applications

After adding nuxeo through Bower, you can easily create a service that will return a client:

...
.service('nuxeo', function() {
  return new Nuxeo({
    baseURL: 'http://localhost:8080/nuxeo/',
    auth: {
      method: 'basic',
      username: 'Administrator',
      password: 'Administrator'
    }
  });
})
...

To notify Angular to update the UI when a Nuxeo promise has resolved, you can either wrap Nuxeo promises in $q.when()
or, the preferred way, configure the Promise library class to be $q.

// wrap promises
...
$q.when(nuxeo.request('/path/').get()).then(function(res) {
  $scope.res = res;
});
// use $q as the Promise library class
...
.service('nuxeo', function($q) {
  Nuxeo.promiseLibrary($q);
  return new Nuxeo({
    baseURL: 'http://localhost:8080/nuxeo/',
    auth: {
      method: 'basic',
      username: 'Administrator',
      password: 'Administrator'
    }
  });
})
...

React Applications

After adding nuxeo through npm to your application, to make it sure that it will work on most browsers
you must require nuxeo differently according to your build system.

If your build transpiles external libraries from ES6 to ES5:

var Nuxeo = require('nuxeo');

If your build does not (such as create-react-app):

var Nuxeo = require('nuxeo/es5');

Documentation

Check out the API documentation.

Quick Start

This quick start guide will show how to do basics operations using the client.

Creating a Client

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({
  auth: {
    method: 'basic',
    username: 'Administrator',
    password: 'Administrator'
  }
});

To connect to a different Nuxeo Platform Instance, you can use the following:

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({
  baseURL: 'http://demo.nuxeo.com/nuxeo/',
  auth: {
    method: 'basic',
    username: 'Administrator',
    password: 'Administrator'
  }
});

Promise Based Calls

All API calls made on the server return a Promise object.

nuxeo.operation('Document.GetChildren')
  .input('/')
  .execute()
  .then(function(docs) {
    // work with docs
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // something went wrong
    throw error;
  });

When something went wrong, the error is an Error object with a response field containing the whole response.

Connecting to a Nuxeo Server

After creating a Client, you can connect to a Nuxeo Server by using the connect method.
This method returns a Promise which is resolved with the connected client.

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });
nuxeo.connect()
  .then(function(client){
    // client.connected === true
    // client === nuxeo
    console.log('Connected OK!');
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // wrong credentials / auth method / ...
    throw error;
  });

Current User

The connect method fills the user property of the client. user is a full User object.

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });
nuxeo.connect()
  .then(function(client){
    // client.user.id === 'Administrator'
    console.log(client.user);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // wrong credentials / auth method / ...
    throw error;
  });

Nuxeo Server version

The connect method fills the nuxeoVersion property of the client.

var nuxeo = new Nuxeo({ ... });
nuxeo.connect()
  .then(function(client){
    // client.nuxeoVersion === '8.10'
    console.log(client.nuxeoVersion);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // wrong credentials / auth method / ...
    throw error;
  });

Some constants are available in the Nuxeo object for supported LTS versions:

Nuxeo.VERSIONS.LTS_2015 === '7.10';
Nuxeo.VERSIONS.LTS_2016 === '8.10';

You can use them to easily make different calls according to the target version:

...
if (nuxeo.nuxeoVersion < Nuxeo.VERSIONS.LTS_2016) {
  // do something on versions before LTS 2016
} else {
  // do something else
}
...

Operation

Operation object allows you to execute an operation
(or operation chain).

See the Operation documentation.

Samples

Call an operation to create a new folder in the Root document

nuxeo.operation('Document.Create')
  .params({
    type: 'Folder',
    name: 'My Folder',
    properties: 'dc:title=My Folder \ndc:description=A Simple Folder'
  })
  .input('/')
  .execute()
  .then(function(doc) {
    console.log('Created ' + doc.title + ' folder');
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Request

The Request object allows you to call the Nuxeo REST API.

See the Request documentation.

Samples

Fetch the Administrator user

nuxeo.request('user/Administrator')
  .get()
  .then(function(user) {
    console.log(user);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Fetch the whole list of Natures

nuxeo.request('directory/nature')
  .get()
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data.entries, null, 2))
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error
  });

Repository

The Repository object allows you to work with document.

See the Repository documentation.

Samples

Create a Repository object

var defaultRepository = nuxeo.repository(); // 'default' repository
...
var testRepository = nuxeo.repository('test'); // 'test' repository
...

Fetch the Root document

nuxeo.repository().fetch('/')
  .then(function(doc) {
    console.log(doc);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Create a new folder

var newFolder = {
  'entity-type': 'document',
  name: 'a-folder',
  type: 'Folder',
  properties: {
    'dc:title': 'foo'
  }
};
nuxeo.repository()
  .create('/', newFolder)
  .then(function(doc) {
    console.log(doc);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Delete a document

nuxeo.repository()
  .delete('/a-folder')
  .then(function(res) {
    // res.status === 204
  });

Document

Repository object returns and works with Document objects. Document objects exposes a simpler API
to work with a document.

See the Document documentation.

Samples

Retrieve a Document object

nuxeo.repository()
  .fetch('/')
  .then(function(doc) {
    // doc instanceof Nuxeo.Document === true
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Set a document property

doc.set({ 'dc:title': 'foo' });

Get a document property

doc.get('dc:title');

Save an updated document

nuxeo.repository()
  .fetch('/')
  .then(function(doc) {
    // doc.title !== 'foo'
    doc.set({ 'dc:title': 'foo' });
    return doc.save();
  })
  .then(function(doc) {
    // doc.title === 'foo'
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Fetch the main Blob of a document

doc.fetchBlob()
  .then(function(res) {
    // in the browser, use res.blob() to work with the converted PDF
    // in Node.js, use res.body
  });

Convert a document main Blob to PDF

doc.convert({ format: 'pdf' })
  .then(function(res) {
    // in the browser, use res.blob() to work with the converted PDF
    // in Node.js, use res.body
  });

Fetch the 'thumbnail' rendition

doc.fetchRendition('thumbnail')
  .then(function(res) {
    // in the browser, use res.blob() to work with the rendition
    // in Node.js, use res.body
  });

Start a workflow

doc.startWorkflow('SerialDocumentReview')
  .then(function(workflow) {
    // workflow instance of Nuxeo.Workflow
  });

Complete a workflow task

workflow.fetchTasks()
  .then(function(tasks) {
    return tasks[0];
  })
  .then(function(tasks) {
    task.variable('participants', ['user:Administrator'])
      .variable('assignees', ['user:Administrator'])
      .variable('end_date', '2011-10-23T12:00:00.00Z');
    return task.complete('start_review', { comment: 'a comment' });
  })
  .then(function(task) {
    // task.state === 'ended'
  })

BatchUpload

The BatchUpload object allows you to upload blobs to a Nuxeo Platform instance, and use them as operation input or
as document property value.

See the BatchUpload documentation.

Samples

Create a Nuxeo.Blob to be uploaded

// on the browser, assuming you have a File object 'file'
var blob = new Nuxeo.Blob({ content: file });
// the name, mimeType and size will be extracted from the file object itself, you can still override them.
...
// on Node.js, assuming you have a Stream 'file'
var blob = new Nuxeo.Blob({ content: file, name: 'foo.txt', mimeType: 'plain/text', size: 10 })

Upload a blob

nuxeo.batchUpload()
  .upload(blob)
  .then(function(res) {
    // res.blob instanceof Nuxeo.BatchBlob
    console.log(res.blob);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Attach an uploaded blob to a document

nuxeo.batchUpload()
  .upload(blob)
  .then(function(res) {
    return nuxeo.operation('Blob.AttachOnDocument')
      .param('document', '/a-file')
      .input(res.blob)
      .execute({ schemas: ['dublincore', 'file']});
  })
  .then(function(doc) {
    console.log(doc.properties[file:content]);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Users

The Users object allows you to work with users.

See the Users and
User documentation.

Samples

Fetch an user

nuxeo.users()
  .fetch('Administrator')
  .then(function(user) {
    // user.id === 'Administrator'
  });

Create a new user

var newUser = {
  properties: {
    username: 'leela',
    firstName: 'Leela',
    company: 'Futurama',
    email: 'leela@futurama.com'
  },
};
nuxeo.users()
  .create(newUser)
  .then(function(user) {
    // user.id === 'leela'
  });

Delete an user

nuxeo.users()
  .delete('leela').then(function(res) {
    // res.status === 204
  });

Groups

The Groups object allows you to work with groups.

See the Groups and
Group documentation.

Samples

Fetch a group

nuxeo.groups().fetch('administrators')
  .then(function(group) {
    // group.groupname === 'administrators'
  });

Create a new group

var newGroup = {
  groupname: 'foo',
  grouplabel: 'Foo'
};
nuxeo.groups()
  .create(newGroup)
  .then(function(group) {
    // group.groupname === 'foo';
  });

Delete a group

nuxeo.groups()
  .delete('foo').then(function(res) {
    // res.status === 204
  });

Contributing

See our contribution documentation.

Requirements

Setup

Install Node.js and then use npm to install all the required
libraries:

$ git clone https://github.com/nuxeo/nuxeo-js-client
$ cd nuxeo-js-client
$ npm install

Test

A Nuxeo Platform instance needs to be running on http://localhost:8080/nuxeo for the tests to be run.

Tests can be launched on Node.js with:

$ gulp test:node

For testing the browser client (tests are run on Firefox and Chrome by default):

$ gulp test:browser

To run both Node.js and browser tests:

$ gulp test

Reporting Issues

You can follow the developments in the Nuxeo JS Client project of our JIRA bug tracker: https://jira.nuxeo.com/browse/NXJS.

You can report issues on answers.nuxeo.com.

License

Apache License 2.0 Copyright (c) Nuxeo SA

About Nuxeo

Nuxeo dramatically improves how content-based applications are built, managed and deployed, making customers more agile, innovative and successful. Nuxeo provides a next generation, enterprise ready platform for building traditional and cutting-edge content oriented applications. Combining a powerful application development environment with SaaS-based tools and a modular architecture, the Nuxeo Platform and Products provide clear business value to some of the most recognizable brands including Verizon, Electronic Arts, Sharp, FICO, the U.S. Navy, and Boeing. Nuxeo is headquartered in New York and Paris. More information is available at www.nuxeo.com.

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Client Library for Nuxeo API

Nuxeo Platform Dependency

Getting Started

Installation

Node.js Applications

Node.js v6 LTS (Boron)

Node.js v4 LTS (Argon)

Bower Powered Applications

Angular Applications

React Applications

Documentation

Quick Start

Creating a Client

Promise Based Calls

Connecting to a Nuxeo Server

Current User

Nuxeo Server version

Operation

Samples

Request

Samples

Repository

Samples

Document

Samples

BatchUpload

Samples

Users

Samples

Groups

Samples

Directory

Samples

Contributing

Requirements

Setup

Test

Reporting Issues

License

About Nuxeo