Symlinks are used to organize the virtual access to documents in Content, which is implemented like links in Unix/Linux/Mac OS (refer to ln command for more details).
Via CMIS, you can get a file using its symlink as well as its real path.
Nodetype of symlinks is exo:symlink.
Use Case: Follow Symlinks
Log in intranet website as a developer role.
Go to → → → on the administration bar,
then select /intranet/documents folder.
Upload any file (for example test.txt) to /intranet/documents.
Go to /intranet/categories/intranet and add a new category: /intranet/categories/intranet/news.
Back to /intranet/documents/test.txt and add this file to that category.
This will create a symlink of /intranet/documents/test.txt in /intranet/categories/intranet/news.
Get content of the /intranet/categories/intranet/news folder via CMIS:
curl -o news.xml -u root:gtn http://localhost:8080/rest/private/cmisatom/Managed%20Sites/objectbypath?path=/intranet/categories/intranet/news
The output file (news.xml) contains the entry with information about the folder, in which you will find a link
(to get children) like this:
<link href="http://localhost:8080/rest/private/cmisatom/Managed%20Sites/children/03dcf0827f00000100cf3b9a4cbf3de4" rel="down" type="application/atom+xml; type=feed"/>
Get the children of /intranet/categories/intranet/news using that link:
curl -o children.xml -u root:gtn http://localhost:8080/rest/private/cmisatom/Managed%20Sites/children/03dcf0827f00000100cf3b9a4cbf3de4
The output file (children.xml contains an entry (related to test.txt) that has an ID:
<entry>
<id>03dd409c7f000001010b7e050789d358</id>
...
<title type="text">test.txt</title>
...
</entry>
Finally get the test.txt file by using file service and the ID:
curl -o test.txt -u root:gtn http://localhost:8080/rest/private/cmisatom/Managed%20Sites/file/03dd409c7f000001010b7e050789d358