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Metadata report of assets based on a search result

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Hi,

I'm looking for a way for our librarians to export metadata of assets based on search results. For example, I searched with "jet" and I got 1000 assets as a result that spans across multiple folders. I think there is no OOB way to get this. Can anyone let me know if there is a way to achieve this?

Thanks,
Rahul

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Hi @RahulMohan 

To achieve your goal of exporting asset metadata based on search results in AEM, you'll primarily use the AEM QueryBuilder API in conjunction with the Sling API.

since i dont know how you want to utilize this in your project context i am providing you a demo servlet code on how you can achieve that.

import org.apache.sling.api.resource.*;
import org.apache.sling.api.servlets.SlingAllMethodsServlet;
import org.apache.sling.query.api.Query;
import org.apache.sling.query.api.QueryImpl;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class MetadataExportServlet extends SlingAllMethodsServlet {

    @Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        try (ResourceResolver resourceResolver = request.getResourceResolver()) {
            String dcTitle = request.getParameter("dc:title");

            QueryBuilder builder = resourceResolver.adaptTo(QueryBuilder.class);
            Query query = builder.from("/content/dam")
                                  .where("jcr:contains", dcTitle)
                                  .and("jcr:primaryType", "dam:Asset");
            List<Resource> searchResults = query.find();

            List<Map<String, Object>> assetMetadataList = new ArrayList<>();
            for (Resource assetResource : searchResults) {
                ValueMap properties = assetResource.getValueMap();
                Map<String, Object> assetMetadata = new HashMap<>();
                assetMetadata.put("title", properties.get("jcr:title", String.class));
                // Add other metadata properties as needed
                assetMetadataList.add(assetMetadata);
            }

            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
            String jsonOutput = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(assetMetadataList);

            response.setContentType("application/json");
            PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
            writer.write(jsonOutput);
            writer.flush();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Handle exceptions with proper logging and error messages
        }
    }
}


obviously you can modify this code based on your requirements, this is one way how you can get the metadata properties as json.

attaching a similar blog for your reference:
https://www.tothenew.com/blog/custom-reporting-in-aem-digital-asset-management-dam/ 

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Hi @RahulMohan 

To achieve your goal of exporting asset metadata based on search results in AEM, you'll primarily use the AEM QueryBuilder API in conjunction with the Sling API.

since i dont know how you want to utilize this in your project context i am providing you a demo servlet code on how you can achieve that.

import org.apache.sling.api.resource.*;
import org.apache.sling.api.servlets.SlingAllMethodsServlet;
import org.apache.sling.query.api.Query;
import org.apache.sling.query.api.QueryImpl;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class MetadataExportServlet extends SlingAllMethodsServlet {

    @Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        try (ResourceResolver resourceResolver = request.getResourceResolver()) {
            String dcTitle = request.getParameter("dc:title");

            QueryBuilder builder = resourceResolver.adaptTo(QueryBuilder.class);
            Query query = builder.from("/content/dam")
                                  .where("jcr:contains", dcTitle)
                                  .and("jcr:primaryType", "dam:Asset");
            List<Resource> searchResults = query.find();

            List<Map<String, Object>> assetMetadataList = new ArrayList<>();
            for (Resource assetResource : searchResults) {
                ValueMap properties = assetResource.getValueMap();
                Map<String, Object> assetMetadata = new HashMap<>();
                assetMetadata.put("title", properties.get("jcr:title", String.class));
                // Add other metadata properties as needed
                assetMetadataList.add(assetMetadata);
            }

            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
            String jsonOutput = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(assetMetadataList);

            response.setContentType("application/json");
            PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
            writer.write(jsonOutput);
            writer.flush();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Handle exceptions with proper logging and error messages
        }
    }
}


obviously you can modify this code based on your requirements, this is one way how you can get the metadata properties as json.

attaching a similar blog for your reference:
https://www.tothenew.com/blog/custom-reporting-in-aem-digital-asset-management-dam/ 

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@RahulMohan If you dont want to write code , just run the below query in query builder

 

path=/content/dam/<PATH>
p.hits=full
p.limit=-1
p.nodedepth=3
fulltext=jet

 

You will see the "JSON QueryBuilder Link " in the bottom and it gives the complete json with metadata of the searched assets , you can use the any json to csv convertors to convert it to csv file.