AEM 6.5: Preload a AEM core components form with data sourced from a dynamic JCR node or a Rest interface.

Hi All,

As per subject we are trying to pre-load a core components form with dynamic data.

The current component only has a field to Load Path to load data from a single record in JCR

However, we would like to either:

1. Load data from a Rest interface

Example:

2. Or, dynamically establish which record to load the data from.

Example:

For user A we would like the data to be loaded from the path /content/usergenerated/wknd/us/en/test-form/A

For user B we would like the data to be loaded from the path /content/usergenerated/wknd/us/en/test-form/B

Note that, we cannot, at this stage in the project use Adaptive forms due to their reliance on JS.

Has anybody faced this requirement/use case? 

How did you go about implementing it?

Do you have any suggestions as to how we would go about it?