Copy node from one crx to another using sling [ Rest]

Hi

A reference article, which could help you (it is not using Sling Rest, but faster and efficient way) :-

Link:- http://www.wemblog.com/2011/09/how-to-use-vlt-tool-to-copy-data-from.html

Different options:

1) Use package manager 
Pros: Very simple to create and do not require command like knowledge
Cons: Not suitable for Big packages. Slow some time
2) Use VLT (We are explaining how to use this in this article)
 Pros: Faster than package manager. Do not consume package space like package manager.
Cons: Slow I/O
3) Use Tool based on VLT like Recap http://adamcin.net/net.adamcin.recap/
Pros: VLT rcp UI easy to see status and administer. Do not require command like knowledge.
Cons: Slow I/O because it uses VLT under the hood.
4) Use Tool based on other transfer protocol like Grabit  https://github.com/TWCable/grabbit
Pros: Faster than VLT
Cons: Not Adobe supported. Need more dependency to set up.

and

Reference Article :- https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/using-sling-apis.html

//Using Sling APIs to retrieve content from the Adobe Experience Manager Repository

I hope this will indirectly help you.

Thanks and Regards

Kautuk Sahni

See the SLing Chart here. There is a list of HTTP commands that you can use:

https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/cq/5-6-1/developing/the_basics.html

Look under Sling Request Processing. 

Hope this helps

Thank you so much for replying .  I did go through the sling cheat sheet but couldn't succeed.  

If i try to pass in the request parameters in the url ,it works , for ex

To create the path   rest url [GET] :   http://<targethost>:<port>/crx/library/17/01??jcr:primaryType=nt:folder

To crate a node with custom node type under 17/01 with attributes 1 and 2   [POST]:     http://<targethost>:<port>/crx/library17/01/170108?jcr:primaryType=library:customNodeType&attribute1=value1&attribute2=value2

But if try to pass in the details in the request body it doesnt work :( 

[POST] http://<targethost>:<port>/crx/library/17/01/170108

Request Body :  {"jcr:primaryType":"library:customNodeType", "attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2" }

Is the correct syntax/ usage 

Do you see any exceptions in the log when you make POST requests ? 

Also, Why don't you use tools like VLT RCP or utilities like Recap to copy nodes between CRX repositories? 

[1] https://adobe-consulting-services.github.io/acs-aem-tools/2015/06/22/vlt-rcp.html

[2] http://adamcin.net/net.adamcin.recap/   https://github.com/adamcin/net.adamcin.recap

[3] https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/crx/2-3/how_to/how_to_use_the_vlttool.html#Rcp

Hi Kunal,

      I am getting following exception .   title :   Error while processing /library/17/01/170108                    Message : javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException: No child node definition for 170108 found in node /library/17/01

although i am sending the node [170108]   details in the request body  {"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","jcr:primaryType":"library:customNodeType"}    with content type as >  application/json;charset=UTF-8

We have created a sprint boot project and configured some spring batch jobs -   one of the jobs task is to copy a node from source [production] crx to target [ local] crx  . so incorporating VLT RCP in that is difficult.   

Is it possible to copy node using just the rest url with details in the request body