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curl command AEM package filter addition creation by Anuj Gangwar

Abstract

Most of our dev ops and AEM developers face issue while automating the AEM package creation via Curl.

I will explain the command and process for it.

in AEM package creation is a 3 steps process.

1- AEM package creation

2 - Filter addition

3- Package build

Let's see all these 3 steps in detail -

AEM package creation
it is simple step -

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/testpackage?cmd=create \
-d packageName=testpackage \
-d groupName=my_packages
Filter Addition
This is a complex step where you need to be careful while adding the parameters.

General command , in this "/content/my-site" is my package filter. You can also define the rule like exclude in exclude section.

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/update.jsp \
-F path=/etc/packages/my_packages/testpackage.zip -F packageName=testpackage \
-F groupName=my_packages \
-F filter="[{\"root\" : \"/content/my-site\", \"rules\": [{\"modifier\" : \"exclude\", \"pattern\" : \"/content/my-site/(.*)/folder-to-exclude(/.*)?\"}]}]" \
-F '_charset_=UTF-8'
Command with multiple filters and no exclude rules.
curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/update.jsp \
-F path=/etc/packages/my_packages/testpackage.zip -F packageName=testpackage \
-F groupName=my_packages \
-F filter="[{\"root\" : \"/content/my-site1\", \"rules\": []},{\"root\" : \"/content/my-site2\", \"rules\": []},{\"root\" : \"/content/my-site3\", \"rules\": []}]" \
-F '_charset_=UTF-8'
Build AEM Package
curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/testpackage.zip?cmd=build
Download package
curl -u : http://localhost:4502/etc/packages/my_packages/testpackage
.zip
Other useful commands for package
Preview a package

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/testpackage.zip
?cmd=preview

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