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vinodprathipati
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December 21, 2020
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Get Absolute content path from short URL

  • December 21, 2020
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Hi Guys,

 

We are using etc mapping to shorten the URL's, We have a servlet where we will pass shortened URL

 

Param = "/en/testPage.html"

 

is there any way i can get absolute content path in java given short URL?

 

Excepted output : "/content/mywebsite/en/testPage.html"

 

Ay input helps, Thanks in advance!

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Best answer by Kunal_Gaba_

You can get the reference to a resource from a shortened absolute path. The API method for that is resolve() which does a reverse mapping of path to resource - https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/6-5/sites/developing/using/reference-materials/javadoc/org/apache/sling/api/resource/ResourceResolver.html#resolve-java.lang.String- 

After you get reference to a resource, you can call resource.getPath() to get the full path of the resource in repository. 

 

For examples see this thread-  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21105300/cq5-how-to-programmatically-find-out-the-resource-given-a-url 

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Kunal_Gaba_
Kunal_Gaba_Accepted solution
December 21, 2020

You can get the reference to a resource from a shortened absolute path. The API method for that is resolve() which does a reverse mapping of path to resource - https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/6-5/sites/developing/using/reference-materials/javadoc/org/apache/sling/api/resource/ResourceResolver.html#resolve-java.lang.String- 

After you get reference to a resource, you can call resource.getPath() to get the full path of the resource in repository. 

 

For examples see this thread-  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21105300/cq5-how-to-programmatically-find-out-the-resource-given-a-url 

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    vinodprathipatiAuthor
    Level 2
    December 21, 2020
    Hi Kunal, i tried it but fullPath is not coming up. path = "/en/test.html"; String url = request.getParameter(PATH); Resource resource = request.getResourceResolver().resolve(url); String fullPath = resource.getPath(); i am getting fullPath as /en/test.html, let me know if i am missing something. etec mapping were already in place for publishers.
    Asutosh_Jena_
    Community Advisor
    Asutosh_Jena_Community Advisor
    Community Advisor
    December 21, 2020

    @vinodprathipati You can use reverse mapping to get the actual content path.
    resourceResolver.resolve() - This will give the resource with actual path and using the getPath() on this resource you can get the full path of the resource.

     

    Resource resource = resourceResolver.resolve("shortpath");
    String fullPath = resource.getPath();

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      vinodprathipatiAuthor
      Level 2
      December 21, 2020

      i tried it but fullPath is not coming up.

      path = "/en/test.html";

      String url = request.getParameter(PATH);
      Resource resource = request.getResourceResolver().resolve(url);
      String fullPath = resource.getPath();

       

      i am getting fullPath as /en/test.html, let me know if i am missing something. etec mapping were already in place for publishers.

      BrianKasingli
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      BrianKasingliCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      December 21, 2020

      With a servlet, you can do something like this:

       

      @3214626 private ResourceResolver resourceResolver; ... String mappedPath = resourceResolver.map("/content/mywebsite/en/testPage");

       


      https://sling.apache.org/apidocs/sling8/org/apache/sling/api/resource/ResourceResolver.html

      map(String resourcePath)
      Returns a path mapped from the (resource) path applying the reverse mapping used by the resolve(String) such that when the path is given to the resolve(String) method the same resource is returned.
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        vinodprathipatiAuthor
        Level 2
        December 21, 2020
        Hi, i checked in jcrresolver and i am able to resolve my path and getting full content path. for e.g."https://mydomain/en/test.html" is resolving into "/content/global/eb/test.html" But from java i am not able to resolve URL properly(in servlet) "request.getResourceResolver.resolve(https://mydomain/en/test.html).getPath() " is giving output as "https://mydomain/en/test.html" instead of "/content/global/eb/test.html", Please let me know if i am missing anything. Thanks
        Manjunath_K
        Manjunath_K
        Level 7
        December 21, 2020

        Hi @vinodprathipati 

        Please try following steps

         

        Access Resource Resolver console http://localhost:4502/system/console/jcrresolver

         

        To get absolute path using relative/shorten url: add shorten url & click on resolve.

        https://www.test.com/en/testPage   ->  /content/mywebsite/en/testPage   //make sure you are passing complete path with domain name as per your etc mapping.

        same value you can get in backend using

        resourceResolver.resolve("https://www.test.com/en/testPage") //returns /content/mywebsite/en/testPage

         

         

        To get relative/shorten url using absolute path: add complete path & click on map.

        /content/mywebsite/en/testPage -> https://www.test.com/en/testPage

        same value you can get in backend using

        resourceResolver.map("/content/mywebsite/en/testPage") //returns https://www.test.com/en/testPage

         

        Hope this helps!

         

         

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          vinodprathipatiAuthor
          Level 2
          December 21, 2020

          Hi,

           

          i checked in jcrresolver and i am able to resolve my path and getting full content path.

          for e.g."https://mydomain/en/test.html" is resolving into "/content/global/eb/test.html"

           

          But from java i am not able to resolve URL properly(in servlet)

          "request.getResourceResolver.resolve(https://mydomain/en/test.html).getPath()

          " is giving output as "https://mydomain/en/test.html" instead of "/content/global/eb/test.html", Please let me know if i am missing anything. Thanks

           

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