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vinodprathipati
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Dec 21, 2020 8:49 AM UTC
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Get Absolute content path from short URL

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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Kunal_Gaba_
Kunal_Gaba_Accepted solution
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Dec 21, 2020 9:37 AM UTC

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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Manjunath_K
Manjunath_K
Level 7
Dec 21, 2020 3:22 PM UTC

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
    Dec 21, 2020 6:20 PM UTC

    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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    BrianKasingli
    BrianKasingli
    New Participant
    Dec 21, 2020 3:21 PM UTC

    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
      Dec 21, 2020 6:30 PM UTC
      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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      Asutosh_Jena_
      Asutosh_Jena_
      New Participant
      Dec 21, 2020 11:00 AM UTC

      @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
        Dec 21, 2020 1:06 PM UTC

        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.

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        Kunal_Gaba_
        Kunal_Gaba_Accepted solution
        New Participant
        Dec 21, 2020 9:37 AM UTC

        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
          Dec 21, 2020 1:08 PM UTC
          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.
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