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WillemV

MySQL and Persistence REST API

Hi,

When running Orbeon using the built-in eXist database it's possible to access the form data through the REST persistence API by invoking:

http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/persistence/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml

after adding the following to properties-local.xml:

Now we'd like to use MySQL instead of eXist so we've added the following properties:

<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.persistence.provider.*.*.*" value="mysql"/>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.persistence.mysql.datasource" value="mysql"/>

and we defined a Resource in tomcat. This is working perfectly fine, except that we're now not able to invoke the persistence API. When I invoke:

http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/persistence/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml

or

http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/mysql/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml

I get a blank screen and a 403 (Forbidden). What am I missing? Is it possible to directly access the data.xml and attachments through the persistence API with MySQL?

Thanks,

Willem

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Alessandro Vernet

Re: MySQL and Persistence REST API

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Hi Willem,

First, as a side note, I'd recommend you always call service/persistence, rather than service/mysql, as the former (service/persistence) reaches the persistence proxy which does some work and adds some headers to the request it forwards to the later (service/mysql).

As for the 403, I'm not sure why you would be getting this specifically with MySQL, but not with eXist. What version of Orbeon Forms are you seeing this with? Do you have permissions enabled on the form in Form Builder? If you do, are you still getting the same error if you disable those permissions? (Maybe this is with an older version of Orbeon Forms which didn't support all the permissions checking with eXist?)

Alex

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Willem Vermeer <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

When running Orbeon using the built-in eXist database it's possible to access the form data through the REST persistence API by invoking:

http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/persistence/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml

after adding the following to properties-local.xml:

<property as="xs:string" processor-name="oxf:page-flow" name="page-public-methods" value="GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE"/>
<property as="xs:string" processor-name="oxf:page-flow" name="service-public-methods" value="GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE"/>

Now we'd like to use MySQL instead of eXist so we've added the following properties:
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.persistence.provider.*.*.*" value="mysql"/>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.persistence.mysql.datasource" value="mysql"/>
and we defined a Resource in tomcat. This is working perfectly fine, except that we're now not able to invoke the persistence API. When I invoke:
http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/persistence/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml
or
http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/service/mysql/crud/test/test/data/37eb024a1e15f82e8353b2f92747340bfadadb4f/data.xml
I get a blank screen and a 403 (Forbidden). What am I missing? Is it possible to directly access the data.xml and attachments through the persistence API with MySQL?
Thanks,
Willem
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WillemV

Re: MySQL and Persistence REST API

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your reply. After some more searching I found out that I had forgotten to define the oxf namespace in properties-local.xml. Without the namespace declaration the following line is silently ignored:

I suppose because it cannot resolve oxf:page-flow.

Thanks again for providing a sanity check in your reply.

Best regards,

Willem

Alessandro Vernet

Re: MySQL and Persistence REST API

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Hi Willem,

Got it, and I'm glad you found the solution to this one.

Alex

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