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WillemV

download PDF - construct the URL

Hi,

A question about downloading the form as a PDF. We are using the orbeon proxy portlet within Liferay and it generates a URL which leads to the following call from the proxy portlet to orbeon:

http://localhost:8081/orbeon/fr/service/<appname>/<formname>/pdf/10/<uuid>.pdf

Now we'd like to invoke this URL on a different page, outside the scope of the orbeon proxy portlet. The question is: can it be done? Of course at that point we don't have a uuid - is there a way to bypass that?

Thanks,
Willem

Erik Bruchez

Re: download PDF - construct the URL

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Willem,

The UUID is needed when the PDF button is used on the edit page,
because the PDF is produced based on the data in the form being
currently edited.

If you use the PDF button on the summary page, another link is used,
of the form (following your syntax):

http://localhost:8080/orbeon/fr/<appname>/<formname>/pdf/<documentid>?fr-language=en

This retrieves the saved version of the form data first. You should be
able to use that format instead.

-Erik

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:11 AM, WillemV <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A question about downloading the form as a PDF. We are using the orbeon
> proxy portlet within Liferay and it generates a URL which leads to the
> following call from the proxy portlet to orbeon:
>
> http://localhost:8081/orbeon/fr/service/<appname>/<formname>/pdf/10/<uuid>.pdf
>
> Now we'd like to invoke this URL on a different page, outside the scope of
> the orbeon proxy portlet. The question is: can it be done? Of course at that
> point we don't have a uuid - is there a way to bypass that?
>
> Thanks,
> Willem
>
>
>
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ajw625

Re: download PDF - construct the URL

Hi Erik,

The URL you've recommended is in the context of the Form Runner application. Is there a REST API URL to download the PDF?

bruno.buzzi

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ajw625

Re: download PDF - construct the URL

Thanks, Bruno. We have written a Java client API for accessing the REST services which is configured with a base/context URL. We can special case this one with a different context. But I wanted to know if there was a URL under the REST service context for the PDF.

Erik Bruchez

Re: download PDF - construct the URL

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What do you call the "REST service context for the PDF"? Do you mean under /fr/service? If so, currently not, the only URL is under /fr without /service.

-Erik

ajw625

Re: download PDF - construct the URL

Thanks, Erik. Yes I mean under /fr/service.