[xwiki-devs] creating groups via XML-RPC
by Riveira Faraldo, Bernardo
Hi there!
We are trying to use XWiki 3.0 enterprise, trying to create via XML-RPC
thousands of users, groups and membership programmatically so we can
keep updated AD, Liferay, other sources of users, other apps, all with
CAS integration, etc.
As there is still no confluence 2.0 API compatibility but we need to
create users & groups in XWiki from an external software, we have been
collecting pieces of code from messages and FAQs about how to implement
it.
We try to create users, their pages, and add them to the XWikiAllGroup
with :
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("username01");
page.setId("XWiki.username01");
page.setContent("{{include
document=\"XWiki.XWikiUserSheet\"/}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
XWikiObject xobj = new XWikiObject();
xobj.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiUsers");
xobj.setPageId("XWiki.username01");
xobj.setProperty("first_name", "name");
xobj.setProperty("last_name", "last name");
xobj.setProperty("email",
"email(a)email.com");
xobj.setProperty("password","##########");
rpc.storeObject(xobj);
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAllGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
(Suppose we run that with username01 to username99)
Although first time we run this, the page gets created, the user gets
created but the properties not! :-o
If we run again the import, then every user gets their properties. :-?
Then, only the LAST user created gets correctly added to
XWiki.XWikiAllGroup. If we stop/debug the program between each user
creation process, always the last one appears at XWiki.XWikiAllGroup
when checking via UI. So they are all there for a moment, until they are
replaced by the last one. Like if the rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp) deleted
previously any other user in that XWiki.XWikiAllGroup page.
Then we try to create groups using this:
// create group 01
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("group01");
page.setContent("{{include document='XWiki.XWikiGroupSheet' /}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
// create group 02
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("group02");
page.setContent("{{include document='XWiki.XWikiGroupSheet' /}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
...
Those "Groups" get created as Pages with XWikiGroupSheet app that allows
us to see/edit the users via UI, but we need to add them via XML-RPC.
ALSO, they are Pages, but they are NOT EXACTLY the same as if they where
created via the Admin UI, where when you create a "Group" it shows
slightly differently:
Autocreated via XML-RPC:
Versus when a group is created via Admin UI, it shows up differently,
just like this:
SO, we suppose the way we create a Group via XML-RPC (just a Page with a
special Sheet) is NOT ENOUGH.
And finally we try to add existing users to newly created groups with
code like this:
// user 01 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 01 to group 02
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group02");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 02 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 03 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
...
If now we check the group via UI, we can find Pages named XWiki.group01
, XWiki.group02, and with only one user each (although in the code up
there username 01, 02 and 03 should be members of group01 !!! only THE
LAST ONE (username03) remains.
Also we tried to add also some users to the default (pre-created)
XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup so they can act as administrators:
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new
XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
As before only XWiki.username02 stays as member of
XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup.
We tried this with a fresh install of XWikiEnt3.0+Jetty+HSQLDB, then in
Tomcat+MySQL, same problem in all of them.
So, are we doing something wrong? Maybe something must be done with
every user or group before you can add membership via XML-RPC?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance!
Bernardo Riveira
Hi there!
We are trying to use XWiki 3.0 enterprise, trying to create via
XML-RPC thousands of users, groups and membership programmatically so
we can keep updated AD, Liferay, other sources of users, other apps,
all with CAS integration, etc.
As there is still no confluence 2.0 API compatibility but we need to
create users & groups in XWiki from an external software, we have been
collecting pieces of code from messages and FAQs about how to
implement it.
We try to create users, their pages, and add them to the XWikiAllGroup
with :
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("username01");
page.setId("XWiki.username01");
page.setContent("{{include
document=\"XWiki.XWikiUserSheet\"/}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
XWikiObject xobj = new XWikiObject();
xobj.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiUsers");
xobj.setPageId("XWiki.username01");
xobj.setProperty("first_name", "name");
xobj.setProperty("last_name", "last
name");
xobj.setProperty("email",
"email(a)email.com");
xobj.setProperty("password","##########");
rpc.storeObject(xobj);
XWikiObject xobjgrp = new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAllGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
(Suppose we run that with username01 to username99)
Although first time we run this, the page gets created, the user gets
created but the properties not! :-o
If we run again the import, then every user gets their properties. :-?
Then, only the LAST user created gets correctly added to
XWiki.XWikiAllGroup. If we stop/debug the program between each user
creation process, always the last one appears at XWiki.XWikiAllGroup
when checking via UI. So they are all there for a moment, until they
are replaced by the last one. Like if the rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp)
deleted previously any other user in that XWiki.XWikiAllGroup page.
Then we try to create groups using this:
// create group 01
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("group01");
page.setContent("{{include document='XWiki.XWikiGroupSheet' /}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
// create group 02
Page page = new Page();
page.setSpace("XWiki");
page.setTitle("group02");
page.setContent("{{include document='XWiki.XWikiGroupSheet' /}}");
rpc.storePage(page);
...
Those "Groups" get created as Pages with XWikiGroupSheet app that
allows us to see/edit the users via UI, but we need to add them via
XML-RPC.
ALSO, they are Pages, but they are NOT EXACTLY the same as if they
where created via the Admin UI, where when you create a "Group" it
shows slightly differently:
Autocreated via XML-RPC:
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Versus when a group is created via Admin UI, it shows up differently,
just like this:
[cid:image002.png@01CC2C45.659F3540]
SO, we suppose the way we create a Group via XML-RPC (just a Page with
a special Sheet) is NOT ENOUGH.
And finally we try to add existing users to newly created groups with
code like this:
// user 01 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 01 to group 02
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group02");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 02 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
// user 03 to group 01
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("group01");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
...
If now we check the group via UI, we can find Pages named
XWiki.group01 , XWiki.group02, and with only one user each (although
in the code up there username 01, 02 and 03 should be members of
group01 !!! only THE LAST ONE (username03) remains.
Also we tried to add also some users to the default (pre-created)
XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup so they can act as administrators:
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username01");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
XWikiObject xobjgrp =
new XWikiObject();
xobjgrp.setClassName("XWiki.XWikiGroups");
xobjgrp.setPageId("XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup");
xobjgrp.setProperty("member","XWiki.username02");
rpc.storeObject(xobjgrp);
As before only XWiki.username02 stays as member of
XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup.
We tried this with a fresh install of XWikiEnt3.0+Jetty+HSQLDB, then
in Tomcat+MySQL, same problem in all of them.
So, are we doing something wrong? Maybe something must be done with
every user or group before you can add membership via XML-RPC?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance!
Bernardo Riveira
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