Re: [xwiki-users] RESTful API help

When you create a custom class, you also create a "sheet" (which is basically just another page with display code) for that class which specifies how an object of that class will be displayed when the object is attached to a page. You're prompted to do this when creating a custom class. If the sheet is "bound" to the class it will mean that a page containing an object of that class will automatically display the objects using the sheet. Whether to do this or not is an option when you're creating a custom class. If the sheet isn't bound, you would need to manually include code on a page to display any attached objects - useful when you have multiple object types attached to a page. Here's part of the documentation that discussions this more thoroughly: http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Sheet+Module#HClassshe… I also found it useful to walk through the process of creating a custom class and sheet through the FAQ and TODO Tutorials in the XWiki Dev Guide - some of it is a bit dated interface-wise, but all the same basic concepts still apply. If you're using built-in classes rather than a custom class, you probably need to figure out where the sheet is for that class, whether it's bound or not, and adjust accordingly. For any class, looking at the Class page will give you a lot of info, like where the Sheet is and whether it's bound, e.g.: /bin/XWiki/MycustomClass or wherever the relevant Class page is. You also might want to look at this previous thread on this list - that's me, asking a similar question to yours a couple years ago. It has some good advice: http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/RESTful-API-to-create-a-new-object-of-cus… Based on your original question, it sounds like what you want to do is:

a) Figure out what class object is being attached to working pages in your Application (i.e. not using REST) that triggers the bound "Sheet" and hence results in the object being displayed on the page

- for example use the object editor on a page that has the grid you want and figure out where those controls are coming from.

b) Create a new page via REST

c) Create a new object of the same class as step a on the new page - if the sheet is bound to the class, that should automatically make that page display the object correctly (by getting the display code from the sheet).

If it's not bound, you'd have to modify the page to include the sheet (or other display code) manually.

Again, I don't know much about doing this via App Within Minutes or whether what I've said is applicable to your situation

- there very well might be an easier way to accomplish what you're trying to do. And if all you're trying to do is replicate a "view" of a bunch of objects/documents that are already stored on other pages, you might only need to modify your new page to contain an {{include}} macro that points to the currently working page in your Application. Hope that helps, aaron On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Jason Clemons <jason.clemons(a)live.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users