AEM cURL Commands

Following are few useful cURL commands, categorized as below;

1. User Management Commands
2. Package Management Commands
3. OSGi Bundle Management Commands
4. JCR Query Builder Commands
5. Backup Commands
6. JCR Node Management Commands
7. Replication Commands
8. Page Management Commands
9. Other useful commands

USER MANAGEMENT COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create a new User’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser= -FauthorizableId=skydevops-Frep:password=skydevops http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create a new user under specified folder’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser= -FauthorizableId=testuser -Frep:password=testuser -FintermediatePath=”/home/users/test/” http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create a new Group’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FcreateGroup=testgroup -FauthorizableId=testGroup http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Add a Property to an existing User’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -Fprofile/age=30 http://localhost:4502/home/users/a/skydevops.rw.html
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create a User with a profile’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser=testuser -FauthorizableId=skydevopsa -Frep:password=skydevops -Fprofile/gender=male http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create a new User as a member of a Group’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser=testuser -FauthorizableId=testuser -Frep:password=abcd123 -Fmembership=contributor http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Add User to a Group’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FaddMembers=testuser http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup.rw.html
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Remove a User from a Group’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FremoveMembers=testuser http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup.rw.html
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Set a User’s Group Memberships’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -Fmembership=contributor -Fmembership=testgroup http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser.rw.html
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Delete user and Group’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -FdeleteAuthorizable= http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser
curl -u admin:admin -FdeleteAuthorizable= http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Change a user password’]
$ curl -u testuser:OLD_PWD -F rep:password=”NEW_PWD” http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser.rw.html
curl rep:password=”test” –user admin:admin http://localhost:4502/home/users/a/shashi@skydevops.in
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PACKAGE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’list of all the packages’]
$ curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp?cmd=ls
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Build or Rebuild an existing package’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/samplepackage.zip?cmd=build
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Delete a package’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/samplepackage.zip?cmd=delete
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Install a package’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/samplepackage.zip?cmd=install
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Uninstall a package’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/my_packages/samplepackage.zip?cmd=uninstall
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Download a package into local filesystem’]
$ curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/etc/packages/my_packages/samplepackage.zip >
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Upload but don’t install a package from File system’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F file=@”C:\sample\samplepackage.zip” -F name=”samplepackage” -F force=true -F install=false http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Upload and Install a package from File system’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F file=@”C:\sample\samplepackage.zip” -F name=”samplepackage” -F force=true -F install=true http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp
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OSGI BUNDLE MANAGEMENT:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Build a Bundle using’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F bundleHome=/apps/training/src/com.day.sample -F descriptor=/apps/training/src/com.day.sample/com.day.sample.bnd http://localhost:4502/libs/crxde/build
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Start a Bundle using’]
$ curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/com.day.sample -Faction=start
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Stop a Bundle using’]
$ curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/com.day.sample -Faction=stop
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Install a Bundle from File system using’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F action=install -F bundlestartlevel=20 -F bundlefile=@”” http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles
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JCR QUERY BUILDER:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Find an Asset from the JCR’]
$ curl -s -u admin:admin GET “http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=%2fcontent%2fgeometrixx%2fen&property=fileReference&property.value=%2fcontent%2fdam%2fgeometrixx%2fshapes%2ftri_equilateral.png&type=nt%3aunstructured”
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BACKUP COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Initiate backup’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite%3Atype%3DRepository/op/startBackup/java.lang.String?target=C:\sampleFolder\backupTest.zip
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Stop a running Backup’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/backup/content/admin/backups.cancel.html
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JCR NODE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Delete a Node’]
$ curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx/en/products/jcr:content/par/flash -u admin:admin
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Create or Add a Node’]
$ curl –data jcr:primaryType=nt:unstructured –user admin:admin http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx/en/toolbar/testNode
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REPLICATION COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Activate Page’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F path=”/content/geometrixx/en/pag” -F cmd=”activate” http://localhost:4502/bin/replicate.json
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Deactivate Page’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F path=”/content/geometrixx/en/pag” -F cmd=”deactivate” http://localhost:4502/bin/replicate.json
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Tree Activation’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F cmd=activate -F ignoredeactivated=true -F onlymodified=true -F path=/content/geometrixx/en/community http://localhost:4502/etc/replication/treeactivation.html
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PAGE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Lock a Page’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F cmd=”lockPage” -F path=”/content/geometrixx/en/toolbar/contacts” -F “_charset_”=”utf-8″ http://localhost:4502/bin/wcmcommand
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Unlock a Page’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F cmd=”unlockPage” -F path=”/content/geometrixx/en/toolbar/contacts” -F “_charset_”=”utf-8” http://localhost:4502/bin/wcmcommand
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Copy or Move a Page’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -F:operation=copy -F:dest=/content/geometrixx/en/products/contacts http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx/en/toolbar/contacts
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OTHER USEFUL COMMANDS:
[code lang=’bash’ title=’Datastore Garbage Collection’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite:type=Repository/op/runDataStoreGarbageCollection/java.lang.Boolean
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Tar Optimization’]
$ curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite:type=Repository/op/startTarOptimization/
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[code lang=’bash’ title=’Flush Dispatcher Cache’]
$ curl -H “CQ-Action: Flush” -H “CQ-Handle: /content/geometrixx/en/products” -H “CQ-Path:/content/geometrixx/en/products” -H “Content-Length: 0” -H “Content-Type: application/octet-stream” http://dispatcher-server-hostname:port/dispatcher/invalidate.cache
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