Alfresco Restful API to get custom metadata - alfresco

Question

We are moving to Alfresco Content Management system and there is no direct documentation for retrieving custom metadata.
Is there a way to get custom metadata/ custom properties that I have added to Record category in Alfresco Records Management File plan? Custom metadata is basically the data fields that are in scanned document like name, dob, form id, etc.
Eg: I have created RM site and added the following file plan.
TestCategory
|
--TestFolder1
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--Record1
--Record2
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--TestFolder2
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--Record1
--Record2
These records contains uploaded form(scanned document) along with metadata (custom).
To Retrieve metadata, am using
http://127.0.0.1:8090/alfresco/service/api/metadata/node/workspace/SpacesStore/ed6e2cc6-6dc5-4bfb-bf9d-b450f68863dd?alf_ticket=TICKET_06265902898618fe5a46e67992e07a9d4b72701a
It is returning 405-Method not allowed (GET not supported).
To Retrieve all the subfolders/documents in Folders, m using
http://127.0.0.1:8090/alfresco/service/slingshot/doclib/doclist/documents/site/rm/documentLibrary/TestCat1/TestFolder2
Above one returns
{
"totalRecords": 1,
"startIndex": 0,
"metadata": {
"repositoryId": "3b9d4f67-dc84-4531-b8b2-4dbcef15e25a",
"container": "workspace://SpacesStore/7d1349bb-5289-4709-9055-c75c03ab5481",
"parent": {
"nodeRef": "workspace://SpacesStore/5d40660e-64d9-4bc4-a75e-ae4ae8b2201a",
"permissions": {
"userAccess": {
"create": true,
"edit": true,
"delete": true,
"cancel-checkout": false,
"permissions": true
}
}
},
"onlineEditing": true,
"itemCounts": {
"folders": 0,
"documents": 1
}
},
"items": [
{
"nodeRef": "workspace://SpacesStore/65b9b52b-3418-4a85-98b0-d4770cf9399d",
"nodeType": "cm:content",
"type": "document",
"mimetype": "application/pdf",
"isFolder": false,
"isLink": false,
"fileName": "BO (2016-1464237424392).pdf",
"displayName": "BO (2016-1464237424392).pdf",
"status": "",
"title": "þÿ",
"description": "test description",
"author": "",
"createdOn": "2016-05-26T00:37:04.350-04:00",
"createdBy": "Administrator",
"createdByUser": "admin",
"modifiedOn": "2016-05-31T15:50:21.269-04:00",
"modifiedBy": "Administrator",
"modifiedByUser": "admin",
"lastThumbnailModification": "doclib:1464237426243",
"lockedBy": "",
"lockedByUser": "",
"size": "156702",
"version": "1.0",
"contentUrl": "api/node/content/workspace/SpacesStore/65b9b52b-3418-4a85-98b0-d4770cf9399d/BO%20(2016-1464237424392).pdf",
"webdavUrl": "/webdav/Sites/rm/documentLibrary/TestCat1/TestFolder2/BO%20(2016-1464237424392).pdf",
"actionSet": "document",
"tags": [],
"activeWorkflows": "",
"isFavourite": false,
"likes": {
"isLiked": false,
"totalLikes": 0
},
"location": {
"repositoryId": "3b9d4f67-dc84-4531-b8b2-4dbcef15e25a",
"site": "rm",
"siteTitle": "Records Management",
"container": "documentLibrary",
"path": "/TestCat1/TestFolder2",
"file": "BO (2016-1464237424392).pdf",
"parent": {
"nodeRef": "workspace://SpacesStore/5d40660e-64d9-4bc4-a75e-ae4ae8b2201a"
}
},
"permissions": {
"inherited": true,
"roles": [
"ALLOWED;ROLE_EXTENDED_READER;ReadRecords;INHERITED",
"ALLOWED;GROUP_Administrator7d1349bb-5289-4709-9055-c75c03ab5481;Filing;INHERITED",
"ALLOWED;ROLE_EXTENDED_WRITER;Filing;INHERITED"
],
"userAccess": {
"create": true,
"edit": true,
"delete": true,
"cancel-checkout": false,
"permissions": true
}
},
"custom": {},
"actionLabels": {}
}
]
}
Using PostMan chrome app to test rest api. TIA.
Another way to do this: I found it in Alfresco forums :
/alfresco/service/api/metadata?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/a2a6c249- c55d-4d29-8692-3e9cb1f811a8 [GET service]

Answer 1

This should do it. Example request.
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/slingshot/doclib2/node/workspace/SpacesStore/f558838b-24fa-4ea3-bb2a-602c7b4cec41
Give it a shot, it will return everything you need, not only metadata but for example aspects too.

Answer 2

If the response you are getting is overwhelming for anyone like me, in the accepted (great) answer/solution given by Lista, here is a simpler way:
HTTP GET:
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/nodes/dc2d0a1b-a78d-47a9-aaab-31df0f09e8fb
Need some more details? Try this:
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/nodes/dc2d0a1b-a78d-47a9-aaab-31df0f09e8fb?include=association,path,permissions
You will get a response similar to this:
{"entry":{"isFile":true,"createdByUser":{"id":"admin","displayName":"Administrator"},"modifiedAt":"2020-12-16T00:01:56.615+0000","nodeType":"cm:content","content":{"mimeType":"application/pdf","mimeTypeName":"Adobe PDF Document","sizeInBytes":8037,"encoding":"UTF-8"},"parentId":"c250f9c5-d3f9-4c9e-83c6-2d239f8c2237","aspectNames":["cm:versionable","cm:titled","cm:auditable","cm:taggable","cm:author"],"createdAt":"2020-12-13T16:48:27.600+0000","isFolder":false,"modifiedByUser":{"id":"admin","displayName":"Administrator"},"name":"fileName","id":"dc2d0a1b-a78d-47a9-aaab-31df0f09e8fb","properties":{"cm:title":"titletest","cm:versionType":"MAJOR","cm:versionLabel":"1.0","cm:description":"descriptiontest"}}}
And with include options the response will look similar to this -
{"entry":{"isFile":true,"createdByUser":{"id":"admin","displayName":"Administrator"},"modifiedAt":"2020-12-16T00:01:56.615+0000","association":{"isPrimary":true,"assocType":"cm:contains"},"nodeType":"cm:content","content":{"mimeType":"application/pdf","mimeTypeName":"Adobe PDF Document","sizeInBytes":8037,"encoding":"UTF-8"},"parentId":"c250f9c5-d3f9-4c9e-83c6-2d239f8c2237","aspectNames":["cm:versionable","cm:titled","cm:auditable","cm:taggable","cm:author"],"createdAt":"2020-12-13T16:48:27.600+0000","path":{"name":"/Company Home/Sites/site1/documentLibrary/Employee/Test","isComplete":true,"elements":[{"id":"3ac0f350-a3e0-4da4-8dfa-c8e74553b024","name":"Company Home","nodeType":"cm:folder","aspectNames":["cm:titled","cm:auditable","app:uifacets"]},{"id":"15d878c2-e880-4a3f-ac00-60596ba2dcd1","name":"Sites","nodeType":"st:sites","aspectNames":["cm:titled","cm:auditable","app:uifacets"]},{"id":"46c2a6b1-2839-4b25-ac5d-c7dd874aea1e","name":"site1","nodeType":"st:site","aspectNames":["cm:tagscope","cm:titled","cm:auditable"]},{"id":"e8bc3bfe-7b41-416e-aa6a-9ee1b4fc9779","name":"documentLibrary","nodeType":"cm:folder","aspectNames":["cm:tagscope","st:siteContainer","cm:ownable","cm:titled","cm:auditable"]},{"id":"d5027ba7-874c-4996-bcde-923c68ec4c5b","name":"Employee","nodeType":"cm:folder","aspectNames":["cm:titled","cm:auditable"]},{"id":"c250f9c5-d3f9-4c9e-83c6-2d239f8c2237","name":"Test","nodeType":"cm:folder","aspectNames":["cm:titled","cm:auditable"]}]},"isFolder":false,"permissions":{"inherited":[{"authorityId":"GROUP_EVERYONE","name":"SiteConsumer","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"},{"authorityId":"GROUP_EVERYONE","name":"ReadPermissions","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"},{"authorityId":"GROUP_site_site1_SiteConsumer","name":"SiteConsumer","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"},{"authorityId":"GROUP_site_site1_SiteManager","name":"SiteManager","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"},{"authorityId":"GROUP_site_site1_SiteCollaborator","name":"SiteCollaborator","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"},{"authorityId":"GROUP_site_site1_SiteContributor","name":"SiteContributor","accessStatus":"ALLOWED"}],"settable":["Contributor","Collaborator","Coordinator","Editor","Consumer"],"isInheritanceEnabled":true},"modifiedByUser":{"id":"admin","displayName":"Administrator"},"name":"fileName","id":"dc2d0a1b-a78d-47a9-aaab-31df0f09e8fb","properties":{"cm:title":"titletest","cm:versionType":"MAJOR","cm:versionLabel":"1.0","cm:description":"descriptiontest"}}}
Disclaimer: I am using Alfresco 6.2 Community Edition. But as per documentation (public rest-api link) it says:
Note: this endpoint is available in Alfresco 5.2 and newer versions.