Assets HTTP API - Delete All Assets from Folder

Context

This application is used to delete all assets out of a single folder, while ignoring any folders

Algorithm

1. Retrieve list of all items in the folder
2. Loop through all items, ignoring folders
3. Delete each one, one at a time

Application

The application is a single module maven Java standalone application.

Compilation

1. Checkout code and go to the root folder
2. Execute mvn clean package
3. All code should be compiled

Source Files

The application uses two source files:

• Server configuration which has information about the server.
• Folder configuration which has information about the folder to delete assets from

Server Configuration

Example:

<XML goes here>

• Field1: [required] Field 1 description

Folder Configuration

<XML goes here>

• Field1: [required] Field 1 description

Delete assets in folder application

Use the AEM HTTP Assets API to delete all assets within a single folder.

Usage

usage: java -jar delete-all-assets-from-single-folder-1.0.jar
-s <arg>   file path for server configuration.
-f <arg>   file path for folder configuration.

Example

mvn clean package
cd delete-all-assets-from-single-folder/target/
java -jar delete-all-assets-from-single-folder-1.0.jar -s server.xml -f folder.xml

Logs

The logs will be stored on ./logs from where the jar was launched.