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Accessing Content as a Service pages

To access your Content as a Service (CaaS) pages, you can write links to your content that specifies the CaaS page as target.

When you construct the URLs for your links to web content, you can use the urile URL parameter to identify the content item. To access the content item by using the CaaS page, use one of the following methods:

  • Include the friendly name of the CaaS page in the URL and add the current=true parameter to the URL. For example:

    http://hostname/context\_root/virtual\_portal\_context/caas?current=true&urile=wcm:path:library/site\_area\_path/content&mime-type=mime\_type&pagedesign=library/folder/presentation\_template

  • Specify the unique name of the CaaS page (ibm.portal.caas.page) in the URL by using the page URL parameter. For example:

    http://hostname/context\_root\_poc/virtual\_portal\_context?page=ibm.portal.caas.page&urile=wcm:path:library/site\_area\_path/content&mime-type=mime\_type&pagedesign=library/folder/presentation\_template

Example URLs

To render the Item1 content item stored in the SiteArea1 site area of Library1 with a Presentation1 JSON presentation template from Library2 applied to it, refer to the following examples:

  • Addressing the CaaS page from a virtual portal using the page friendly name:

    http://example.com/wps/myportal/vp1/caas?current=true&urile=wcm:path:Library1/SiteArea1/Item1&mime-type=application/json&pagedesign=Library2/Presentation1

  • Addressing the CaaS page from a virtual portal using the page parameter:

    http://example.com/mypoc/vp1?page=ibm.portal.caas.page&urile=wcm:path:Library1/SiteArea1/Item1&mime-type=application/json&pagedesign=Library2/Presentation1

To render the content item found in Web Content/News/News1, you can use a URL such as the following:

http://example.com/wps/mypoc?urile=wcm:path:/Web+Content/News/News1&page=ibm.portal.caas.page

If a JSON presentation component is associated to a content item, you can request its JSON representation using a URL such as the following:

http://example.com/wps/mypoc?urile=wcm:path:/Web+Content/News/News1&page=ibm.portal.caas.page&mime-type=application/json

HCLSoftware U learning materials

To learn more details on how to develop with HCL Digital Experience (DX) Web Content, go to the Web Content Development lesson in the HCL Digital Experience for Developers (Intermediate) course. You can try it out using the Web Content Development Lab and corresponding Web Content Development Lab Resources.

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