AEM CURL commands :

useful links :

CURL it out - Adobe CQ5 Curl Commands and Usage

List of common AEM cURL commands

Common Curl’s

Clear Audit

curl -u admin:admin -F":operation=delete" http://localhost:4502/var/audit/com.day.cq.replication
curl -u admin:admin -F":operation=delete" http://localhost:4502/var/audit/com.day.cq.wcm.core.page

Upload DAM Image via WebDav

curl -u admin:admin -X PUT -T /Users/maxbarrass/Desktop/GearBumper.jpg http://localhost:4502/crx/repository/crx.default/content/dam/sitesmart/GearBumper1.jpg
curl -u admin:admin -X POST -T /Users/maxbarrass/Desktop/GearBumper.jpg http://localhost:4502/crx/repository/crx.default/content/dam/sitesmart/GearBumper2.jpg

Update DAM ASSET

curl -u admin:admin -Fdc:title="some title" -Fdc:description="some content" http://localhost:4502/content/dam/import/documents/2001/02/13/00003709-source.pdf/jcr%3Acontent/metadata

Encrypt a String

curl -u admin:admin --header "Referer:http://localhost:4502" -F"datum=password" http://localhost:4502/system/console/crypto/.json

Disabled Dam Workflow

curl -u admin:admin -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:4502/libs/cq/workflow/launcher' --data '_charset_=utf-8&edit=%2Fetc%2Fworkflow%2Flauncher%2Fconfig%2Fupdate_asset_create&%3Astatus=browser&eventType=1&nodetype=nt%3Afile&glob=%2Fcontent%2Fdam(%2F.*%2F)renditions%2Foriginal&condition=&workflow=%2Fetc%2Fworkflow%2Fmodels%2Fdam%2Fupdate_asset%2Fjcr%3Acontent%2Fmodel&description=&enabled=false&excludeList=&runModes=author'

Enable Dam workflow

curl -u admin:admin -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:4502/libs/cq/workflow/launcher' --data '_charset_=utf-8&edit=%2Fetc%2Fworkflow%2Flauncher%2Fconfig%2Fupdate_asset_create&%3Astatus=browser&eventType=1&nodetype=nt%3Afile&glob=%2Fcontent%2Fdam(%2F.*%2F)renditions%2Foriginal&condition=&workflow=%2Fetc%2Fworkflow%2Fmodels%2Fdam%2Fupdate_asset%2Fjcr%3Acontent%2Fmodel&description=&enabled=true&excludeList=&runModes=author'

Content Management

Create a folder in /apps called myFolder:

curl -u admin:admin -Fjcr:primaryType=sling:Folder http://localhost:4502/content/dam/myFolder

Copy the folder /content/dam/geometrixx/icons/ (and its contents) to /content/dam/myFolder

curl -u admin:admin -F:operation=copy -F:dest=/content/dam/myFolder/ http://localhost:4502/content/dam/geometrixx/icons/

Update Title Attribute

curl -u admin:admin -Fjcr:title="Test" http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx-outdoors/en/jcr%3Acontent | grep 'id="Message"' | sed 's/.*<div id="Message">\([^<]*\)<.*/\1/'

Move Content

curl -u admin:admin \
--header "Referer:http://localhost:4502/" \
-F":diff=>/apps/test1/test2 : /apps/test2/test2" \
http://localhost:4502/crx/server/crx.default/jcr%3aroot

Activate Page

curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F path="/content/path/to/page" -F cmd="activate" http://localhost:4502/bin/replicate.json

Deactivate Page

curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F path="/content/path/to/page" -F cmd="deactivate" http://localhost:4502/bin/replicate.json

Tree Activation

curl -u admin:admin -F cmd=activate -F ignoredeactivated=true -F onlymodified=true \
    -F path=/content/geometrixx http://localhost:4502/etc/replication/treeactivation.html

Lock page

curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F cmd="lockPage" -F path="/content/path/to/page" -F "_charset_"="utf-8" \
http://localhost:4502/bin/wcmcommand

Unlock page

curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F cmd="unlockPage" -F path="/content/path/to/page" -F "_charset_"="utf-8" \
http://localhost:4502/bin/wcmcommand

Copy page

curl -u admin:admin -F:operation=copy -F:dest=/path/to/destination http://localhost:4502/path/to/source

Bundle Management

Uninstall a bundle (use http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles to access the Apache Felix web console)

curl -u admin:admin -daction=uninstall http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/name-of-bundle

Install a bundle

curl -u admin:admin -F action=install -F bundlestartlevel=20 -F bundlefile=@name-of-jar.jar http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles

Build a bundle

curl -u admin:admin -F"bundleHome=/apps/centrica/bundles/name of bundle" \
-F descriptor=/apps/centrica/bundles/com.centrica.cq.wcm.core-bundle/name_of_bundle.bnd \
http://localhost:4502/libs/crxde/build

Stop a bundle

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/org.apache.sling.scripting.jsp \
-F action=stop

Start a bundle

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/org.apache.sling.scripting.jsp \
-F action=start

Delete a node (hierarchy) — (this will delete any directory / node / site)

curl -u admin:admin -X DELETE http://localhost:4502/path/to/node/jcr:content/nodeName

Get Bundle Config

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles/org.apache.jackrabbit.oak-core.json

Package Management

List Commands

curl -u admin:admin  http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp?cmd=help

Check If Package Exist

curl -u admin:admin -s -I -w %{http_code} http://localhost:4502/etc/packages/package/group/path/name_of_package.zip

List Packages

#XML
curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp?cmd=ls
#JSON
curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/list.jsp

Upload a package AND install

curl -u admin:admin -F file=@"name of zip file" -F name="name of package" \
    -F force=true -F install=true http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp

Upload a package DO NOT install

curl -u admin:admin -F file=@"name of zip file" -F name="name of package" \
    -F force=true -F install=false http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp

Rebuild an existing package in CQ

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/name_of_package.zip?cmd=build

Download (the package)

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/etc/packages/export/name_of_package.zip > name_of_package.zip

Upload a new package

curl -u admin:admin -F package=@"name_of_package.zip" http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/?cmd=upload

Install an existing package

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/.json/etc/packages/export/name-of-package?cmd=install

Delete Package

curl -u admin:admin -X POST -F cmd=delete http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service/script.html/etc/packages/package-group/package-name.zip

JCR Node Management:

Delete a node (hierarchy) — (this will delete any directory / node / site)

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4502/path/to/node/jcr:content/nodeName -u admin:admin

Create or add a JCR node:

curl -u admin:admin -F"_charset_=utf-8" -F":nameHint=node" -F"jcr:primaryType=nt:unstructured" -F"sling:resourceType=project-A/components/abc-definition" -F"nodeReferenceName=ref-name1" -F"jcr:createdBy=bala" -F"jcr:lastModifiedBy=bala"http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx/en_GB/products/jcr:content/abc/

Create or add a JCR node along with some properties:

curl -u admin:admin -F"_charset_=utf-8" -F":nameHint=var" -F"jcr:primaryType=nt:unstructured" -F"key=key1" -F"value=key1-value"http://localhost:4502/content/geometrixx/en_GB/products/jcr:content/abc/variables/

CQ Replication Commands:

Tree Activation

curl -u admin:admin -F cmd=activate -F ignoredeactivated=true -F onlymodified=true -F path=/content/geometrixxhttp://localhost:4502/etc/replication/treeactivation.html

Clear Queue Jobs

AEM_SCHEME=http; \
AEM_HOST=localhost; \
AEM_PORT=4502; \
AEM_LOGIN=admin:admin; \
CURL=$(which curl); \
REFERER="${AEM_SCHEME}://${AEM_HOST}:${AEM_PORT}"; \
TOKEN_SERVICE="/libs/granite/csrf/token.json"; \
SERVICE_URL="/etc/replication/agents.author/publish/jcr:content.queue.json"; \
SERVICE_CONTENT="cmd=clear&agent=publish"; \
AEM_TOKEN=$( ${CURL} -v -s -H User-Agent:curl -H Referer:${REFERER} -u "${AEM_LOGIN}" ${REFERER}${TOKEN_SERVICE} | sed -e 's/[{"token":}]/''/g' ); \
echo AEM_TOKEN=$AEM_TOKEN; \
AEM_COMMAND=$( ${CURL} -v -H User-Agent:curl -H Referer:${REFERER} -u "${AEM_LOGIN}" -H "CSRF-Token:${AEM_TOKEN}" --data ${SERVICE_CONTENT} -X POST ${REFERER}${SERVICE_URL} ); \
echo AEM_COMMAND=$AEM_COMMAND

User & Group Administration

Get User Info:

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/balakondepudi.json

Create User:

curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser= -FauthorizableId=testuser -Frep:password=abc123 http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables

Create Group:

curl -u admin:admin -FcreateGroup= -FauthorizableId=testGroup1 http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables

Create user with Profile:

curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser=testuser -FauthorizableId=testuser -Frep:password=abc123 -Fprofile/gender=male http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables

Set a Profile Property on an Existing User:

curl -u admin:admin -Fprofile/age=29 http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser1.rw.html

Create a User as a Member of a Group:

curl -u admin:admin -FcreateUser=testuser -FauthorizableId=testuser -Frep:password=abc123 -Fmembership=contributor http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/security/post/authorizables

Add a User to a Group:

curl -u admin:admin -FaddMembers=testuser1 http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup.rw.html

Add multiple Users to a Group:

curl -u admin:admin -FaddMembers=testuser1 -FaddMembers=testuser2 http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup.rw.html

Remove a User from a Group:

curl -u admin:admin -FremoveMembers=testuser1 http://localhost:4502/home/groups/t/testGroup.rw.html

Set a User’s Group Memberships:

curl -u admin:admin -Fmembership=contributor -Fmembership=testgroup http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser.rw.html

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

Change a user password:

curl -u testuser:OLD_PWD -F rep:password="NEW_PWD" http://localhost:4502/home/users/t/testuser.rw.html
curl -u admin:admin -F rep:password="test" http://localhost:4502/home/users/a/alister@geometrixx.com

Group Permissions

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/.cqactions.tidy.json?_dc=1403662520751&anode=%2Fhome%2Fgroups%2Fa%2Fadministrators&path=%2Fhome%2Fgroups%2Fa%2Fadministrators&predicate=useradmin&depth=1&authorizableId=admin

Get User Info

curl -s -u admin:admin -X GET "http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=/home/users&1_property=rep:authorizableId&1_property.value=admin&p.limit=-1"

Get User Path

curl -s -u admin:admin -X GET "http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=/home/users&1_property=rep:authorizableId&1_property.value=admin&p.limit=-1" | sed -e 's/^.*"path":"\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/'

Backup Commands:

Online Backup:

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite:type=Repository/op/startBackup/java.lang.String?target=<PATH-TO-BACKUP>/12-feb-2013.zip

Online backup with delay in milli seconds:

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite:type=Repository/a/BackupDelay?value=<TIME-IN-MILISECOND&gt;
curl -u admin:admin --data "delay=TIME-IN-MILISECONDS&force=false&target=01-dec-2012.zip" http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/backup/content/admin/backups/

How to stop a running online backup:

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/backup/content/admin/backups.cancel.html

Link to track online progress:

http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/backup/content/admin.html

To Cancel the backup

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/backup/content/admin/backups.cancel.html

Datastore GC:

Start 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

Start Datastore Garbage Collection Delayed:

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data "delete=true&delay=2" \
http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite%3Atype%3DRepository/op/runDataStoreGarbageCollection/java.lang.Boolean

Tar Optimization:

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite:type=Repository/op/startTarOptimization/

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

BINARY GARBAGE COLLECTION

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data 'markOnly=false' \
'http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/org.apache.jackrabbit.oak%3Aid%3D14%2Cname%3D%22repository+manager%22%2Ctype%3D%22RepositoryManagement%22/op/startDataStoreGC/boolean'

GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR A SHARED DATA STORE

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data 'markOnly=true' \
    'http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/org.apache.jackrabbit.oak%3Aid%3D14%2Cname%3D%22repository+manager%22%2Ctype%3D%22RepositoryManagement%22/op/startDataStoreGC/boolean'

CURL Command to Run AEM 6 TarMK Consistency Check

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data "workspace=crx.default&path=%2F&traversal=on&fixinconsistencies=on&log=off&datastoreconsistency=on" http://localhost:4502/system/console/repositorycheck

LDAP CURL

List Orphaned Users

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap:host=<ldaphost>,port=<ldapport>,type=Tools/op/listOrphanedUsers/

Sync All Users

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap:host=<ldaphost>,port=<ldapport>,type=Tools/op/syncAllUsers/

Sync User

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data "user=<cn=user001,ou=users,dc=day,dc=com> http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap:host=<ldaphost>,port=<ldapport>,type=Tools/op/syncUser/java.lang.String"

Sync User List Ex:- To sync 2 users user007 & user008 on my localhost

curl -u admin:admin -X POST --data userlist=%5B%22cn%3Duser007%2Cou%3Dusers%2Cdc%3Dday%2Cdc%3Dcom%22%2C%22cn%3Duser008%2Cou%3Dusers%2Cdc%3Dday%2Cdc%3Dcom%22%5D http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap%3Ahost%3Dlocalhost%2Cport%3D389%2Ctype%3DTools/op/syncUserList/%5BLjava.lang.String%3B

Purge Users

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap:host=<ldaphost>,port=<ldapport>,type=Tools/op/purgeUsers/

Sync Users

curl -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx/com.adobe.granite.ldap:host=<ldaphost>,port=<ldapport>,type=Tools/op/syncUsers/

Query Builder

Find “all” page references for a given image/asset in a jcr path. The below command will return in JSON format:

curl -s -u admin:admin -X GET \
http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=/content/my-site&1_property=fileReference&1_property.value=/content/dam/my-site/image.jpg&p.limit=-1

*Note: -1 in the p.limit will return all page references else prints only 10.

You can also specify the required number of page references; something like below which will return only 20 page references:

curl -s -u admin:admin -X GEThttp://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=/content/my-site&1_property=fileReference&1_property.value=/content/dam/my-site/image.jpg&p.limit=20

To find all pending Jobs

curl -s -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?&path=/var/eventing/jobs&type=slingevent:Job&p.limit=-1&fulltext=/com/day/cq/replication/job&fulltext.relPath=@slingevent:topic&property.and=true&property=slingevent:finished&property.operation=not&orderby=slingevent:created&orderby.sort=asc”

To find all Blocking Jobs

curl -s -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?path=/var/eventing/jobs/anon&type=slingevent:Job&rangeproperty.property=event.job.retrycount&rangeproperty.lowerBound=1″

Clear JSP Cache

curl -s -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/slingjsp

System Console

download logs without viewing them in console

curl -s -u admin:admin -X POST http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-slinglogs/configuration-status.zip

Restart AEM

curl -u admin:admin -d "shutdown_type=Restart" http://localhost:4502/system/console/vmstat

Enable CRX/De / WebDav

enable wedav

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -F "jcr:primaryType=sling:OsgiConfig" -F "alias=/crx/server" -F "dav.create-absolute-uri=true" -F "dav.create-absolute-uri@TypeHint=Boolean" -F"../../jcr:primaryType=sling:Folder" -F"../jcr:primaryType=sling:Folder" http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.jcr.davex.impl.servlets.SlingDavExServlet

or

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -F "jcr:primaryType=sling:OsgiConfig" -F "alias=/crx/server" -F "dav.create-absolute-uri=true" -F "dav.create-absolute-uri@TypeHint=Boolean" -F"../../jcr:primaryType=sling:Folder" -F"../jcr:primaryType=sling:Folder" http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.jcr.webdav.impl.servlets.SimpleWebDavServlet

disable wedav

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.jcr.davex.impl.servlets.SlingDavExServlet

or

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.jcr.webdav.impl.servlets.SimpleWebDavServlet

Enable Query Debug Log

create Query Debug log file

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -F "jcr:primaryType=sling:OsgiConfig" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.names@TypeHint=String[]" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.names=com.day.cq.search" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.names=org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.names=org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.file=logs/query.log" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.level=info" -F "org.apache.sling.commons.log.additiv=false" http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.commons.log.LogManager.factory.config-query.config

remove Query Debug log file

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -F":operation=delete" http://localhost:4502/apps/system/config/org.apache.sling.commons.log.LogManager.factory.config-query.config

count Session Statistics on your instance

curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/jmx | grep -o SessionStat | wc -l

count Admin Session Statistics on your instance

curl -u admin:admin http://192.168.27.2:4502/system/console/jmx | grep -o ""admin@session" | wc -l

Start workflow

curl -u admin:admin -H User-Agent:curl -F "payload=/content/aemdesign-showcase/en/component/lists/page-list" -F "payloadType=JCR_PAT