Scripts

You can interact with the script service over REST, as shown in the following table:

URI HTTP Operation Description

URI	HTTP Operation	Description
/openidm/script?_action=compile	POST	Compiles a script, to validate that it can be executed. Note that this action compiles a script, but does not execute it. A successful compilation returns `true`. An unsuccessful compilation returns the reason for the failure.
/openidm/script?_action=eval	POST	Executes a script and returns the result, if any.

/openidm/script?_action=compile

POST

Compiles a script, to validate that it can be executed. Note that this action compiles a script, but does not execute it. A successful compilation returns true. An unsuccessful compilation returns the reason for the failure.

/openidm/script?_action=eval

POST

Executes a script and returns the result, if any.

Example script compile

The following example compiles, but does not execute, the script provided in the JSON payload:

curl \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Username: openidm-admin" \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Password: openidm-admin" \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.0" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data '{
  "type": "text/javascript",
  "source": "source.mail ? source.mail.toLowerCase() : null"
}' \
"http://localhost:8080/openidm/script?_action=compile"
True

Example script eval from file

The following example executes the script referenced in the file parameter, with the provided input:

curl \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Username: openidm-admin" \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Password: openidm-admin" \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.0" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data '{
  "type": "text/javascript",
  "file": "script/autoPurgeAuditRecon.js",
  "globals": {
    "input": {
      "mappings": ["%"],
      "purgeType": "purgeByNumOfRecordsToKeep",
      "numOfRecons": 1
    }
  }
}' \
"http://localhost:8080/openidm/script?_action=eval"
"Must choose to either purge by expired or number of recons to keep"

Example script eval Base64 encode/decode

The following examples evaluate the atob (Base64-decode) and btoa (Base64-encode) global script bindings:

atob
btoa

Request

curl \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Username: openidm-admin" \
--header "X-OpenIDM-Password: openidm-admin" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data '{
  "type": "text/javascript",
  "source": "atob(\"SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh\");"
}' \
"http://localhost:8080/openidm/script?_action=eval"

Response

"Hello World!"