This article explains how to use IBM WebSphere® Portal 6.1.5 Application Infrastructure (AI) Representational State Transfer (REST) services to access information about the members of IBM Lotus® Quickr® 8.5.0 places. We also explain how to use the REST services and Dojo to build a simple widget that displays details of members of the place.
- Introduction
- Overview of AI REST feeds
- Overview of the Place Member Viewer widget
- Retrieving Member details
- Retrieving Members feed using Dojo's xhrGet
- Parsing the ATOM document
- Sample widget code
- Conclusion
- Resources
- About the authors
| Description | Name | Size | Download method |
|---|---|---|---|
| White paper in PDF format | QuickrMemberViewerFinal.pdf | 209 KB | HTTP |
| Sample application in EAR format | viewmembers.ear | 7 KB | HTTP |
Information about download methods Get Adobe® Reader®
- Participate in the discussion forum.
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WebSphere Portal 6.1.5 Information Center.
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Dojo Toolkit.
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developerWorks article, "Introducing IBM Lotus Quickr REST services."
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developerWorks article, "REST, Web Services, REST-ful services."
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IBM Tutorial: Creating a REST Widget with IBM Lotus Widget Factory
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Lotus Quickr wiki article, REST services for documents."
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ATOM Syndication Format introduction.
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JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) introduction.
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Discussion Forum on Quickr J Templates Community: View Members with WebSphere Portal AI REST API.

Jim Antill is a Software Developer working on social and team collaboration software. Jim contributed to the Lotus Quickr 8.5 release, mainly working on the Member Management aspects of the product. You can reach him at ANTILLJI@ie.ibm.com.





