What It Solves
Built for practical Alfresco exports.
This project is useful when you need a repeatable way to export documents from Alfresco without manually navigating the UI or rewriting the same one-off script every time.
Use Cases
- Local backups of Alfresco folder trees
- Migration preparation and archive extraction
- Repeatable exports for operations teams
- Document handoff as ZIP packages
Search Signal
Focused metadata
Title, description, canonical link, JSON-LD, robots, and sitemap.
Repository Signal
Sharper positioning
Topics, homepage, badges, and a README designed around real search terms.
Trust Signal
Validation workflow
GitHub Actions now checks the script and core docs on every push.
Features
Recursive traversal
Walks the Alfresco tree and recreates the same hierarchy locally.
Retry logic
Retries transient HTTP and download failures automatically.
Safer file names
Sanitizes invalid Windows file names before writing to disk.
ZIP output
Creates a clean archive at the end of the export when requested.
Skip existing mode
Supports repeatable runs without redownloading everything.
Readable output
Shows colorized logs, sections, and a final run summary.
Quick Start
Run the export in a few lines.
$credential = Get-Credential
.\Export-AlfrescoFolderTree.ps1 `
-AlfrescoUrl "https://alfresco-site.example" `
-RootNodeId "workspace://SpacesStore/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" `
-DestinationPath "C:\Temp\AlfrescoExport" `
-Credential $credential `
-ZipFilePath "C:\Temp\AlfrescoExport.zip"Repository
Optimized for discoverability.
The repository includes a focused README, repository topics, a clear description, and this GitHub Pages site with search-friendly page metadata.