AEM Test Automation - Create Pages via HTTP Requests

If you are already familiar with AEM, feel free to skip this part. If not, you should understand what this AEM is and why it is difficult to test it.

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1. AEM-author

   
   
   
   
   

2. Sites

   
   
   
   
   

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4. Create

   
   
   
   
   

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8. Create

   
   
   
   
   

`${aem-author-URL}/libs/wcm/core/content/sites/createpagewizard/_jcr_content



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key takeaways: `${aem-author-URL}/libs/wcm/core/content/sites/createpagewizard/_jcr_content



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template



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1. AEM author

   
   
   
   
   

2. Edit

   
   
   
   
   

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`${aem-author-URL}/content/${page-path}/jcr:content/par/${some-url-part}/par/



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• parentResourceType
  
  
  
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5. Done

   
   
   
   
   

`${aem-author-URL}/content/${page-path}/_jcr_content/par/${component-name}



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• ./sling:resourceType
  
  
  
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• :cq_csrf_token
  
  
  
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4.

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2. Network dev-tools

   
   
   
   
   

3. Quick Publish -> Publish

   
   
   
   
   

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4.1.1.

reference.json… — `${aem-author-URL}/libs/wcm/core/content/reference.json?${url-params}



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4.1.2.

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3. Network dev-tools

   
   
   
   
   

4. Delete-> Delete

   
   
   
   
   

`${aem-author-URL}/bin/wcmcommand



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• cmd
  
  
  
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• checkChildren: true
  
  
  
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