File Manager Xambox Connector

Last modified by Thomas Mortagne on 2025/06/04 08:16

cogExtension to the File Manager Application allowing to connect to the Xambox Anywhere service (http://www.xambox.com). It allows to import files from the Xambox Service into the File Manager application and link File Manager entries to other wiki pages usi
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Ludovic Dubost

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Installable with the Extension Manager

Description

It allows to import files from the Xambox Service into the File Manager application and link File Manager entries to other wiki pages using the File Manager Macro.

The Xambox Anywhere service is a service allowing to retrieve scanned documents as well as bills from online services automatically. 

Here is a description of the Xambox service:
xambox-anywhere.png

You can use a wifi scanner to scan documents and get them directly to your Xambox Anywhere service:
xambox-scanner.jpg

You can also automatically retrieve online bills from the online services.

Here is how the files are displayed on the Xambox Cloud Service:
xambox-anywhere-demo.png

A prerequisite is to have a Xambox Account as well as receive an OAUTH key and secret from Xamance (the editor of the Xambox service). Please contact Xambox support for such a key.

The keys and accounts are configured in the admin area, in the Xambox section:
xambox-config.png

Once the keys are configured you can access the Xambox Sync feature in the File Manager homepage:
xambox-filemanager.png

From the sync screen you can search for files on the Xambox Cloud. You can change the title of the file (this is important to have proper naming in the wiki) as well as select a Wiki page to link the imported file to:
xambox-import.png

After import you will see the following:
xambox-import-result.png

You can navigate to the imported file in the File Manager:
xambox-filemanager-page.png

Or to the page having the link. The link uses the FileManager Macro allowing to display a file manager entry in any wiki page:
xambox-link.png

Prerequisites & Installation Instructions

This application installs with Extension Manager, as it has many dependencies.

A prerequisite is to have a Xambox Account as well as receive an OAUTH key and secret from Xamance (the editor of the Xambox service). Please contact Xambox support for such a key.

Release Notes

v1.1

  • Fix bug when only SOLR is available as a search engine
  • Change default search to type:document (because of Xambox bug)
  • Removed folders retrieval which was incorrect
  • Added logging

Dependencies

Dependencies for this extension (org.xwiki.contrib:application-xambox 1.1):

  • org.xwiki.contrib:application-xambox-api 1.1
  • org.xwiki.contrib:application-filemanager 1.1

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