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Title: Node Service
Added: v2.0.0
Status: Active
Last reviewed: 2018-11-20
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# [Node Service](../../../lib/core/form/services/node.service.ts "Defined in node.service.ts") **Deprecated**

use [Nodes Api service](./nodes-api.service.md) instead of this.

Gets Alfresco Repository node metadata and creates nodes with metadata.

## Class members

### Methods

-   **createNode**(name: `string`, nodeType: `string`, properties: `any`, path: `string`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`>`<br/>
    (**Deprecated:** in 3.8.0, use `createNodeInsideRoot` method from NodesApiService instead. Create a new Node from form metadata) 
    -   _name:_ `string`  - Node name
    -   _nodeType:_ `string`  - Node type
    -   _properties:_ `any`  - Node body properties
    -   _path:_ `string`  - Path to the node
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`>` - The created node
-   **createNodeMetadata**(nodeType: `string`, nameSpace: `any`, data: `any`, path: `string`, name?: `string`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`>`<br/>
    (**Deprecated:** in 3.8.0, use NodesApiService instead. Create a new Node from form metadata.) 
    -   _nodeType:_ `string`  - Node type
    -   _nameSpace:_ `any`  - Namespace for properties
    -   _data:_ `any`  - [Property](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/content-metadata/interfaces/property.interface.ts) data to store in the node under namespace
    -   _path:_ `string`  - Path to the node
    -   _name:_ `string`  - (Optional) Node name
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`>` - The created node
-   **getNodeMetadata**(nodeId: `string`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeMetadata`](../../../lib/core/models/node-metadata.model.ts)`>`<br/>
    (**Deprecated:** in 3.8.0, use NodesApiService instead. Get the metadata and the nodeType for a nodeId cleaned by the prefix.) 
    -   _nodeId:_ `string`  - ID of the target node
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`NodeMetadata`](../../../lib/core/models/node-metadata.model.ts)`>` - Node metadata

## Details

Note that this service cannot be used to create nodes with content.

The `path` parameter to `createNode` and `createNodeMetadata` specifies an intermediate
path of folders to create between the root and the target node.

### Importing

```ts
import { NodeService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';

export class SomePageComponent implements OnInit {

  constructor(private nodeService: NodeService) {
  }
```

## See also

-   [Nodes api service](nodes-api.service.md)
-   [Deleted nodes api service](deleted-nodes-api.service.md)