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Migrate off the OCA.Viewer global before Nextcloud 36

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Description

Recommendations opens a recommended file in the viewer:

  • src/components/RecommendedFile.vue:135: window.OCA.Viewer.mimetypes.indexOf(props.mimeType) !== -1
  • src/components/RecommendedFile.vue:136: window.OCA.Viewer.open({ path: path.value })

The mime test becomes canView(node), which asks the registered handlers rather than a
flattened mime list. open() takes @nextcloud/files nodes rather than a path, so either build
the node or hand openFolder(folder, file) a folder and let it fetch.


OCA.Viewer is gone in Viewer 7.0.0. The viewer ships as the
@nextcloud/viewer library rather than a
bundled app, and nextcloud/server#63954 removes the viewer app from Nextcloud 36 altogether.

Roughly what it looks like:

import { canView, getViewer } from '@nextcloud/viewer'

// OCA.Viewer.open({ path }) / ({ fileInfo, list })
getViewer().open(nodes, file)          // @nextcloud/files nodes
getViewer().openFolder(folder, file)   // when a path is all you have, let it fetch

// OCA.Viewer.mimetypes.includes(mime) / availableHandlers
canView(node)

The part that is not a rename is that the viewer takes @nextcloud/files nodes now, not
fileinfo objects or path strings. Importing the package is also all it takes to get the viewer
onto the page: no LoadViewer event to dispatch, and nothing to check about whether the app is
enabled.

[!IMPORTANT]
There is no compatibility shim, which was a deliberate call, so this is a real port rather
than a rename. Nothing breaks until the server PR lands; after that these calls throw on
Nextcloud 36.

[!TIP]
The developer manual covers the migration under
Critical changes
(being added in nextcloud/documentation#15597), and the
README
has the full before/after table. Happy to help with the port, just ping me.

👾 This issue was written with the help of Claude Code.

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Research direction

Start in src/components/RecommendedFile.vue at lines 135-136, then read the nextcloud-viewer README migration table and the @nextcloud/viewer APIs. Replace the OCA.Viewer calls with handler-based viewing and node-aware opening, and confirm the component no longer depends on the removed viewer app or global for Nextcloud 36.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
74/100

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