Happy APIs in Drupal 8 – DrupalDay Spain 2015 – Part one: fetching data
Happy APIs in Drupal 8 – DrupalDay Spain 2015 – Part one: fetching data
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drupal-8-api
Happy APIs in Drupal 8On Github juampynr / drupal-8-api
Quick guide: How to expose content in Drupal 8
What do you want to do How you could do it View, Create, Update and Delete entities. REST & REST UI modules. List content. Use Views REST exports. Restrict access to your API. Add an authentication method.Part one: fetching data
- REST UI
- Views REST exports
Configuring REST
Evaluating REST for fetching single entities
Pros Cons Easy to set up. Returns EVERYTHING about an entity. Can expose all entities (even configuration ones). Does not support access logic such as "show only my user details". Supports authentication. Can't set custom labels.Listing content with Views REST exports
Image fields in Views REST exports
Paging and filtering in Views REST exports
Evaluating Views REST for listing data
Pros Cons Easy to set up. Does not support authentication (issue). Supports custom labels, paging and filtering. Does not report total pages. Has an API, so it can be extended. Poor image handling.Part two: managing data
Creating an article
Authenticating the request with Basic Auth.
Tips on creating content
- For better authentication, check out the OAuth module.
- To figure out how to structure the data, check out the Self Documenting REST API.
- Find out more examples at the official documentation at Drupal.org.
- For a deep view of Drupal's authentication system, check out this session.
Updating an article
This time, authenticating the request with OAuth
Full details at https://www.drupal.org/node/2558697
Gotchas on creating/updating
- Self Documenting REST API does not show instructions for PATCH.
- Files can't be attached yet.
- Only HAL format is supported.
Part three: new and juicy stuff
GraphQL
Provides a language to query our API.
- Dries likes it.
- Work in progress.
RELAXed Web Services
Provides... something.
Services
Yes. Services.
Useful links
Thanks! Questions?
Want to work at Lullabot? Then talk to me.
Happy APIs in Drupal 8
DrupalDay Spain 2015
Juampy NR - @juampynr