Joomla REST API¶ ↑

This is a REST API server for Joomla, along with a few bundled plugins

Following plugins are available

• Create/Update/List/Delete users with Jomsocial support

• Create/Update/List/Delete Jomsocial groups

• Create/Update/List/Delete Jomsocial group discussions, announcements and wall posts

• Create/Update/List/Delete Jomsocial events

• Create content

• List categories/sections

Prerequisites¶ ↑

• Joomla 1.5.x

• Tested on Joomla 1.5.20 and above

Installation¶ ↑

• cd YOUR_JOOMLA_FOLDER/rest

• Copy contents of ‘server’ folder to the above folder

• Install & enable the plugins. Unfortunately I have not provided installable plugins yet, but you can zip the php & xml and create packages

• you’re done

Using the API¶ ↑

• Create requests need a username and password for administrator account

• Send as auth_user & auth_pass

• Send other relevant fields according to method

Querying the API (at last)¶ ↑

• GET yoursite.com/rest/user_list.json

• POST yoursite.com/rest/user_create.json

• POST yoursite.com/rest/user_update.json

Notes¶ ↑

• If you see 404 error make sure you have correctly copied the .htaccess file in the ‘rest’ folder. This is a hidden file and would normally not get copied.

• Note that you need to copy the .htaccess from the ‘server’ folder and not Joomla’s .htaccess file. The 2 are different