Remote API availability

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datarecall Reply #1, 14 years, 1 month ago

Hey Guy's,

Was wondering if there is any talk around the water cooler about integrating an actual remote API system. I have a few sites I would like to kick off wordpress but they are all updated via wordpress's remote API.

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sottwell Reply #2, 14 years, 1 month ago

Yes, it has come up from time to time. Years ago Scotty Delicious was working on a very nice Mac application for a complete remote Manager, but life intervened and he's no longer working with MODx. I have a demo of using email to create a new resource on Evo. I think others have done more than just demo applications.

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datarecall Reply #3, 14 years, 1 month ago

It would be nice to have full api with SOAP or REST of some sort. We do a lot of management for clients and logging into their sites do do everything and post articles manage etc would be a huge pain in the ass.

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romain Reply #4, 14 years, 1 month ago

For the record, a RESTful API is shaping up (currently working pretty fine) for Revolution 2.3.

If you want to play with it, you might want to dig this gist.

Hope that will help

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datarecall Reply #5, 14 years ago

Hey Romain,

Perfect will be a great addition to making our sites mobile apps as well.

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spoetnik Reply #6, 13 years, 7 months ago

Any documentation on this??
Trying to implement this, but can't get it to work..

For instance, what would be the right path for this?

$modx->addPackage('myboxes','/path/to/myboxes/model');

Thanks

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exside Reply #7, 13 years, 7 months ago

Quote from: spoetnik at Mar 14, 2013, 03:16 PM

Any documentation on this??
Trying to implement this, but can't get it to work..

For instance, what would be the right path for this?
$modx->addPackage('myboxes','/path/to/myboxes/model');
Thanks

Documentation here: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/modX.getService

I usually do it somehow like this:

$packagename = 'myboxes';
$packagepath = $modx->getOption('core_path') . 'components/' . $packagename . '/';
$modelpath   = $packagepath . 'model/';

$service = $modx->getService($packagename, 'ServiceClass (holds the methods)', $modelpath . $packagename . '/');

// then you can access the service with
$service->method();

// or without sabing with
$modx->servicename->method();

[ed. note: exside last edited this post 13 years, 7 months ago.]

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exside Reply #8, 13 years, 7 months ago

Quote from: exside at Mar 15, 2013, 01:26 PM

Quote from: spoetnik at Mar 14, 2013, 03:16 PM
Any documentation on this??
Trying to implement this, but can't get it to work..

For instance, what would be the right path for this?
$modx->addPackage('myboxes','/path/to/myboxes/model');
Thanks
Documentation here: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/modX.getService

I usually do it somehow like this:
$packagename = 'myboxes';
$packagepath = $modx->getOption('core_path') . 'components/' . $packagename . '/';
$modelpath   = $packagepath . 'model/';

$service = $modx->getService($packagename, 'ServiceClass (holds the methods)', $modelpath . $packagename . '/');

// then you can access the service with
$service->method();

// or with
$modx->servicename->method();

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spoetnik Reply #9, 13 years, 7 months ago

I think I mist the part that the above Gist only works for Revolution 2.3.....

(banging head to a wall....)