fab/web-service

Web Service to fetch data in a flexible way. Possible output format: JSON, Atom, HTML. The Web Service is meant for retrieving data only.

Web Service for TYPO3 CMS

This is an extension for TYPO3 CMS aiming to query data in a flexible way. Possible output format: JSON, Atom, RSS., _(*1)

The URLs given as example are encoded., _(*2)

# Return all FE user group
http://domain.tld/content/usergroups

# Return all FE users - authentication required
http://domain.tld/content/users

# Return latest FE users login - authentication required
http://domain.tld/content/last-login

# Return one FE user with id "1"
http://domain.tld/content/users/1

# Return the frontend group related to user "1" (no yet implemented!!)
http://domain.tld/content/users/1/groups

Five output format are supported: atom, csv, html, json, xml. JSON is the default, _(*3)

# Configure the output format - atom, csv, html, json, xml
http://domain.tld/content/users.xml

Under the hood, the URL is decoded and corresponds to something like::, _(*4)

http://domain.tld/index.php?eID=web_service&route=users/1;

The Web Service is meant for retrieving data and is read-only and will consequently (at least for now) not provide PUT, POST, DELETE, PATCH methods., _(*5)

Configuration

The configuration is done via TypoScript. For a new content type you must register a new key like "users" or "usergroups" as used in the URL http://domain.tld/content/users., _(*6)

plugin.tx_webservice {
    settings {

        mappings {

            # Required key for a new content type
            users {

                # Required value!
                tableName = fe_users

                # Tell the maximum items taken by default for the list.
                limit = 50

                # Optional default filters (not yet implemented)
                filter =

                # Protect the output with a token or a user session
                permissions {

                    # Possible comma separated list of Frontend User group.
                    frontendUserGroups = *

                    # Give a general uuid token to protect this data stream
                    #token = 3ce2b796-69cd-11e6-8b77-86f30ca893d3
                }

                # The fields being display in the list.
                # http://domain.tld/content/users
                many {
                    fields = uid, first_name, last_name
                }

                # The fields being display in the detail.
                # http://domain.tld/content/users/1
                one {
                    fields = uid, first_name, last_name, usergroup
                }
            }

            last-login < .users
            last-login {

                # Default ordering which will override the "default_sortby" in the TCA
                orderings {
                    lastlogin = DESC
                }

                # Tell the maximum items taken by default for the list.
                limit = 10
            }

            # Stream frontend user group information
            usergroups {

                # Required value!
                tableName = fe_groups

                # In this example we take every fields of fe_groups excpect those ones
                excludedFields = felogin_redirectPid, tx_extbase_type, TSconfig, lockToDomain, subgroup

                # Default ordering which will override the "default_sortby" in the TCA
                orderings {
                    title = ASC
                }

            }
        }

        # Specific configuration for format "atom". In this case we really want to limit the number of items.
        atom {
            limit = 10
        }
    }
}

Installation

1. Install via composer or clone the extension into /path/typo3conf/ext/., _(*7)

   $ composer require fab/web-service, _(*8)

2. Go to Extension Manager and activate the extension web_service., _(*9)

3. Add a rewrite rule to your .htaccess:, _(*10)

   RewriteRule ^content/(.*)$ /index.php?eID=web_service&route=$1 [QSA,L], _(*11)

or, if you are using Nginx:, _(*12)

rewrite ^/content/(.*)$ /index.php?eID=web_service&route=$1 last;

Now you can start fetching content with content/., _(*13)