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EEUK 2013: ExpressionEngine's Missing API
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Ben Croker
May 17, 2013
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EEUK 2013: ExpressionEngine's Missing API
My talk at EEUK 2013 in which I introduce Open API.
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Transcript
Ben Croker Lead Developer, Venveo Add-On Developer, PutYourLightsOn @ben_pylo expressionengine’s
missing api
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Your First Day As The EE Pro
Task 1 News Dept.
Build a simple, mobile-friendly, publishing system for news articles “
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safecracker form
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Challenges Create new categories Update existing categories
Task 2 Sales Dept.
Build a task list system with commenting “ “
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entry category
status
status title
status title delete
status title delete create
Challenges Update statuses and titles inline Delete entries Create new
entries on-the-fly
Task 3 Mobile App Dept.
Build an endpoint that can be queried for recently published
news articles “ “
Mobile App CMS Return articles in JSON format Request new
articles since last check
Challenges Request published entries based on specific time Speed and
performance Output entries in JSON format
Realisation ExpressionEngine’s CRUD Functionality is locked in the Control Panel
The only way OUT is with Templates The only way IN is with Safecracker
ExpressionEngine API Libraries EE2 Native Libraries Ellis Lab
ExpressionEngine API’s Used mainly for Creating, Updating and Deleting Limited
Retrieval Inconsistent Syntax Available in Back-end only
Channel Data Library Justin Kimbrell Objective HTML
Channel Data Library Retrieval of Content (Channels, Entries, Categories, ...)
Abstracted Methods Consistent Syntax Available in Back-end only
EE Data API Chris Imrie Moresoda
EE Data API CodeIgniter App Very Basic Retrieval of Channels
and Entries Available on Front-end
Entry API Rein de Vries Reinos.nl
Entry API CRUD Capability on Entries and Categories REST, XML-RPC
and SOAP Commercial Add-on Available on Front-end
Conclusion ExpressionEngine is missing a way of retrieving and modifying
content from outside the Control Panel
Introducing Open API
Open API CRUD Capability Free and Open Source Proper API
Docs Available on Front-end
Open API Capabilities Member Authentication C(reate) R(ead) U(pdate) D(elete): Channels,
Channel Entries, Categories, Category Groups, Members, ...
Open API Architecture HTTP GET & POST Requests JSON Responses
Authenticated Sessions Language Independent (PHP, JavaScript, CURL, AJAX,...)
Open API Open API Lib Channel Data Library Read Create/Update/Delete
Front-End Request JSON Response EE API Lib
Open API Docs h p://docs.eeopenapi.apiary.io
Demos
ExpressionEngine as a Platform Requires a paradigm shi in the
level of freedom and control we have over our content
Open API h ps://github.com/putyourlightson/open-api h p://docs.eeopenapi.apiary.io Ben Croker @ben_pylo