EEUK 2013: ExpressionEngine's Missing API

My talk at EEUK 2013 in which I introduce Open API.

Transcript

1. Ben Croker Lead Developer, Venveo Add-On Developer, PutYourLightsOn @ben_pylo expressionengine’s missing api
9. Your First Day As The EE Pro
10. Task 1 News Dept.
11. Build a simple, mobile-friendly, publishing system for news articles “ “
13. safecracker form
15. ?
16. Challenges Create new categories Update existing categories
17. Task 2 Sales Dept.
18. Build a task list system with commenting “ “
20. entry category
21. status
22. status title
23. status title delete
24. status title delete create
25. Challenges Update statuses and titles inline Delete entries Create new entries on-the-fly
26. Task 3 Mobile App Dept.
27. Build an endpoint that can be queried for recently published news articles “ “
28. Mobile App CMS Return articles in JSON format Request new articles since last check
29. Challenges Request published entries based on specific time Speed and performance Output entries in JSON format
30. 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
31. ExpressionEngine API Libraries EE2 Native Libraries Ellis Lab
32. ExpressionEngine API’s Used mainly for Creating, Updating and Deleting Limited Retrieval Inconsistent Syntax Available in Back-end only
33. Channel Data Library Justin Kimbrell Objective HTML
34. Channel Data Library Retrieval of Content (Channels, Entries, Categories, ...) Abstracted Methods Consistent Syntax Available in Back-end only
35. EE Data API Chris Imrie Moresoda
36. EE Data API CodeIgniter App Very Basic Retrieval of Channels and Entries Available on Front-end
37. Entry API Rein de Vries Reinos.nl
38. Entry API CRUD Capability on Entries and Categories REST, XML-RPC and SOAP Commercial Add-on Available on Front-end
39. Conclusion ExpressionEngine is missing a way of retrieving and modifying content from outside the Control Panel
40. Introducing Open API
41. Open API CRUD Capability Free and Open Source Proper API Docs Available on Front-end
42. Open API Capabilities Member Authentication C(reate) R(ead) U(pdate) D(elete): Channels, Channel Entries, Categories, Category Groups, Members, ...
43. Open API Architecture HTTP GET & POST Requests JSON Responses Authenticated Sessions Language Independent (PHP, JavaScript, CURL, AJAX,...)
44. Open API Open API Lib Channel Data Library Read Create/Update/Delete Front-End Request JSON Response EE API Lib
45. Open API Docs h p://docs.eeopenapi.apiary.io
46. Demos
47. ExpressionEngine as a Platform Requires a paradigm shi in the level of freedom and control we have over our content
48. Open API h ps://github.com/putyourlightson/open-api h p://docs.eeopenapi.apiary.io Ben Croker @ben_pylo