Services Apps Iand Flex Applications

Services API and Flex Applications By: sumitk http://sumitk.net

Services

An API which helps integrating external applications with Drupal

Service callbacks may be used with multiple interfaces like XMLRPC, SOAP, REST, AMFPHP.

Servers for Services API

XMLRPC (in core)

REST

SOAP

AMFPHP

Services included ServicesAPI

node.load(node_load)

node.save

node.delete(means all node services)

file service

menu service

system service

taxonomy service

user service

views service(I know everyone is exited about it ;) you can get, exportOR import a view)

Authentication layer over ServicesAPI

Keys method(got to register app. with a key and then include that key in service request)

SessionID method (use user’s sessionID for authentication)

OAuth method – NOT in core right now but patch is ready ;) we can use it any time :)

HOW call looks like $change = array ( "nid" => 14 , //required for update "revision" => time () , //required for update "changed" => time () , //required for update "type" => "page" , //required "uid" => 1 , //required both uid and name to associate to a user "name" => "user1" , //required both uid and name to associate to a user "title" => "TEST NODE.SAVE TITLE **UPDATES**" , "status" => 1 , // = published "body" => "this is a body **UPDATES**" , ) ; print_nice ( $change ) ; $m = new xmlrpcmsg ( 'node.save' , array ( php_xmlrpc_encode ( $sessid ) , php_xmlrpc_encode ( $change ) ) ) ; $c = new xmlrpc_client ( "?q=services/xmlrpc" , "localhost" , 80 ) ;

AMFPHP : server to connect ServicesAPI and Adobe Flex/Flash

What is AMFPHP?? AMFPHP is a free open-source PHP implementation of the Action Message Format(AMF). It acts as a binary gateway to pass your data through & send it to FLEX/FLASH in an insane speed. So this project actually connects our drupal and flex application.

SO when we are MAD!!

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