Questions tagged [joomla-api]
This tag is for questions related to the Joomla-API, both Joomla CMS and Joomla Framework.
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API Routes with more than one parameter in Joomla 4/5
I have an API route that should accept more than one parameter, but it seems that only one parameter is being recognised, like this:
new Route(
['POST'],
'v1/myapiendpoint/:nr/:id',
'mycomponent....
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Grant access to Joomla API from just one site
I finally got my Joomla 4/5 API component and plugin up and running. The API endpoints are called from an external website (Netlify) using the API tokens of a super user. - I experimented a bit with ...
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How to handle duplicate items coming from an external JSON API and being imported as article content
I have adapted working code from Joomla 3 and the CLI to Joomla 4/5 and the API. The core functionality using the API system is working, but I am struggling to find a replacement for checking for ...
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File Upload from WebApp to Joomla API
I have successfully programmed a Joomla 4/5 API to generate an API web service. There is a kind of weird bug uploading files though, because it basically works on localhost - but on the live system I ...
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Getting a Joomla 4 API component to work with language files
When programming a component for an API, the config contains the following language file definitions:
<api>
<files folder="api">
<folder>src</folder>
&...
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OnContentPrepare not working in custom Joomla Plugin
I have made other plugins for Joomla 4 but I am still a novice. The past two days I have been searching for a solution, it's becoming quite frustrating. I have brought back my code in the php file to ...
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J4 REST API Get users how to filter?
The J4 REST API allows me to GET a full list of users, but I have not found any example of how to filter such a request, for example by searching by userID or email.
When I look at the code for the ...
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Updating user via J4 REST API resets password
In our organization we use Salesforce as the authoritative source of info about our users, so it makes sense for us to use that info when creating the associated users in our new Joomla site.
I have ...
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How to authenticate a user with the official Joomla 4 REST API?
I am developing a mobile app that needs to authenticate users with a Joomla 4 site. I want to use the official Joomla REST API to do this, but I couldn’t find any information about how to authenticate ...
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Filling custom fields when creating an article with an script via the API
I am creating an article in Joomla 4 using the excellent code that is suggested here: Joomla 4 create article programmatically
My task is write the values of the custom field simultaneously with the ...
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Jinput getAray not retrieving RAW details from codemirror editor in Joomla 4
I am busy with a project to convert an Joomla 3 template to Joomla 4. The Jinput is not giving me RAW data it is removing the script tags from my inputs. I worked through a couple of similar problems ...
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J4 API Test Helper missing functions
So I installed codeception/module-rest and created an api.suite.yml containing:
modules:
enabled:
- Helper\JoomlaDb
- Helper\Api
config:
Helper\JoomlaDb:
dsn: "mysql:host=...
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Help with update a JoomlaCli-Application from Joomla 3 to Joomla 4
I'm working with a JoomlaCli Application, called from a external php command via a cronjob. It worked in Joomla 3, but in Joomla 4 some classes have changed.
Our class name is import
Namespaces:
use ...
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Joomla 4 API rename attributes
In Laravel, you can use eloquent mutator transforms to change field names (database table column name) to a preferred/alias property name. How can this be done in Joomla 4?
I know I could do this in ...
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Joomla 4 API MVC Layer type
Is it possible to create a webservice and API access for my own component if the component file structure is not setup like this and uses namespace based classes?
https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:...
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Webservices returns The requested URL was not found on this server with a 404
When using Webservices on my local development environment, but the problem is not unique to local environments, I received the following message for even the core features,
The requested URL was not ...
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How to initialize joomla modal through js
I'm customizing a view in my component, I have tabs, each tab contains a modal, but when adding a new tab using js, I don't know how to initialize the new tab's modal via js?
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(4.1 -> 4.2) Attempted to load class TemplateComponent from namespace Joomla\Component\Administrator\Extension calling $app->getTemplate
I have a file test.php that manually loads the Joomla framework and prints template parameters.
<?php
// test.php, located in the same directory that index.php is
define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('...
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Can we get the featured articles in a GET call through Joomla 4 API?
For now we have api/v1/content/articles, but this gets ALL the articles from the site. I do not need the whole list, just the featured articles.
Will we need to create an api-component as a temporary ...
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Identify Joomla 4 API access
If I do an API call like this:
curl --location --request GET "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/index.php/v1/users" --header "X-Joomla-Token: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
I get ...
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Webservices Route
If I create Route for the API via
$router->createCRUDRoutes( 'v1/foos', 'foos', ['component' => 'com_foos'], true );
Like explainded in https://joomla.stackexchange.com/a/32322/7387 the Route ...
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Joomla API and Credentials
I am taking my first steps in integrating the Joomla API. I used this tutorial: https://blog.astrid-guenther.de/en/joomla-webservices/
Now I am wondering if it is really necessary to include the ...
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I can't get $params->set() to work to transfer variable from module to template
I'm trying to get a variable from my module to my template but its not working.
In my modules xml I defined:
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="basic">
&...
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Joomla 4 API Question
How to convert a custom Joomla 3 to Joomla 4, and use the Joomla 4 web services API?
I have an extension I wrote for J3 and with a bit of tweaking it works just fine in J4. I want to add web services ...
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Joomla 4 API Issues using Joomshaper Melvin Template
It may be too specific a question, but is anyone having any issues utilizing Joomla 4 Templates and the API with extensions from Joomshaper? I have 1 site that seems to work fine, but another that is ...
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Displaying API data in Joomla Component
So, this is a two parted question but both pertaining to REST APIs. I am developing a component for Joomla in which I have a few database fields (ie. teamid and platform) that are stored in the local ...
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Is showing a Joomla API token in JS a security risk?
I have created a couple of web services under Joomla 4 that are simple enough calls to the same website to refresh a couple of fields when something else changes. In my JS code I have the 'X-Joomla-...
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cant display simple text onContentPrepare
I just want to display simple text and this is not working.
I don't know is there a way to see something like log to see what happens in the background?
public function onContentPrepare($context, &...
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getting first image of article for open graph
I've been a PHP developer for long time, but I am new to Joomla.
On a Joomla 2.5 project, I need to make open graph meta tags. As a part of open graph meta tags, I need to find first image of article. ...
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Integrate external news content API into com_content articles
My client is looking to integrate news content coming from an external API into their Joomla website. The API is in the JSON format and includes multiple fields like title, summary, date, and full ...
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Joomla 4 - get module params in external php
In Joomla 3, I get module params with this code:
// Create the Application
$app = JFactory::getApplication('site');
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_dev');
$presetParams = new JRegistry($...
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Are custom fields updatable using joomla 4 api?
Simply put when using the API to update a custom field of an article, the new information is not successfully passed through. Furthermore, the original contents are deleted from the field.
The ...
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J4 API - There are two variables for Article Text, why do neither work on PATCH?
While working with the new Joomla 4 web services API. The Article text does not update. Additionally, as per the documentation, when creating an article via API the article text variable is ...
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Is Joomla4 API/Web Service ready for production use?
I've read what little I can find about J4 Web Services, but cannot find a working example or get my code to work. The code below should work by all accounts, but I get forbidden on my local machine ...
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How to create joomla plugin with jquery code
What is the best way how to add jquery code by Joomla plugin?
How can I set that these code should be applied just for checkout page of VirtueMart in xml file?
Is this the best way?
<?php
// no ...
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Upload single or multiple files replacing deprecated JRequest::getVar('file', '', 'files', 'array');
I am trying to upload a single or array of files and am not sure how to use the jinput with the array and filter. Tried multiple suggestions from here and documentation and cannot make it work for me.
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What is the correct way to use appendBody
I'm trying to understand appendBody
First of all append would seem like it comes after the </body> but I assume it can only mean after the contents of the body. And prepend before the contents ...
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Reset list option-value when changing showon value
I am currently writing a module with many backend settings, some of these use the "showon" attribute.
For example: I have two fields of type "list". In the second one, the options ...
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Adding Azuracast JSON file to my AM HTML5 AUDIO PRO PLAYER in joomla
I need help for a problem that i didn't found solution.
we have a web radio created with joomla and we start to put our programs 24h/24.
I bought an AM HTML5 AUDIO PRO PLAYER and everything work fine ...
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What does it mean for a user to be 'logged in' to Joomla?
I am having an issue with the ACL of my Joomla API. I created this using the TechJoomla api component.
I have the following code to handle post requests on my api.
<?php
use Joomla\CMS\...
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What is url for calling task in controller for Joomla 4?
This is my ajax query for calling a task in the controller (it works for Joomla 3 but doesn't work for Joomla 4):
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "index.php?option=com_scrib&...
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Router, keep only item alias in SEF URL
For a particular reason, I need to keep in the SEF URL only the alias of the item to have a URL like this www.mywebsite.com/**myItemAlias** but of course without creating a direct menu to the item ...
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How can I make a custom controller for a Joomla based api?
For my latest project I need an api that responds to a 'POST' request by returning json text that depends on the content of the 'POST'.
I have made a version of this in loopback, however I can't think ...
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Assign a template to a category with a plugin system and onAfterInitialise event
I would like to assign a specific template for a certain category, I have tried with this code in a plugin system but without success (this code does not include the condition for the category I will ...
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Impossible to create new Joomla User with User Class : Please enter your name
Dont' know why but since Joomla 3.9.22 (or 3.9 ?), when I create a User with User Class, I have the error "Please enter your name". But the name field is not empty.
Here is my simple code :
$...
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Does Joomla CMS or Joomla Framework provide any Class for making POST request to an external API?
I came across:
the documentation for Joomla's HTTP client class and
joomla/http in packagist
Are they the same thing? Are these capable of sending POST requests to an external API?
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HTMLHelper::isRegistered what is it used for?
In Joomla's profile plugin, I came across these lines of code
if (!HTMLHelper::isRegistered('users.url'))
{
HTMLHelper::register('users.url', array(__CLASS__, 'url'));
}
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Joomla custom SSO plugin
I need to create a custom SSO plugin. The way it should work is:
User authenticates on 3rd party application
3rd party application calls a Joomla URL via POST request
The URL that has been hit deals ...
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Upload and attachement for phpmailer
hello i starting an code to allow sending file via a form
i create an input file field
<input type="file" name="'.$field_name.'[]" accept="'.$values_field[0].'" id="'.$field_id.'" '.$placeholder.' ...
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Joomla post requests
I'm trying to make an android application and so i want to connect it directly to my Joomla website, i want to send some post requests but they are getting denied, I'm not asking for any help ...
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