Difference between revisions of "Web Services Working Group"

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The Web Services Working Group is a Production Working Group.

Coordinators & PLT Contact[edit]

The coordinator for this working group is Ashwin Date (mailto:coolbung@gmail.com).
The PLT Contact for this working group is Chris Davenport (mailto:chris.davenport@joomla.org).

Announcements[edit]

External resources[edit]

Recommended reading: Web API Design by Brian Mulloy, Apigee (NOTE: Registration required)
Stefan Neculai is a GSoC student working on a Web service API. Read about him in the Joomla Magazine.
Aaron Schmitz has done some work on an OAuth 2.0 library
Louis Landry has created an OAuth connector. Also take a look at Louis's new router proposal.
[REST API by Techjoomla for Joomla Separate app approach Presentation | http://www.slideshare.net/coolbung/joomla-rest-api]
[REST API by Techjoomla for Joomla Separate app approach Github | https://github.com/techjoomla/Joomla-REST-API]
[com_api approach | https://github.com/techjoomla/com_api]
[com_api Plugins | https://github.com/techjoomla/com_api-plugins]
Rafael Corral's web API extension for Joomla 2.5
Note on current architecture used in Joomla 2.5
Herman Peeren's presentation at J and Beyond 2010
API Craft mailing list.
Experimental implementation of draft API specification for Joomla 3.x.

Deliverables[edit]

Create a POC using com_users by using the extending it to add webservices to Adding, Editing users, Listing users. Added by Parth Lawate as per webservices group discussion at #JWC12

Technical work produced by this group[edit]

24 Dec 2012: First draft of Request For Comments: A Web Service API for the Joomla CMS
10 Feb 2012: Second draft of Web Services API Specification

Communications[edit]

Primary communications channel is the Joomla CMS Development mailing list. If the volume of traffic becomes such that it might be deemed to be a nuisance by those not interested in web services, then we will most likely start a separate mailing list.

Roadmap[edit]

Initial implementation of a limited set of functions in Joomla 3.2 (September 2013).
Feature complete implementation in Joomla 3.5 (March 2014).

Meetings[edit]

19 May 2012: Meeting at J and Beyond 2012, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
17 November 2012: Meeting at Joomla World Conference, San Jose, California.
31 May - 2 June 2013: Meeting during J and Beyond 2013, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
November 2013: Meeting during Joomla World Conference, date and location to be determined.

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 * [https://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/browse_frm/thread/76d499c6ec12840a?hl=en Web Services Working Group update 4 June 2012]
 * [https://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/browse_frm/thread/4547aeb290723d87/7608dd58300bbe57?hl=en%E1%B6%B8dd58300bbe57 Request for comments on first draft of web API specification]
+* [https://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/browse_frm/thread/6474890e2453c6c3?hl=en# Request for comments on second draft of web services API specification]
 ==External resources==
 * Recommended reading: [http://offers.apigee.com/api-design-ebook-rr/ Web API Design] by Brian Mulloy, Apigee (NOTE: Registration required)
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 * [http://www.slideshare.net/HermanPeeren/webservices-connecting-joomla-with-other-programs-4399412 Herman Peeren's presentation at J and Beyond 2010]
 * [https://groups.google.com/group/api-craft?hl=en API Craft] mailing list.
+* [https://github.com/chrisdavenport/j3-rest-api Experimental implementation of draft API specification] for Joomla 3.x.
 ==Deliverables==
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 ==Technical work produced by this group==
 * 24 Dec 2012: First draft of [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfJg8ec9PWa8oumIPXbVlO0GY8_8KQoL1Tx47K5blGA/edit Request For Comments: A Web Service API for the Joomla CMS]
+* 10 Feb 2012: Second draft of Web Services API Specification
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FVKGlV6BN6pu-YH2WR2pQHE3Ez7M6r7LD417GSw9ZSo/edit?usp=sharing Joomla CMS Web Services API Specification]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/11SqH-daKQV9SrFBMEpopjBk3vM1USIHnFWZB9rjJB94/edit?usp=sharing application/vnd.joomla.base.v1 media type specification]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wg3AcgStA26UwDcbHVV1bub4sa_BhsKfzAmX21eG-FM/edit?usp=sharing application/vnd.joomla.service.v1 media type specification]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16xwxSDDPW0U1CG9l7JcwOyGvyjm7wv5zOSd9JwgF2iQ/edit?usp=sharing application/vnd.joomla.item.v1 media type specification]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLym28MG5v1tWyvIyW-9483JNKh5AP21Fmsmg62plnA/edit?usp=sharing application/vnd.joomla.list.v1 media type specification]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5qQ16r1Bo1BlXXuyS_eFB4BQcfuSg05pn9hsMpAgqk/edit?usp=sharing Joomla CMS Web Service API Implementation]
+** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wI3cSm3y4aa8n8rojJKpiF6RUpSl63WFuLgJj2WqW8o/edit?usp=sharing Joomla CMS CLI Services API Specification]
 ==Communications==
 Primary communications channel is the [https://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms?hl=en Joomla CMS Development mailing list].   If the volume of traffic becomes such that it might be deemed to be a nuisance by those not interested in web services, then we will most likely start a separate mailing list.
 ==Roadmap==
+* Initial implementation of a limited set of functions in Joomla 3.2 (September 2013).
+* Feature complete implementation in Joomla 3.5 (March 2014).
 ==Meetings==
-* 19 May 2012: Meeting at J and Beyond 2012, Germany.
+* 19 May 2012: Meeting at J and Beyond 2012, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
 * 17 November 2012: [http://conference.joomla.org/speakers/working-groups.html Meeting at Joomla World Conference], San Jose, California.
-* 31 May - 2 June 2013: Meeting during [http://jandbeyond.org/ J and Beyond 2013], The Netherlands.
+* 31 May - 2 June 2013: Meeting during [http://jandbeyond.org/ J and Beyond 2013], Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
 * November 2013: Meeting during Joomla World Conference, date and location to be determined.
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