Implemented Full native RESTful API built into XenForo

[RickM]

Pretty self explanatory and would do wonders for development work. I know there is an addon in the resources area however:

A) It's not been updated in ages
B) It's a no brainer that this should be built into the core.

An API would allow:

- Very easy integration into 3rd party software
- Infinite customisability if the API was to allow addons to 'hook' into it to add extra API classes
- Modding would be stupidly simple to do

A few usage examples:

- Mobile apps. Creating a complete native Mobile application would be possible without having to resort to calling to webview and displaying a 'dumbed down' web version of the system.

- Remote user authentication by calling direct to the authentication system without having to reload or redirect people

- Remote reply posting (ideal for blogs, you could use XenForo as your comment system)

- Automatic thread creation (again, a good one for blogs)

- Integrate into CMS systems

- Pull any sort of info out of XenForo

 

[DeltaHF]

I agree. I want to use XF as a "core" platform and user base which I can build other software and features on my site around.

 

[zooki]

What about these two? One seems new and the other is updated recently:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-api.1732/

and,

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/xenapi-xenforo-rest-api.902/

Definitely need things to be easier to integrate with other platforms or to create my own.

I need a stronger Mobile presence. ( I know there has been debate over App VS responsive design, but well built apps win hands down. A lot of my users mostly use browsers in their smartphones for googling and temporary browsing)

These APIs can hopefully bring the Xenforo community much needed integration with Drupal and WordPress. -- This can quell the constant demands for CMS. In fact the latter, especially Drupal are frameworks from which anything is possible! - It is better to integrate with established CMS which have 1000+ amazing plugins and support, than to do a VB or IPB style halfbaked mashup.

 

[Contex]

As the developer of XenAPI I strongly support a built-in RESTful API in XenForo as it would allow endless customization.
Even if my REST API is currently fully functional, it still lacks a bunch of functions and adding additional functions is time consuming as I am the only developer.
I hope to see this being built-in into XenForo sometime in the future.

 

[0ptima]

This would be an amazing feature to have. One of the reason I own an IPB license is because thy have a native IPB API.

 

[Markos]

Great suggestion.

 

[Lu Jia]

I like it too, +1

 

[DaiAku]

We would really like to see this too! +100

 

[Chris D]

We would really like to see this too! +100

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/guide-to-suggestions.2285/

 

[DaiAku]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/guide-to-suggestions.2285/

Thanks!

 

[Zantetsuken]

I'm definitely in favor of this!

 

[RickM]

I thought this was dead but in the last week I've had a crapload of notifications of people liking the first post

It's a shame nothing at all has been said on this. It's something that would add so much flexibility to XenForo, and allow for some awesome mods.

 

[DaiAku]

I thought this was dead but in the last week I've had a crapload of notifications of people liking the first post

It's a shame nothing at all has been said on this. It's something that would add so much flexibility to XenForo, and allow for some awesome mods.

I could not agree more. I would love to see this in Xenforo and it would really help us with an upcoming project.

 

[ogirginc]

Hope this will happen in 2.0!

 

[x3sphere]

I'd like to see this in 2.0 as well

 

[AshConnor]

I concur.

PHP isn't my go-to language and I'd like to use Ruby.

I'd be willing to build a Rubygem to wrap any API.

 

[feldon30]

There is still no outside script that can say "Log this user into XenForo". All the APIs I've seen require you to pass the login/email and password. Well, what if I don't have/store their password? Or what if I don't want to store the user's password in XenForo's database? What if I don't want to send that information across a domain? I should be able to have an outside script just TELL XenForo "user with e-mail address X should now be considered logged in!"

If you want to read just how painful it currently is to integrate XenForo with a third-party script that will be handling all the authentication, read here:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/login-logout-register-from-outside-xenforo.65878/#post-709906

 

[Kintaro]

I thought this was dead but in the last week I've had a crapload of notifications of people liking the first post

It's a shame nothing at all has been said on this. It's something that would add so much flexibility to XenForo, and allow for some awesome mods.

+1 RickM!

I also think that with APIs other suggestions like PUSH Notifications or SmartPhone's App and could be developed/integrated more easily from KAM or 3rd party devs. What do you think?

 

[TimeWizardCosmo]

An API would be awesome

 

[xfrocks]

There is still no outside script that can say "Log this user into XenForo". All the APIs I've seen require you to pass the login/email and password. Well, what if I don't have/store their password? Or what if I don't want to store the user's password in XenForo's database? What if I don't want to send that information across a domain? I should be able to have an outside script just TELL XenForo "user with e-mail address X should now be considered logged in!"

If you want to read just how painful it currently is to integrate XenForo with a third-party script that will be handling all the authentication, read here:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/login-logout-register-from-outside-xenforo.65878/#post-709906

Well, this add-on uses [bd] API and OAuth2 to authenticate user, no need for username/password: [bd] API Consumer.