Services

I've created a new module...am still waiting for Drupal.org to accept it...

Nodepoint is the same with userpoint module, but this module allows nodes to have points...

The pratical use of this is when a user gets a service on a certain node his userpoint will be deducted based on the nodepoints of the node...

let me know your toughts pinoys... Im working on new customized modules for BMF (Cebu-based)...
Next i will create its nodepoint services (XMLRPC or JSON servers). Any body got an idea on this?

I'm using Flex to build cross-domain widgets that can be embedded on any domain. These widgets consume data via Services and AMFPHP. Unfortunately, I've been notified that my site is now vulnerable to attacks because I have a liberal crossdomain.xml policy file that allows connections from any domain.

I'm very happy with the way the Drupal Aggregator Module allows a user to build a collection of news feeds.

We would like to display the same information it outputs via a flex application, and I'm having a hard time deciding the best way to do this. We're serving up other content from Drupal to Flex via the services module. There doesn't appear to be a direct service for the data the aggregator displays.

I did find in beta5 of the Services module the ability to create a RSS view - but this appears to be only a single feed, unless I'm missing something.

I've been having an issue for a week now.

I have a tiny Flex 3 app which simply retrieves the current drupal user session and displays the user data.
I'm using D6, services, amfphp with sessid turned off.

When I run the app on my laptop, the system.connect() method returns the proper Drupal user/session. If I switch user in Drupal and refresh the app I get updated and accurate user data displayed. My Sessions table only shows one Drupal session and my Flex app uses that session correctly. Seems smooth enough.

My problem is when other users access the app. Two scenarios here:

It seems that node specific data (nid, title) isn't getting passed into a block I have that contains a SWF looking to call a "views.getView" service. The view contains an argument that looks for a node ID and shows only that nodes info.
I've got a custom page layout in Panels2. One of the panels holds this service calling SWF. It seems that the block or SWF itself isn't registering an nid, where as other views and pieces of content in the same panel do?
Is there a snippet or workaround to pass the data needed into blocks for the service call to use?

Project information

While reading #245747, I realized that the Views import/export service I wrote was only tested with Views 1, I have no idea if it works with Views 2 (although it seems doubtful). It also seems likely that the other Views services will be broken in Views 2. Anyone have any ideas what to do about this situation, if anything? Include a views_1_service and a views_2_service? It would be great if we could talk Earl into working the services into Views itself, although certainly he has enough to worry about right now.

Sorry for this very very very stupid questions, but how can I contact a drupal-services from another drupal-site ?

I have read the documentation, see the source of services.module and *_service.module, but I have not understand how can I call this module from another site or via web browser (javascript/json service module).

Please help this newbie.

M.

I followed the Flash8 tutorial and wanted to get the SWF I outputted originally calling the node.load service to pick up the custom recipes service instead. Below is my stab at it, but it's not working. How would I access a custom service, or take this Flash example further?

I think it would be really useful to do a rules engine integration, so one can do service calls by configuring rules (per UI). It looks like one has already to specify the arguments for a service - so we would have to convert this to the format of the rules API and expose an action per service. Basically that should do it already.

Have I forgotten something? What do you think about this idea?

I just uploaded a stand-alone module that provides Services methods for the Voting API. This allows external applications to access and modify Voting API data for Drupal objects. For example, a Flash application could implement an interface for voting on nodes.

I've submitted this as a feature request to the Voting API project at:
http://drupal.org/node/241453

If you use the Voting API and Services, please help me test this and support its inclusion in future Voting API releases. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Check out the newly released Adobe AIR for Linux (alpha) http://www.adobe.com/go/airlinux

Also an update to the alpha version of Adobe Flex(r) Builder(tm) 3 for Linux software is also available on Adobe Labs today at http://www.adobe.com/go/flexbuilder_linux .

Full press release at: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200803/033108Ado...

This is a Google Summer of Code project proposal by Sumit Kataria.

One issue with the Services API is its weak implementation of API keys. Although it does work, it could be better. It is probably worth it to investigate OAuth, an open protocol to "allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications". Some of you got the chance to see Boris' talk on this in Boston at Drupalcon, any thoughts? How would it effect Services?

I am currently using Flex to consume an amfphp service, and it works great. However, when you try to use the swf on a Facebook profile, you have to click on an image first in order to load the swf.

My thought was to use the JSON server to return JSON to my facebook app. However, I get hit with the cross domain security issue. Has anyone here successfully accessed the JSON Server from a remote domain?

-Erich-

Hello.. I'm working on my little app here.. have figured out login, upload avatar.. and so on.. http://metroklub.sk/drulog/bin-release/DrupalLoginApp.html <-- don't know how long it will hang there.. anyway I would like my users to create their own group and let others to join in if they are approved.. nothing really complicated [i guess] but now I don't know which direction to take.. should I role out my own piece of php code with included bootstrap.. or install an organic groups module and try to make a service for it?.. [I don't think I'm skilled enough to write my own services]..

I would like to test the node.save method of the "node" service in the browser of the "services" admin interface.
(/admin/build/services/browse/node.save)

In order to do that, I have to provide the form with an object that will be added to Drupal (if everything works correctly).

But I can't figure out what the format of this node-object should be (array, json,...). What is the syntax ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Hi I am new to Drupal services, how do make sure an article is posted to the correct categories/taxonomies. I can create new articles via Services without any problem but assigning them to categories is proving a little harder. If it makes any difference I am using the services module with Python.

Thanks in advance.

rod

Just a quick note that nedjo posted a note about Services module going into core. This would allow use of XML-RPC, JSON, RSS, REST, SOAP and more to be loaded through a common Services API.

A Code Sprint will take place in Boston this coming Friday that will focus on the inclusion of this new Services API.

Hi guys

I'm new to drupal and want to start writing my own services.

It all works fine for stuff like node.load and other related services. Now I want to try and create some sort of node.save, but if I visit the node.save page in the Adminster / Services / node.save page, it asks me to enter the following node argument

Arguments (1)

struct node (required)
A node object. Upon creation, node object must include "type". Upon update, node object must include "nid" and "changed".

Does anyony know what the format is that I should use?

I tried several formats like this

I just got notice that my Better Drupal Interaction Design with Flex session for Drupalcon Boston 2008 was accepted and is being scheduled. I don't know what day it will be on yet, but it should be on Monday or Tuesday since those are the days I'll be at Drupalcon. Here are the points I'll be covering in my time alloted:

• Differences between HTML & Flex
• Differences between Flex & Flash
• What makes an RIA (Rich Internet Application)?

Hi All,

(Apologies for cross posting - I've put this at http://drupal.org/node/222404 before I realised this might be a better place for it.)

I'm looking for a way to upload fiiles to a drupal site via a web service (from a AIR/ flex application actually) and I after some digging, I don't see anything on the forums or in the contributed modules that addresses this, so I though I'd post before we go ahead and develop a module to do this.

The module would, very simply:

At the recent Data Architecture Design Sprint, participants outlined a development path in which fields can be local or external. A given entity instance (node, user, etc.) can be fully local, fully external, or a combination of the two. For example, a node can have several fields stored and handled in a local SQL database and other fields both loaded from and written to an external SOAP service.

I've developed an additional service to implement Drupal content searching. This service provides one method, search.searchData, which uses Drupal's hook_search (and is closely based on the Drupal API command search_data).

The service accepts up to three arguments:

1. search_keys: the keywords for the search
2. type (optional): the type of data to search (i.e. 'node', 'user')
3. simple (optional): if set, the search returns only the main fields (link, type, title, user, date, snippet) and removes any additional data

What is the best way to organize and commit patches back to Drupal modules for Services?

Examples:
* comment.load
* comment.user
* inbox.getmessages
* node.load
* node.save
* node.delete
* user.login
* user.logout
* aggregator.load

User g10 starts the discussion with there should be a consensus bout this:

Any docs out there (or example) of logins from Flash to Drupal?
Has this been done before?
Any help is appreciated.

In Drupal 5: My C# application can access my drupal service al. la. Rob's great video. I turn on the session ids for the service, and call the system.connect service to get a sessionID, which I then pass around as the extra parameter in each of my service calls. I authenticate my user, but cannot persist the session state...

Hi.

How to Consume a drupal xmlrpc web service from SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure?

Thank's
Marcelo P.

Hello all,

I will be attending my first DrupalCon at Boston and am working to organize and propose a session about Services. I'm thinking of doing a short presentation about my original vision for Services, and then an open discussion on Drupal and web services in general, expanding on some of the great ideas posted over the last few months.

I'd like to know if there's anything in particular you think the session should cover, and also to connect with anybody who might be thinking of doing a Services related session, or would like to get involved.

Thanks,
Scott

I've a created a service that creates a simple Array. Here is the code, modified for debug:

/**
* Returns a bla bla bla.
*/
function node_tree_load($vid, $month) {
global $user;
$list = array();
$sql = "select tid,name
from {term_data}
where vid = '$vid'";
$result = db_query($sql);
while($data = db_fetch_object($result)){
$list[] = $data->name;
$nsql = "select n.nid
from {node} as n,{term_node} as tn
where tn.tid = $data->tid
and tn.nid = n.nid

The Services module for Drupal was created to provide a standardized way of supporting communication with external applications and Drupal. XML-RPC, JSON, AMFPHP and REST are just some examples of protocols that can be used as communication mediums. It's a great module which adds a lot of flexibility to Drupal, and it has just been ported to Drupal 6 with a Drupal 6 development branch.

Thanks, Scott Nelson and Marc Ingram for the help in putting this together.

Some history: I developed a Plone CMS/XML/Flash app a year ago for a university and have had problems with speed, XML filesize and scalability (for rather obvious reasons). Now I have a contract for a MAJOR music/film entertainer and want similar functionality with increased speed and use of AMF. I started yesterday with custom php/mySQL and Flash Remoting and then found this group. :-)

A REST Server is now available for the Services module, so that external REST clients can communicate with Drupal Services. In order to use the REST Server, you have to install the Zend Framework.

http://drupal.org/project/rest_server

Drupal is a powerful web application platform, we all know that. But what happens when we want to use it from the desktop in a software application? Join the world of Drupal web services in this lesson, covering how to break down the bridge between the desktop and Drupal through Services and Mono/.NET.

The Zend Framework Module for Drupal ensures that the Zend Framework is installed properly and ready for use. It lists the Zend Framework version number in the server status page, let's the administrator change Zend's installation directory, as well as provide a nice API feature set to make the Zend Framework's functionality easily accessible to other modules. One of these API benefits is the zend_initialize($class) function that cleanly includes a class from the Zend Framework and make it ready for use.

This could lead to some very powerful Service modules that use the powerful web service platform.