[wp-hackers] API layer

[Christian Foster]

Sure - the repo is private at the moment (no real reason, just not
complete) but send me your github id and I'll add you as a collaborator.


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Matthias Breuer <mail at matthiasbreuer.com>wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> I am highly interested. Is there any code or a repo to look at? I'd really
> like to see your approach and how it handles the processing of requests.
>
> Best,
> Matthias
>
> Am 04.06.2013 um 09:15 schrieb Christian Foster <
> christian.foster at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been working on a developer oriented API layer for WordPress - it's
> a
> > separate (but smallish) application that sits alongside your WordPress
> > install to help ease development of mobile, flash, JS clients etc.
> >
> > Mobile-------->
> > JS Clients--->    A
> > Flash---------->    P    ----> WordPress Admin
> > Feeds/Data->    I
> > Other---------->
> >
> > It lets us use WordPress for what it is awesome at - the content
> > management, and helps provide a nice clean interface to that content. It
> > returns content in any number of configured media types using the Accepts
> > header or a content type in the URL (/posts/123.json). In progress or
> > completed so far are:
> >
> > xml
> > csv
> > text
> > yaml
> > plist
> > pdf (with templating)
> > json
> > hypermedia formats:
> > - hal+json
> > - collection+json
> > - json+api
> > - hal+xml
> >
> > Oauth2 authentication is also implemented with a start on scopes and api
> > endpoint access restrictions. I've been researching the different
> > approaches to secure JS clients.
> >
> > My questions are:
> >
> > a) is anyone interested in the project?
> > b) are there any features that people would like to see in a project like
> > this
> >
> > It's built using the Lithium PHP framework - which is incredibly
> flexible.
> > At the moment it is built as a basis to work off, but there is no reason
> it
> > can't be changed into a standalone application with custom
> > routes/controllers in your own plugin.
> >
> > Cheers.
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