Sync Webservice

General plugins (Local) ::: local_sync_service

Maintained by

Daniel Schröter

Moodle plugin for extending the Moodle Web Service API for remote course module creation and course file synchronisation.

Latest release: 7 months

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This plugin for Moodle (type: local) adds serveral functions to the Moodle Web Service API. Those fuctions allow users and external services to remotely create and move new course modules. Furthermore an external service (called "Course Sync Extension Service") containing the newly added functions and other core web service functions, which are helpful to use the added functions, is added.

The plugin is developed to work with the desktop application MoodleSync, used for file synchronization between a local directory and the learning platform Moodle.

Following functions are added:

Function	Description	Note
local_course_add_new_course_module_url	Add course module URL	Since version 2.0.0: added parameter "visible" and "availability" (->time).
local_course_add_new_course_module_resource	Add course module Resource	File needs to be uploaded with "/webservice/upload.php" web service call. Since version 2.0.0: added parameter "visible" and "availability" (->time).
local_course_add_new_course_module_directory	Add course modul Folder	Files need to be uploaded with "/webservice/upload.php" web service call.
local_course_add_files_to_directory	Add files to an existing folder	Files need to be uploaded with "/webservice/upload.php" web service call.
local_course_move_module_to_specific_position	Move a module to a dedicated position
local_course_add_new_section	Create and position a new course section	Since version 2.0.0

Usage:
* Tested on Moodle versions 3.11.4, 4.0.2 and 4.1.2.
* Usage of the "REST (returning JSON)"- web service protocol.
* To install the plugin, you may use the in-build plugin installation interface. Or you can unzip the archive and copy the folder "sync_service" into the directory "\server\moodle\local". Afterwards restart Moodle, log-in as an admin and follow the installation process.
* To use the added fuctions, either enable and use the added external service (file upload and file download must be allowed) or create a new external service.