REST protocol (with JSON/XML payload support)

Web service protocols ::: webservice_restjson
Maintained by Owen Barritt
REST webservice protocol based on the standard core REST webservice, but with added support for JSON & XML payloads and supports using HTTP ACCEPTS headers for determining response format.
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REST webservice protocol based on the standard core REST webservice, but with added support for JSON & XML payloads and supports using HTTP ACCEPTS headers for determining response format.

Installation

Simply place the plugin files in ./webservice/restjson

Setup

Should be enabled and setup in the standard way for webservices.  See https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Using_web_services for details.

Usage

The protocol can be called in the usual way for webservices with either JSON or XML data specified in content type (also backward compatible with current REST webservice so will also accept POST form data)

e.g. for a JSON payload

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"wsfunction":"...", "wstoken":"...",request object}' http://moodle.url/path/to/webservice/restjson/server.php

Parameters such as wsfunction and wstoken can also still be specified in the URL if required

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{request object}' http://moodle.url/path/to/webservice/restjson/server.php?wsfunction=...&wstoken=...

Response format can also be set to XML or JSON by setting the accept HTTP header e.g. to send in JSON and receive in XML (by default same format is used to return as originally received) you could use:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/xml"-X POST -d '{request object}' http://moodle.url/path/to/webservice/restjson/server.php?wsfunction=...&wstoken=...

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Owen Barritt (Lead maintainer)
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  • Owen Barritt
    Fri, 19 Feb 2016, 6:27 PM
    OK, I've merged that change and done a new release including this fix plus a fix for the permissions issues.
  • Natalie Peyton
    Thu, 28 Apr 2016, 10:49 PM
    Great plugin. Very handy for any web developer.
  • manikandan Selvaraj
    Wed, 22 Mar 2017, 6:19 PM
    Hi Owen,

    How can i format the json object to post, because call core_course_create_courses method for create course, my json structure was [{"fullname":"Bulk insert","shortname":"short bulk","categoryid":1}]
    But i got the error link {"exception":"invalid_parameter_exception","errorcode":"invalidparameter","message":"Invalid parameter value detected"}

    Could you please suggest what kind of structure i need to send course creation
  • manikandan Selvaraj
    Wed, 22 Mar 2017, 6:45 PM
    Hi Ownen,

    I tried this json structure too but no luck {"Courses":[{"fullname":"Bulk insert","shortname":"short bulk","categoryid":1}]}
  • Albert Leatherman
    Tue, 18 Apr 2017, 8:46 AM
    Hi Owen, any chance of getting a quick example video for those of us aspiring to use server calls with Moodle but not yet quite up to speed on how they're done?
  • Mohammad Eftekhari
    Mon, 17 July 2017, 4:37 PM
    ( For those who don't know how to send the request via Command Line, like me some minutes ago. )

    Because the request format is ambiguous. I couldn't understand how to send the "request Object". so I tried this and it worked :

    curl -k -X POST -d "id=63&filename=windiff.zip" "https://localhost/moodle/webservice/rest/server.php?wsfunction=local_wstemplate_hello_world&wstoken=f5b0854a870e05f960cff39fc2a40665"

    hope it helps
  • Emil Wilmański
    Mon, 23 Oct 2017, 7:57 AM
    Hello Owen,
    I try to use Moodle webservice within google apps, so json could be great to use, but I cant get that plugin to work.
    Generally Moodle is not easy platform for anybody. So,
    * my Moodle version is 3.1
    * permission webservice/rest:use -> allow (standard REST works)
    * token is valid (standard REST works)
    * plugin webservice_restjson is enabled (0.4 for Moodle 2.9+ 2016021900)
    * protocol REST protocol (with JSON/XML input support) -> enabled
    request:
    curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://elearning.casadelalengua.pl/webservice/restjson/server.php?wsfunction=core_course_get_courses&wstoken=33ff697d305xyz
    I've got
    {"exception":"webservice_access_exception","errorcode":"accessexception","message":"Wyj\u0105tek w kontroli dost\u0119pu"}
    so I don't know what still I have wrong.

    Can you help me with this problem?
  • Chandni Pandya
    Thu, 19 July 2018, 6:10 PM
    This can be so helpful to web developer
  • Vivek Singh
    Wed, 3 Oct 2018, 7:10 PM
    Excellent plugin and very helpful for any magento developer.
  • Hodaya Ankri
    Thu, 29 Aug 2019, 3:47 PM
    Thanks for this useful plugin!!! It helps me a lot!!!
  • mango itsolutions
    Wed, 18 Mar 2020, 3:40 PM
    Hey Owen,
    I've used your plugin and found it is very well performing and any web developer can use it very easily
  • Marc Mathys
    Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 9:25 AM
    Hi. Can this be used by a device to send/receive JSON data (files) and store it in moodle for later access by the device or user?
  • Navneet Kaur
    Fri, 8 Oct 2021, 9:09 PM
    Best plugin
  • Noha James
    Tue, 17 Dec 2024, 2:41 PM
    Thanks for sharing this post. It offers valuable information to the Web Developers
  • Daniel smith
    Wed, 18 Dec 2024, 11:47 PM
    Great plugin and very helpful for any Kentico developers
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