[consulting] Drupal with Web Services

[Farez Rahman]

Hi Lee,

Not sure about D7, but in D6, it's at admin/build/services/keys. Hope
that helps.

Farez

On 26 July 2011 13:12, Lee Probert <lee at thecloudandcompass.com> wrote:
> I've been really struggling to get a local Drupal 7 installation working
> with the Drupal iOS SDK (https://github.com/workhabitinc/drupal-ios-sdk)
> I seem to have the Services, REST and PLIST Modules installed and have
> adjusted the permissions for my anonymous user.
> I followed all the instructions in this video : http://vimeo.com/22635252
> ... and on the iPad I can see I am connected but it is the authentication
> that fails. He is using an API Key in the code but for the life of me I
> cannot find a way to create this key in Drupal.
> Any ideas?
> :-(
>
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> From: FGM <fgm at osinet.fr>
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> You can always use core, without even needing Services module, to build
> XML-RPC services (with access control on D7), which is what we do on large
> media sites for iPhone apps.
>
> Services essentially brings you more flexibility, and especially the ability
> to use several web services transports like REST/XML-RPC/SOAP without having
> to change your API binding, and bundled access control methods, even on D6.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Probert" <lee at thecloudandcompass.com>
> To: <consulting at drupal.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:01 PM
> Subject: [consulting] Drupal with Web Services
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> Hey, I'm considering using Drupal to build my database schema because of the
> advantage of having the CMS front end built more or less automatically. I
> want to hook it up to an iPhone app via web services however. What are your
> experiences with this? I've seen the Services module and have read it is
> possible to create a REST api but am concerned it may not be as flexible as
> I expect.
>
>
> Thanks, Lee.
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:57:47 -0500
> From: Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com>
> Subject: Re: [consulting] Drupal with Web Services
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> I wouldn't recommend XML-RPC.  It's not well supported.
>
> Services is good if you want bidirectional communication.  If you just
> want to access unauthenticated data out of a Drupal site, Views and the
> Views Datasource module is a much simpler to setup system, although
> Datasource is not the greatest module.
>
> For more details, see:
> http://www.palantir.net/blog/mobilizing-drupalcon-chicago
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> --Larry Garfield
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> On 07/25/2011 07:01 AM, FGM wrote:
>
> You can always use core, without even needing Services module, to build
>
> XML-RPC services (with access control on D7), which is what we do on large
>
> media sites for iPhone apps.
>
> Services essentially brings you more flexibility, and especially the ability
>
> to use several web services transports like REST/XML-RPC/SOAP without having
>
> to change your API binding, and bundled access control methods, even on D6.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Lee Probert"<lee at thecloudandcompass.com>
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> To:<consulting at drupal.org>
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> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:01 PM
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> Subject: [consulting] Drupal with Web Services
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>
> Hey, I'm considering using Drupal to build my database schema because of the
>
> advantage of having the CMS front end built more or less automatically. I
>
> want to hook it up to an iPhone app via web services however. What are your
>
> experiences with this? I've seen the Services module and have read it is
>
> possible to create a REST api but am concerned it may not be as flexible as
>
> I expect.
>
>
> Thanks, Lee.
>
>
> http://gplus.to/leeprobert
>
> @leeprobert
>
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