headless drupal
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Drupal 8
Mobile Applications with Headless Drupal
Agenda
● Headless Drupal● Web Services in Drupal 8● Mobile Applications● PhoneGap● PhoneGap Build● Demo
Headless Drupal..?How is Headless Drupal different from ordinary Drupal?
● Pages created with Javascript frameworks such as jQuery, angular.js, backbone.js etc
● No traditional Drupal theme.● Drupal Logic is absent.Static Website : Static HTML → BrowserCMS Website : DataBase of Content → PHP Logic into HTML → Browser
Headless Website: DataBase of Content → PHP Logic controls data → JS Fetches → Browser
Web services in D8Drupal 8→ Made easy to work with web services→ REST Service - best of making Web Services work→ Other formats such as SOAP or XML-RPC→ REST service - because it is the Drupal standard→ REST utilizes HTTP methods, such as GET, POST, and DELETE.→ Uses PATCH
Web services in D8 CoreImplemented in Drupal 8 CoreModules:→ RESTful Web Services (rest)→ Serialization (serialization)→ Hypertext Application Language (hal)→ HTTP Basic Authentication (basic_auth) → User Authentication
Get Started with Web services in D8Enable the following modules: → REST, Serialization, HAL, and HTTP Basic Authentication.→ Bye default node entity resource for all GET, POST, PATCH, and DELETE operations will be enabled
→ REST UI - user interface for enabling and disabling resources→ Set up your permissions under - admin/people/permissions→ New authenticated user for testing purpose
Testing Services with DHC REST Client
DHC REST Client - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhc-rest-client/aejoelaoggembcahagimdiliamlcdmfm/related
Headers:Content-Type : application/jsonPHP_AUTH_USER: <username>PHP_AUTH_PW: <user-password>
Mobile ApplicationOnly native mobile application is possible..? Then.,→ Mobile application with web technologies using HTML, CSS, jQuery [JS Frameworks]
→ PhoneGap - deploy it to a wide range of mobile devices without losing the features of a native app.
→ PhoneGap - Builds on top of cordova→ PhoneGap Build - They Compiles App for us.
PhoneGap Installation→ Install Node.js, gitInstall the following via command-line:
→ Install phonegap and plugman using npm.→ Creating phonegap application.→ Adding Platform into it.→ Add libraries if needed.→ Import the application into Eclipse.
PhoneGap Structure
Adobe PhoneGap build compiles [https://build.phonegap.com]For Free version→ Create an adobe Id and login. → Create a responsive website.→ Upload the project in github.→ Pull it into your phoneGap build account→ Compile it for iOS, Android and Windows. Scan QR Code to download your app.
PhoneGap Build
DemoDrupal 8 instance→ Enable Modules.→ Configure resources.→ Create a service using views.→ Get Data from the site using JS.→ Build a page using the data returned by the service.
