# Oficial documentation: https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/rest
# API: https://www.drupal.org/developing/api/8/rest
# Howto video: http://lin-clark.com/blog/2014/01/22/setting-up-rest-drupal-8/
# Modules
rest
serialization
HAL
# use-case: get json node data
# https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/rest/get
#
# enable modules: rest, serialization and hal
drush en rest serialization hal
# After enable rest setup permissions for GET POST PUT DELETE admin/people/permissions#module-rest
# get entity:node info without authentication (give anonymous user access)
drush role-add-perm anonymous 'restful get entity:node'
# change rest.settings.yml to add json content type response
# other option is RestUI module
drush cget rest.settings resources.'entity:node'.GET.supported_formats# output
'rest.settings:resources.entity:node.GET.supported_formats':
- hal_json
# # edit (add '- json')
drush cedit rest.settings resources.'entity:node'.GET.supported_formats#edit output
resources:
entity:node:
GET:
supported_formats:
- hal_json
- json
# save and exit
:wq
# rebuild cache
drush cr # test it
curl -X GET http://example.loc/node/1?_format=json