By amirn on

Hi,

Is there a way I can add new nodes and update existing ones (if I have the uuid or nid) from an external process (php/python) that would run on the same server as Drupal.

Is there any API Drupal exposes that can be used for that?

Can I program a module that would be used as such API?

Another option is to store the new and updated nodes' data in a DB and write a module that reads and updates Drupal nodes, but I don't know how to make this module run every N minutes without user interaction? (can it be done with cron?)

* latest Drupal 9.x *

Any ideas are welcome

Thanks.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 9.x

Comments

jaypan’s picture

jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

Yes. Drupal comes packaged with a REST server which can be used to perform actions on the site, and can be customized to add additional actions/methods if necessary.

https://dev.acquia.com/blog/decoupling-drupal-8-core-core-rest-hal-and-s...

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.

amirn’s picture

amirn commented

I've installed and enabled the modules as showed in the article you've linked.

I was able to use a GET to retrieve a node, but I was only able to do it using anonymous user, do you know how can I use a registered user/password to do that?

Thanks.

jaypan’s picture

jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

You can use the OAuth2 server module to create an authentication server.

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.