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HTTP Field Update (HFU) is an extremely lightweight module for updating entity fields via HTTP requests. This is not a RESTful implementation and is not intended to be one. Its aim is to provide a very simple and quick way to do bulk updates or have an external system make quick, simple updates to an entity.
What it does:
It's pretty simple, HFU provides the following endpoint:
/hfu/<entity type>/<entity id>
To update a field on that entity, use query parameters in the form of:
?field_machine_name=value_to_set
For example:
http://localhost/hfu/node/123?body='This is some body text';field_some_taxonomy=42
would update node 123's body to the given text and set the term reference field to tid 42.
Authentication:
This module does not implement its own authentication, it relies on standard Drupal authentication. That said, there is nothing preventing it from using a different authentication method provided by some other module.
This may, at first, seem to be a problem for tools like curl
since Drupal authentication is cookie based. There is a solution though, --cookie-jar
.
Here's how that might work:
Get a login link with Drush:
drush -l http://localhost user-login myusername
Use the --cookie-jar
flag to save cookie set on a curl request.
curl --cookie-jar cookie.txt <login link>
Then, you can use that cookie file to make subsequent authenticated requests to Drupal using curl.
curl --cookie cookie.txt http://localhost/hfu/node/123?body='This is some body text';field_some_taxonomy=42
This contrived example can be implemented a thousand different ways with a hundred different languages. However, I hope this give you a starting point to get something done.
Project information
- Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed. - Module categories: Import and Export, Developer Tools
- Created by gabesullice on , updated
- This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.