Summary
This module provides an easy way to retrieve data in JSON format through a menu callback. Compared to Services this module focuses on JSON and doesn't need configuring of resources, endpoint or authentication.
It's low level and most easily used with AJAX to get data of the following content types:
- node
- menu
- comment
- taxonomy_term
- taxonomy_vocabulary
- custom_data
Each of these options provides a hook to alter the data-output, look at phpDocs for implementation examples. If no hook is provided, the default object will be returned (can be huge!)
A node hook example can look like this:
/**
* Implementation of contentasjson_get_node() hook
* @see _contentasjson_get_node();
*/
function mymodule_contentasjson_get_node($node) {
$node_array = array();
$node_array['id'] = $node->nid;
$node_array['title'] = $node->title;
return $node_array;
}
AJAX Example
To retrieve data with the contentasjson module you can use AJAX. The following example shows how to get the data with jQuery:
jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "contentasjson/node/1",
success: function(data)
{
console.log(data);
}
});
Always fill in all values within the -url- parameter. There are 3:
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