Building REST Endpoints with Drupal 8
One of the nicest new features of Drupal 8 is its support of REST out of the box. With more and more websites moving to a decoupled approach, whether fully or partially, it has become essential for developers to understand how to build REST endpoints.
Using Normalizers to Alter REST JSON Structure in Drupal 8
Overview
Drupal 8 core provides for solid REST capabilities out-of-the-box, which is great for integrating with a web service or allowing a third-party application to consume content. However, the REST output provided by Drupal core is in a certain structure that may not necessarily satisfy the requirements as per the structure the consuming application expects.
In comes normalizers that will help us alter the REST response to our liking. For this example, we will be looking at altering the JSON response for node entities.
9 Steps to Sync your FileMaker data with Drupal
If you read my first blogpost on using WSClient and Rules to push your Drupal data to FileMaker, then you're ready for the rest of the story: How to get your FileMaker data into Drupal. Well, sir or madam, there are two ways: write FileMaker scripts to push data to Drupal, or use Drupal to pull data from FileMaker. We suggest the latter, and here’s why.
Featured Recipe: FileMaker and Drupal
Do you love FileMaker? Do you work with (or for!) someone who does? I’m now a Drupal Developer at Mediacurrent, but my last position (at Georgia Tech’s Office of International Education) involved a lot of FileMaker work, and this FileMaker integration would have been a lifesaver, so here goes! First, a bit of background on FileMaker for the unindoctrinated: “Tackle any business task... Powerful, easy-to-use database software for yourself or a team.