[xwiki-devs] [GSoC] XEclipse RESTification

Hi Jun, On 06/07/2011 02:05 PM, Fabio Mancinelli wrote: > Hi Jun, > > the REST api also takes into account Wikis, so you should take into > account this into the plugin. Also, I think that we need to display the other resources (like we do now), but maybe we should improve that too. I`d suggest that we group objects by class name, something like: xwiki.org (wiki/farm/connection name, given by the user) -- xwiki (main/sub wiki name) ---- Main ------ WebHome -------- XWiki.XWikiComments ---------- 0 ---------- 1 ---------- 2 -------- XWiki.MyClass ---------- 0 ---------- 1 etc. 0, 1, 2 above are object numbers, but, in the future, they might change to some other IDs. The advantage of such an ordering is that, highly used pages (that have lots of comments, or lots of objects of specific classes) will allow easier management of the objects. If a list of numbers looks too blank, you could have them print the value of the first property it their class, just like XWiki`s object editor does and you`d have something like: -------- XWiki.XWikiComments ---------- 0 : Administrator ('author' property value) ---------- 1 : Guest ---------- 2 : Administrator -------- XWiki.MyClass ---------- 0 : etc. ---------- 1 : etc. etc. I don`t know what's the status of Attachments (I don remember if we display them or not), but we should have them as an 'implicit' first class like: ------ WebHome -------- Attachments ---------- dog.png ---------- spreadsheet.xls -------- XWiki.XWikiComments ---------- 0 : Administrator ('author' property value) ---------- 1 : Guest ---------- 2 : Administrator -------- XWiki.MyClass ---------- 0 : etc. ---------- 1 : etc. etc. Anyway, the main idea is to expose as much as REST API allows. Check again the API specs. You can get creative with the details on how to display/handle the new stuff. :) Cheers, Eduard > -Fabio > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Jun Han<jun.han37(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Fabio, >> >> I have finished replacing xmlrpc implementation of login functionality >> by sending http GET request to entry point >> (http://localhost:8080/xwiki/rest/) along with username/password. >> >> A status code of 200 will be regarded as successful while 401 means >> login fails. >> >> The source code have been updated in org.xwiki.eclipse.ui and >> org.xwiki.eclipse.core plugins. >> >> I will begin working on xwiki navigatoin panel and replace xmlrpc code >> accordingly. >> >> One question is what resources are to be included in navigation panel, >> besides xwiki -> space -> pages? and how to display them? >> >> Best regards >> >> Jun Han >> >> On 06/05/2011 05:50 PM, Fabio Mancinelli wrote: >>> Hi Jun, >>> >>> login/logout can be implemented in order to store on the client side >>> user credentials that are sent with HTTP requests. >>> Currently there is no way in the REST-api to get a "session token" >>> (like the cookie sent after a login is made using the web form) so >>> that subsequent requests are performed on the behalf of a previously >>> authenticated user. >>> >>> So what is usually done is to send basic-auth credentials with each request. >>> >>> You can start with this. Next you might try to retrieve the cookie by >>> faking a standard login and using that cookie in subsequent requests. >>> >>> The ideal setting would be to implement server side some OAuth-like >>> mechanism, but this is out of scope wrt your project. >>> >>> -Fabio >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Jun Han<jun.han37(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I am on the way of replacing the xmlrpc implementation of >>>> RemoteXWikiDataStorage implements IDataStorage {}. >>>> >>>> One question is about how to implement login and logout functionality >>>> via REST API. >>>> From REST API document, users can be authenticated via something like: >>>> 1. XWiki session >>>> 2. HTTP Basic Auth. >>>> >>>> HTTP basic auth can be implemented via adding HTTP header to the HTTP >>>> request, then XEclipse can display Xwiki Resources by parsing the response. >>>> >>>> Therefore, do we need to implement login and logout methods? >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> Jun Han >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> devs mailing list >>>> devs(a)xwiki.org >>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> devs mailing list >>> devs(a)xwiki.org >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> devs(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs