views.md

Creating Views

The purpose of this document is to describe how to create custom API endpoints in farmOS by using Views.

Outline

Creating a View

• Documentation for the Drupal Views Module.

• log in as admin

• Visit Administration -> Structure -> Views (or http://farmos/admin/structure/views)

• Create a new View

  • Give the View a display name of "Farm "
  • Do not create a Page or a Block
  • Provide a REST endpoint
    • Use a path of /api/fd2_[endpoint]

• Configure the View

  • Format: JSON
  • Show: Fields

• Use farmos/api/fd2_[endpoint] to test the new endpoint.

Adding the View to FarmData2

Installing the View

• Export the view in farmOS.
• Copy into a .yml file in farm_fd2/module/config/optional
• Remove the uuid line
• npm run build:fd2
• installDB --current

Accessing the View

• Write a function in farmosUtil.js that retrieves data using the API endpoint.