API reveries

babaggeii

In my quieter moments I often dream of a comprehensive RESTful API for NodeBB. The features that I would like to see:

Sessions management - to be able to login with POST /sessions would be incredible for logging in via third party apps
User management - CRUD on users and ability to add to groups
Groups management - CRUD on groups

It seems to me that NodeBB has the opportunity to become so much more than a forum, freeing it from the constraints of orthodoxy to become a true communications platform. Plugins would be easier to write and therefore more prevalent. It just seems right...

a_5mith

@babaggeii This is in the works. Not ready for use just yet, but soon.

babaggeii

@a_5mith Is there any word of the extent of the api? From what I've read so far, posts are on the menu, but I haven't heard anything about sessions, users, groups, etc.

a_5mith

@babaggeii You would need to get word from @julian on that, I'm not sure. I believe the plan is to have it open to control anything NodeBB can do. But I'm sure there's limitations on that. So I'm not the best person to ask.

julian

For security, it will be a plugin, and it should be able to mimic anything built into NodeBB.

Still need to build the initial security layer and add the API routes, so maybe I can sneak in a bit of work for that today

It's one of my side projects, as there are other obligations I need to attend to for NodeBB.

babaggeii

@julian said:

For security, it will be a plugin, and it should be able to mimic anything built into NodeBB.

That's incredible news - can't wait!