You're reading from Developing Extensions for Joomla! 5 Extend your sites and build rich customizations with Joomla! plugins, modules, and components

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804617991

Length 322 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Joomla

Concepts

CMS

Author (1):

Carlos M. Cámara Mora

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Developing Components

2. Chapter 1: Planning Your Component FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Developing the Backend of a Basic Joomla! Component

4. Chapter 3: Developing the Frontend of a Basic Joomla! Component

5. Chapter 4: Creating Forms in Joomla!

6. Chapter 5: Harnessing the Power of Joomla! in Your Component

7. Chapter 6: Adding a Web Service API to Your Component

8. Part 2: Developing Modules and Plugins

9. Chapter 7: Developing a Module

10. Chapter 8: Developing a Joomla! Plugin

11. Chapter 9: Adding a CLI to Your Extension

12. Part 3: Extending Templates

13. Chapter 10: Creating Unique Web Applications with Template Overrides

14. Chapter 11: Creating a Child Template in Joomla!

15. Part 4: Distributing Your Extensions

16. Chapter 12: Testing Your Extensions

17. Chapter 13: Security Practices in Joomla!

18. Chapter 14: Distributing Your Joomla! Extensions

19. Index

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Authorization for the API

If you try using the URL of the previous section on your browser, you will get a 403 forbidden response. Web Services in Joomla! are powerful as they allow you to fully manage and get information from your site. So, none of the Joomla! Web Services are public, and you need authorization to use them.

Joomla! comes with two different authorization methods:

Basic authorization: This method is the most basic authorization and it’s not recommended to use in live sites. It uses your username and password in the request.
Joomla! token authorization: This method is more secure, and it uses a secure token linked to your user, which only the user can check.

Authorization for Joomla! Web Services is handled by the api-authorization plugin type so it’s possible to add more authentication methods.

Let’s see more details about these methods.