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Richard Bracos
Richard Bracos

Reputation: 41

Steps to use the Directus CMS API

I just installed Directus, but I have to create the HTML interface, and I can't extract the data via the API. How can I use the static API? That is, with some kind of static token (the front will do it with PHP).

I have the Directus suite (APP + API https://github.com/directus/directus) installed and the HTML will be hosted on the same server.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5636

Answers (2)

Richard Bracos
Richard Bracos

Reputation: 41

Thanks RANGER, I have the following installation:

URL: https://cms.domain.com/public/ (APP + API Directus)

I have reviewed the column of the table you comment, and there is indeed a token already established: BGJFwQ1KlHnH91V2oIwMbOsG

$contents = file_get_contents('https://cms.domain.com/public/_/collections/categories?access_token=BGJFwQ1KlHnH91V2oIwMbOsG');
var_dump($contents);

But it does not work, I have read the documentation more than 10 times and I have been with the subject for days, I wanted to solve it myself, but I cannot find the error using file_get_contents () or curl in PHP to call the API.

The Directus ADMIN is in: https://cms.domain.com/public/admin/#/

I have taken the token from the ADMIN user, and therefore I understand that you have all the permissions to use the API. In the example, I wanted to list the "categories" (collection), which have 3 records.

Solved: curl https://cms.domain.com/public/name-of-project/collections?access_token=BGJFwQ1KlHnH91V2oIwMb34343G

Solved: I should use the **project name instead of "_" (default project).**

I am sorry that it is such a basic mistake, but I have come across several people with this problem.

Upvotes: 1

RANGER
RANGER

Reputation: 1691

Directus has built-in static tokens that can be assigned to any Directus User, and inherits that user's permissions. You can set this static token in directus_users.token (plaintext), and then use it to authenticate to the API. This is less secure than the other auth methods, but that depends on how you use it.

https://docs.directus.io/api/reference.html#tokens

The other option would be to set the data you need to "public". Obviously that only works if that data is public (READ)... but that is the case for many websites.

Upvotes: 2

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