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Using JFactory stuff in custom API 12 Oct 2016 11:04 #14632

MorganL
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As part of my component I have a custom API that acts as a webhook for an external system. This system sends POST data to the webhook which reads it and takes action

However for simplicity, I would really like to be able to utilise some of the Joomla functionlity i.e

JMailer (rather than having to call standalone phpmailer)
Jtext (so I can reuse language constants with he core mailing system)

and of course last but not least

JCook components, so I can use the easy method of calling a model and updating / adding a record

What headers do I need to add on my standalone page (if at all possible) to able to use the above. I have considered just creating a menu item into full Joomla and building the webhook stuff into that, but its a bit messy and would prefer a cleaner standalong solution like I have currnetly underway

Morgan Leecy MCSE

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Using JFactory stuff in custom API 12 Oct 2016 12:33 #14633

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Got it

define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define( 'JPATH_BASE', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../../' )); // POint at the site root relative to where this code is.. in this case back a few driectories
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .'/includes/defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .'/includes/framework.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .'/configuration.php' ); // Database and mailer stuff

Morgan Leecy MCSE

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Using JFactory stuff in custom API 12 Oct 2016 17:43 #14634

Romkabouter Offline Elite Member Posts: 310 Thank you received: 131 Karma: 48	Glad to be of service This might be helpfu also or for future codingl: docs.joomla.org/How_to_create_a_stand-al...the_Joomla!_Platform
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Using JFactory stuff in custom API 12 Oct 2016 20:26 #14635

MorganL Offline Platinum Member Posts: 438 Thank you received: 53 Karma: 15	Great share I always knew the Joomla! platform had been designed to allow external sites to use parts of it, but just never tried. Now I have a great little standalone API that is using the mailer, jfactory and the language files of one of my components easily. Impressive tech which excites me for future mobile RESTful api.
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TOPIC: Using JFactory stuff in custom API

Using JFactory stuff in custom API 12 Oct 2016 11:04 #14632

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