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Rest API support

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So I'm considering using phpbb for a new project. I am looking through all the various forum providers though to compare all features.
One important thing is the rest api support though, and I haven't been able to find information to suggest that phpbb supports this. Of course all the premium paid solutions have this, but also quite a few of the free ones, f.ex Node BB and Vanilla forum.
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Re: Rest API support

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Anyone? :\
If it does support it, where can I find the documentation?
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There is not a REST API for phpBB yet.
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Re: Rest API support

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3Di wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:46 am There is not a REST API for phpBB yet.
Damn, that's too bad. Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB, but at least it contains a very nice API.
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TexTHKM wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:52 am Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB, but at least it contains a very nice API.
But at a price
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david63 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:19 am
TexTHKM wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:52 am Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB, but at least it contains a very nice API.
But at a price
What price? Vanilla is free.
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TexTHKM wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:26 pm
david63 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:19 am
TexTHKM wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:52 am Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB, but at least it contains a very nice API.
But at a price
What price? Vanilla is free.
Unless I am looking at the wrong site This looks mega expensive to me - https://vanillaforums.com/en/
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I had a harder laugh when I saw ‘per month’
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david63 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:40 pm Unless I am looking at the wrong site This looks mega expensive to me - https://vanillaforums.com/en/
You may be looking for this page: https://vanillaforums.com/en/software/ i.e. The difference between the free, open-source software that is Vanilla. Versus the for-profit business and software-as-a-service hosting offered by the company that was created around Vanilla. https://vanillaforums.com/en/about-us/

But I already thought your "at a cost" comment was on-point, with "the cost" being OP's statement of "Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB", rather than a financial cost. i.e. You get a REST API into a forum software you don't want to use.
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EA117 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:12 pm
david63 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:40 pm Unless I am looking at the wrong site This looks mega expensive to me - https://vanillaforums.com/en/
You may be looking for this page: https://vanillaforums.com/en/software/ i.e. The difference between the free, open-source software that is Vanilla. Versus the for-profit business and software-as-a-service hosting offered by the company that was created around Vanilla. https://vanillaforums.com/en/about-us/

But I already thought your "at a cost" comment was on-point, with "the cost" being OP's statement of "Vanilla forum design/features is really bad compared to phpBB", rather than a financial cost. i.e. You get a REST API into a forum software you don't want to use.
haha exactly. Vanilla the open source product is free, but it is basically abandonware at this point.. (the paid cloud one is good, but laughably overpriced). If you want premium forum software at a decent price, you get either Xenforo or IPB.

But I went with phpBB for this project, as it was supposed to be a low cost one. So I can just hope that an API will be supported some day =)
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Re: Rest API support

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RESTApiForPhpBB
https://github.com/eparsons/RESTApiForPhpBB
(An unofficial REST API for PhpBB with example client.)
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Re: Rest API support

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Maybe it will come with phpBB 4.0 if someone wants to spear head it.

Imagine if Eloquent was brought into phpBB. On my gosh, that'd be incredible.
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Re: Rest API support

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bbthailand wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:22 pm RESTApiForPhpBB
https://github.com/eparsons/RESTApiForPhpBB
(An unofficial REST API for PhpBB with example client.)
Thank you for the link!

It works like a charm as I only need the extension.

I looked and found none of thing like Oauth2 support but I can live with this cool extension.
Tested it on php 3.2.11 using Postman, works like a charm.
Now, I need to test it out with real code but not php though.
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I'm working on an API extension over at https://github.com/ClutchEngineering/phpbb-ext-api for the [removed]. If you wanna help out I'm all for it!
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Thumbs up, I will test it out very soon. API is absolutely required!
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