Drupal

To PATCH a user is to update an existing user... actually the current user logged in.

To POST an image is similar to the other posts mentioned on this site.  This article works through the steps to post an image.

To be able to get, patch or post you need to log in the member so you can retrieve their user id (uid).

Calling a query

To POST an image, the details required are:

To sort through a multidimensional array seems to be a function that I occasionally call on.  Handy to have referenced here:

For an introduction to setting up RESTful hal+json refer to the set-up documentation.  This article is about retrieving vocabulary lists that are used in many of the requests such as:

For an introduction into setting up RESTful hal+json refer to the set-up documentation.  Also see the Query - user screen.

To get the X-CSRF token, first, you need to login as a member.  Follow the steps outlined under User options - login, logout and user details.

Calling a query

The query string is: {domain}/rest/session/token

The development version of the app database is held on the staging site.  Note all development and testing will be completed on the staging site.

Drupal 9 uses:

• HAL : Serializes entities using Hypertext Application Language.
• RESTful Web Services

For testing purposes you can use either of the following Chrome extensions:

• Postman;
• DHC

The user parameters provides details about a specific user based on the following parameters:

• User uid;

The output of this query will return user profile data only of the fields containing data.  An example of the data returned includes, but is not limited to the following:

The user API, was originally created under the General Documenation area (see Query - user).  I'm creating a new user API document under the API documentation area.

Calling a query

To call a user query the details are required:

These steps are for Drupal 8 and 9.

Export your database

Order here is important.  First you want to clear all the Drupal caches.  Then export / dump the db the sql database to a file in your home directory.

drush cr
drush sql-dump > path/to/your/file/ourpout/sql-dump-file-name.sql

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