Quick api question

[Rweb]

Hi, just started with cockpit and I have a very trivial question:
I have 5 collections, is it possible to get the data from them with 1 api request ?

[raffaelj]

You can create a custom api endpoint.

How to create custom API Endpoints

In Cockpit you can create a custom api entry point pretty easy: Create the following file /config/api/custom.php we now do a custom query in that file: <?php // very simple code here $test = $this->param('test'); if (!$test) { return false; } return $test; now you can query /api/custom?token=xxx&test=foo,bar,baz if you want to have the api public (without token) then create the file in a subfolder named public: /config/api/public/custom.php now you can query /api/public/custom?tes…

with some code like this (not tested):

$collection1 = cockpit('collections')->find('collection1');
$collection2 = cockpit('collections')->find('collection2');
return compact('collection1', 'collection2');

[Rweb]

Thanks ill try this.

[Rweb]

It worked, but it does not like if I put access token in headers, also is it possible to manually authenticate in the custom endpoint in case i want to encrypt the everything related to the request ? kind of encrypted request > decrypt > data > encrypt > send back

[raffaelj]

@Rweb

is it possible to manually authenticate in the custom endpoint

Theoretically… You could add a custom route with all custom code. If you add a snippet to /config/bootstrap.php

$app->bind('/api/my_custom_endpoint', function() {
    $params = $this->params();
    $collection = $this->module('collections')->find('collection1');
    return $collection;
});

Then you should be able to request it via
https://example.com/api/my_custom_endpoint?param1=foo&param2=bar

(not tested)