Rules API POST

"Rules API Post" is a working example, with documentation, for replicating Drupal content to external systems. This module adds a Rules action plugin for POSTing content to a REST API, using the hal_json format.

Use this module to explore methods of working with REST. This code can be used as a starting point for building integrations between Drupal and other REST APIs.
(Fresh Service Data API)

Along with a simple Rules action plugin (API POST), two content types and a Rule Configuration are also included.

Our method uses Rest Services on Drupal, setup for the hal_json format. While still available and supported, hal_json has been moved out of Drupal Core.

We are planning to adopt jsonapi for the next (3.x) version of this module.
www.drupal.org/project/jsonap
Jsonapi has been moved into Drupal Core. One selling point is the support for file uploads.

See our module documentation for additional details.

Documentation & Guide

Required & Enabled Modules

Rules: Rules, Rules API Post
Web Services: HAL, HTTP Basic Authentication, REST UI, RESTful Web Services, Serialization

To Do

• Migrate the module to use /jsonapi with ?_format=api_json
• Include file attachment support
• Expand the documentation
• Add working sample Rule export, rules.reaction.rules_api_post.yml
• Add a sample date field
• Set the default value of "Content Author" form field to use the current user's email
• Capture REST response into API Post Transaction fields.

Open Source Historic Shout Out & Credits:

The base of this module was borrowed from the "Rules HTTP Client" project.
See: https://www.drupal.org/project/rules_http_client

Thanks to all those who have helped along the way.

Rules HTTP Client was originally created by Mitchell Tannenbaum (mitchell) and
co-maintained by Stuart Clark (Deciphered) and Benjamin Melançon
(mlncn). The Drupal 8 porting was done by Ajay Nimbolkar (ajayNimbolkar).