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    The Core API allows you to manage a set of common resources used in Magento. However, you may choose to have your own set of resources to manage, or you may wish to extend the Core API to handle additional resources.

    This tutorial leads you through the process of creating a custom API for a customer module that handles basic customer information.

    Note: This tutorial applies to v1 of the API.

    To learn more about the Core API, to read Magento Core API calls.

    For general information about the Magento API, go to the Introduction.

    1. Creating an XML File that Will Define the API Resource



    Create a file named api.xml in the /etc folder in the customer module. Start with the empty structure, as follows:

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
        <resources>
        </resources>
        <acl>
          <resources>
            <all>
            </all>
          </resources>
        </acl>
      </api>
    </config>

    2. Adding a Resource Named Customer



    Add an element named customer in the element. Add a element, with elements for list, create, info, update and remove methods for customer resource.

    Note that:
    • list will return all customers
    • create will create a new customer
    • info will return data on a specified customer
    • update will update data on a specified customer
    • remove will delete data on a specified customer


    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
    ....
        <resources>
          <customer translate="title" module="customer">
            <title>Customer Resource</title>
            <methods>
              <list translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Retrive customers</title>
              </list>
              <create translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Create customer</title>
              </create>
              <info translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Retrieve customer data</title>
              </info>
              <update translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Update customer data</title>
              </update>
              <delete>
                <title>Delete customer</title>
              </delete>
            </methods>
            <faults module="customer">
            </faults>
          </customer>
        </resources>
    ....
      </api>
    </config>

    3. Adding Faults



    The resource can return some faults, so add a element in the customer element, and list the various faults.

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
    ....
        <resources>
          <customer translate="title" module="customer">
    ....
            <faults module="customer"> <!-- module="customer" specifies the module which will be used for translation. -->
              <data_invalid> <!-- if we get invalid input data for customers -->
                <code>100</code >
                <!-- we cannot know all the errors that can appear, their details can be found in error message for call -->
                <message>Invalid customer data. Details in error message.</message>
              </data_invalid>
              <filters_invalid>
                <code>101</code >
                <message>Invalid filters specified. Details in error message.</message>
              </filters_invalid>
              <not_exists>
                <code>102</code >
                <message>Customer doesn't exist.</message>
              </not_exists>
              <not_deleted>
                <code>103</code >
                <message>Customer was not deleted. Details in error message.</message>
              </not_deleted>
            </faults>
          </customer>
        </resources>
    ....
      </api>
    </config>

    4. Describing the Access Control List (ACL) for the Resource



    In order to prevent unauthorized access to our custom API, you must first list the resources that are restricted within the element.

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
    ....
        <acl>
          <resources>
              <customer translate="title" module="customer">
                 <title>Customers</title>
                 <list translate="title" module="customer">
                  <title>View All</title>
                 </list>
                 <create translate="title" module="customer">
                  <title>Create</title>
                 </create>
                 <info translate="title" module="customer">
                  <title>Get Info</title>
                 </info>
                 <update translate="title" module="customer">
                  <title>Update</title>
                 </update>
                 <delete translate="title" module="customer">
                  <title>Delete</title>
                 </delete>
              </customer>
          </resources>
        </acl>
      </api>
    </config>
    Then, map ACL resources to API resource methods by adding an element to each part of the resource that needs restricting:

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
        <resources>
          <customer translate="title" module="customer">
            <title>Customer Resource</title>
            <acl>customer</acl>
            <methods>
              <list translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Retrive customers</title>
                <acl>customer/list</acl>
              </list>
              <create translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Create customer</title>
                <acl>customer/create</acl>
              </create>
              <info translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Retrieve customer data</title>
                <acl>customer/info</acl>
              </info>
              <update translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Update customer data</title>
                <acl>customer/update</acl>
              </update>
              <delete>
                <title>Delete customer</title>
                <acl>customer/delete</acl>
              </delete>
            </methods>
           ....
          </customer>
        </resources>
    ....
      </api>
    </config>

    5. Creating PHP Code



    Next, write some PHP code to access the resources. Start by creating a class called Mage_Customer_Model_Api that extends Mage_Api_Model_Resource_Abstract. Save it into a file called api.php.

    PHP Code:
    class Mage_Customer_Model_Api extends Mage_Api_Model_Resource_Abstract
    {

      public function 
    create($customerData)
      {
      }

      public function 
    info($customerId)
      {
      }

      public function 
    items($filters)
      {
      }

      public function 
    update($customerId$customerData)
      {
      }

      public function 
    delete($customerId)
      {
      }

    Note that you cannot create method “list” because it’s a PHP keyword, so instead the method is named items. In order to make this work, add a element into the element in api.xml, as shown below.

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
        <resources>
          <customer translate="title" module="customer">
            <model>customer/api</model> <!-- our model -->
            <title>Customer Resource</title>
            <acl>customer</acl>
            <methods>
              <list translate="title" module="customer">
                <title>Retrive customers</title>
                <method>items</method> <!-- we have another method name inside our resource -->
                <acl>customer/list</acl>
              </list>
    ....
            </methods>
    ....
        </resources>
    ....
      </api>
    </config>
    Now add some simple functionality to the Mage_Customer_Model_Api methods you created.

    Create a customer:

    PHP Code:
    public function create($customerData)
      {
        try {
          
    $customer Mage::getModel('customer/customer')
            ->
    setData($customerData)
            ->
    save();
        } catch (
    Mage_Core_Exception $e) {
          
    $this->_fault('data_invalid'$e->getMessage());
          
    // We cannot know all the possible exceptions,
          // so let's try to catch the ones that extend Mage_Core_Exception
        
    } catch (Exception $e) {
          
    $this->_fault('data_invalid'$e->getMessage());
        }
        return 
    $customer->getId();
      } 
    Retrieve customer info:

    PHP Code:
    public function info($customerId)
      {
        
    $customer Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($customerId);
        if (!
    $customer->getId()) {
          
    $this->_fault('not_exists');
          
    // If customer not found.
        
    }
        return 
    $customer->toArray();
        
    // We can use only simple PHP data types in webservices.
      

    Retrieve list of customers using filtering:

    PHP Code:
    public function items($filters)
      {
        
    $collection Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->getCollection()
          ->
    addAttributeToSelect(' ');

        if (
    is_array($filters)) {
          try {
            foreach (
    $filters as $field => $value) {
              
    $collection->addFieldToFilter($field$value);
            }
          } catch (
    Mage_Core_Exception $e) {
            
    $this->_fault('filters_invalid'$e->getMessage());
            
    // If we are adding filter on non-existent attribute
          
    }
        }

        
    $result = array();
        foreach (
    $collection as $customer) {
          
    $result[] = $customer->toArray();
        }

        return 
    $result;
      } 
    Update a customer:

    PHP Code:
    public function update($customerId$customerData)
      {
        
    $customer Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($customerId);

        if (!
    $customer->getId()) {
          
    $this->_fault('not_exists');
          
    // No customer found
        
    }

        
    $customer->addData($customerData)->save();
        return 
    true;
      } 
    Delete a customer:

    PHP Code:
    public function delete($customerId)
      {
        
    $customer Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($customerId);

        if (!
    $customer->getId()) {
          
    $this->_fault('not_exists');
          
    // No customer found
        
    }

        try {
          
    $customer->delete();
        } catch (
    Mage_Core_Exception $e) {
          
    $this->_fault('not_deleted'$e->getMessage());
          
    // Some errors while deleting.
        
    }

        return 
    true;
      } 

    Creating a Custom Adapter



    In order to create custom webservice adapter, implement the Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface, which is shown below.

    PHP Code:
    interface Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface
    {
      / 
        
    Set handler class name for webservice
       
        
    @param string $handler
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface
       
    /
      function 
    setHandler($handler);

      / 
        
    Retrive handler class name for webservice
       
        
    @return string [basc]
       /
      function 
    getHandler();

      / 
        
    Set webservice api controller
       
        
    @param Mage_Api_Controller_Action $controller
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface
       
    /
      function 
    setController(Mage_Api_Controller_Action $controller);

      / 
        
    Retrive webservice api controller
       
        
    @return Mage_Api_Controller_Action
       
    /
      function 
    getController();

      / 
        
    Run webservice
       
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface
       
    /
      function 
    run();

      / 
        
    Dispatch webservice fault
       
        
    @param int $code
        
    @param string $message
       
    /
      function 
    fault($code$message);

    // Class Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface End 
    Here is an example implementation for XML-RPC:

    PHP Code:
    class Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Customxmlrpc
      
    extends Varien_Object
      
    implements Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Interface
    {
       / 
        
    XmlRpc Server
        
        
    @var Zend_XmlRpc_Server
        
    /
       protected 
    $_xmlRpc null;

       / 
        
    Set handler class name for webservice
       
        
    @param string $handler
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Xmlrpc
       
    /
      public function 
    setHandler($handler)
      {
        
    $this->setData('handler'$handler);
        return 
    $this;
      }

      / 
        
    Retrive handler class name for webservice
       
        
    @return string
       
    /
      public function 
    getHandler()
      {
        return 
    $this->getData('handler');
      }

       / 
        
    Set webservice api controller
       
        
    @param Mage_Api_Controller_Action $controller
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Xmlrpc
       
    /
      public function 
    setController(Mage_Api_Controller_Action $controller)
      {
         
    $this->setData('controller'$controller);
         return 
    $this;
      }

      / 
        
    Retrive webservice api controller
       
        
    @return Mage_Api_Controller_Action
       
    /
      public function 
    getController()
      {
        return 
    $this->getData('controller');
      }

      / 
        
    Run webservice
       
        
    @param Mage_Api_Controller_Action $controller
        
    @return Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Xmlrpc
       
    /
      public function 
    run()
      {
        
    $this->_xmlRpc = new Zend_XmlRpc_Server();
        
    $this->_xmlRpc->setClass($this->getHandler());
        
    $this->getController()->getResponse()
          ->
    setHeader('Content-Type''text/xml')
          ->
    setBody($this->_xmlRpc->handle());
        return 
    $this;
      }

      / 
        
    Dispatch webservice fault
       
        
    @param int $code
        
    @param string $message
       
    /
      public function 
    fault($code$message)
      {
        throw new 
    Zend_XmlRpc_Server_Exception($message$code);
      }
    // Class Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Customxmlrpc End 
    Notes: The setHandler, getHandler, setController and getController methods have a simple implementation that uses the Varien_Object getData and setData methods.

    The run and fault methods are a native implementation for an XML-RPC webservice. The run method defines webservice logic in this adapter for creating an XML-RPC server to handle XML-RPC requests.

    PHP Code:
    public function run()
        {
            $this->_xmlRpc = new Zend_XmlRpc_Server();
            $this->_xmlRpc->setClass($this->getHandler());
            $this->getController()->getResponse()
                ->setHeader('Content-Type''text/xml')
                ->setBody($this->_xmlRpc->handle());
            return $this;
        
    The “fault” method allows you to send fault exceptions for XML-RPC service when handling requests.

    PHP Code:
    public function fault($code$message)
        {
            throw new Zend_XmlRpc_Server_Exception($message$code);
        

    Common Error Messages



    The following are common error messages that you might receive when creating your own custom API.

    Invalid API path

    This error occurs when the methods listed in the api.xml file do not correspond exactly with those used in your PHP file.

    For example, in your api.xml file, you might have this:

    HTML Code:
    <config>
      <api>
        <resources>
          <checkout_cart translate="title" module="checkout">
            <model>checkout/cart_api</model>
            <title>Cart API</title>
            <methods>
              <list translate="title" module="checkout">
                <title>Retrieve cart data</title>
                <method>info</method>
              </list>
            </methods>
          </checkout_cart>
        </resources>
      ...
      </api>
    </config>
    You should have a corresponding info method in your PHP file.

    PHP Code:
    class Mage_Checkout_Model_Cart_Api extends Mage_Cart_Model_Api_Resource
    {
      public function 
    info()
      {
        ...
      }

    If you are missing this method, the error “Invalid api path” will be returned.

    Source: Magento Official

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