About
REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating web services. These web services are used to provide secure and robust JASON REST APIs to SocialEngine based websites. This plugin enables the use of Rest API to access the SocialEngine website as a backend for the native Android and iOS Mobile Apps.
With this plugin you get an easy-to-use REST API, available via HTTP/HTTPS protocols. The requests can be used to grab site’s data in simple JSON format to provide integration between your SocialEngine website and native mobile apps.
Key Features
Rest APIs
Rest API are available via HTTP protocols for PUT, GET, POST and DELETE.
Stateless
This plugin’s API is Stateless which means API clients need to include state information (OAuth token) in their requests to the server and vice versa.
JASON
The requests can be used to grab site’s data in simple JSON format for integration.
WebView Support in iOS & Android Apps
Both our Apps support WebView feature. If for any Link, Page or Module you have to use WebView, then REST API allows you enable / disable the Header & Footer of your website.
Enable App Installation Reminder
From the admin panel, you can choose to enable / disable the reminder for the installation of App when your website is opened in Mobile Browser.
Supported SE Features & Modules
This plugin is integrated with almost all the SE Core features and SocialEngineSolutions plugins. The list of included plugins
WebView Support in iOS & Android Apps
If you have a question in your mind that weather other 3rd party plugins will work in your app or not, then WebView is the answer for this.Our apps support WebView feature and thus opens any additional Link, Page or Module in WebView. You do not have to lose any functionality of your website in your apps.
Not even that, with this REST API plugin, you can easily get any functionality natively integrated in your apps. If you have any custom integration requirements, then you can hire our team and get things done according to your requirements.
Enable App Installation Reminder
The feature will Come Soon in this plugin. Until now before native apps of your site, your audience might have a habit to open your website in Mobile Browsers to access it on their mobile phones. Informing them about your apps can not be possible easily via emails or newsletters because few users may not have signed up on your website.
So, this plugin has an amazing feature to display an App Installation Reminder Tip on the top of your website when viewed in Mobile browser of a phone which does not have your app installed. For this reminder tip, you will be able to configure the:
- Title of the Tip
- Description of the Tip
- Your iOS App ID
- Configure “Install” button text
- App Icon