The spp_api module provides a comprehensive framework for building and managing a RESTful API for the OpenSPP platform. It builds upon the foundation laid by the spp_base_api module, adding crucial components for API definition, documentation, and security.
This module is designed to:
- Define API Endpoints: Create, configure, and manage API endpoints for accessing and manipulating data within the OpenSPP system.
- Generate API Documentation: Automatically generate OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation for all defined API endpoints, providing a clear and interactive interface for developers.
- Enforce API Security: Integrate with the spp_oauth module to handle authentication and authorization for API requests, ensuring secure access to sensitive data.
- Log API Interactions: Record details of all incoming API requests and outgoing responses, facilitating debugging, monitoring, and auditing.
- spp_base_api: This module relies on spp_base_api for its core API interaction functions and methods.
- web: Leverages Odoo's web framework for routing and handling HTTP requests.
- spp_oauth: Integrates with the spp_oauth module to implement OAuth 2.0-based authentication and authorization for securing API access.
The spp_api module introduces key components for building a robust API:
1. API Namespaces and Paths:
- Namespaces: Represent logical groupings of API endpoints, often
associated with specific functionalities or versions (e.g.,
v1,v2). - Paths: Define individual API endpoints within a namespace, specifying the HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH), URL path, data model, fields to expose, and any filtering or domain logic.
2. API Documentation:
- OpenAPI (Swagger) Generation: The module automatically generates OpenAPI documentation based on the defined namespaces and paths. This documentation serves as a comprehensive guide for developers, detailing available endpoints, request/response formats, and authentication requirements.
3. API Security:
- OAuth 2.0 Integration: Seamlessly integrates with spp_oauth to enforce authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0 standards. API requests must include valid access tokens, obtained through the OAuth 2.0 flow.
4. API Logging:
- Detailed Logs: Records comprehensive logs for all API interactions, including the request method, URL, parameters, data, response status code, and response data.
- Configurable Logging Levels: Allows administrators to configure the level of detail logged for requests and responses (e.g., disabled, short, full debug).
5. Integration with Other Modules:
- Any OpenSPP module that wants to expose data or functionalities through an API can leverage the spp_api module.
- Modules define their API endpoints using namespaces and paths, ensuring consistency and automatic documentation generation.
- The spp_api module handles routing, authentication, and logging for these endpoints, simplifying development and ensuring API security.
The spp_api module is the cornerstone for building and managing a secure and well-documented RESTful API for the OpenSPP platform. It provides a standardized framework for API development, streamlines integration with other modules, and enhances the security of OpenSPP data by leveraging OAuth 2.0 authentication.
Important
This is an alpha version, the data model and design can change at any time without warning. Only for development or testing purpose, do not use in production. More details on development status
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This module is part of the OpenSPP/openspp-modules project on GitHub.
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