Introduction to the Web Services API for Plone

The wsapi4plone.core (also known simply as wsapi4plone) package provides an XML-RPC API to Plone content and operations. One of the main goals is to provide a slim, versatile and extensive way to create, read, update and delete (CRUD) Plone content. The secondary goal is to provide an interface on which Plone and other systems can communicate with one another.

There are five known categories that the wsapi4plone is useful for:

  • Cross site communication
  • Desktop applications
  • Skinning/theming
  • Batch processing
  • Site migration

The primary focus thus far has been on cross site communication (Plone to Plone communication), desktop applications (desktop authoring) and site migration (Plone import/export).

Installation (for zc.buildout)

To install wsapi4plone simply add the following lines to your Plone instance declaration. The next time you start Zope the calls will be available. No further installation is required.

[instance]
recipe = plone.recipe.zope2instance
...
eggs =
    ...
    wsapi4plone.core
zcml =
    ...
    wsapi4plone.core

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