REST API

[flashtopia]

It would be EXTREMELY useful to have a REST JSON api.
The api should be able to access carddav / caldav data in the same way a device does,

Basic crud functions, with the ability to list resources / users.

[ryanmitchell]

+1 for this, or an alternative way of keeping two data-sets in sync

[pensan]

+1

It would be great to have a possibility to add user through external scripts (e.g. cron-job)

[briceb]

Definitely would make Baikal a lot more powerful... Thank you for the great project.

[karlkaefer]

+1

Any updates, comments or issues with this idea? @jeromeschneider ?

[netgusto]

REST API is implemented in Baïkal2.

[Lukerayn3r]

Does Baikal have a REST API or will I need to setup Sabre/Dav? I noticed that Baikal2 has been archived so I was wondering if it has been added to this library?

[ByteHamster]

No, Baikal does not have a REST api. You do not need to install sabre/dav to talk to Baikal. You just need to talk DAV, which is very similar to REST. It has the same GET/PUT/DELETE semantics as REST but uses XML instead of JSON. See this tutorial on how to talk to a DAV server: https://sabre.io/dav/building-a-carddav-client/

[Lukerayn3r]

@ByteHamster Thanks for the information. So I can use this https://github.com/christian-putzke/CardDAV-PHP CardDav Client to talk to my Baikal CardDav Server? I'm guessing any CardDav Client can talk to the Baikal CardDav server, am I right in thinking using this PHP CardDav client is similar to using Outlook, Apple Contacts etc... ?

[ByteHamster]

I don't know about that library but carddav is a very simple protocol, so you can probably just talk to the server directly without using a library.

I'm guessing any CardDav Client can talk to the Baikal CardDav server,

Yes

am I right in thinking using this PHP CardDav client is similar to using Outlook, Apple Contacts etc... ?

I don't know what you mean with that. Outlook is a server while the library you listed is a client.

[tp1050]

Is there like a Man Page or Manual for Baikal somewhere?