Version 1.3.0 is out now!

mad

Hi there! Good news! Automad 1.3.0 is out now! 😃
Besides the new option to install themes from within the Dashboard, there is also a new headless mode to return content in JSON format. Check it out!

ctuxboy

Hi mad nice work!!!
At the moment i'm not used, but cool you implement a headless mode option. This is the future!!!!

zach

Hi @mad,
Is there a way to change the Headless API endpoint? Looking to access API at something like /data.json instead of the index page. That way I can serve my front-end in the same directory.

Thanks for the help!

zach

oh I seem to have figured it out!

// core/headless.php

if( AM_REQUEST == '/data.json' ){
    return AM_BASE_DIR . AM_HEADLESS_TEMPLATE;
}
// react.php hold template file with js and react router
return AM_BASE_DIR . '/react.php';

is this worth making a PR for? (like to add to config/config.json instead of hardcoding)

mad

zach Hey there! Good to hear it works out for you. But I think it won’t work in every environment like that and also requires modifications on the server config to actually parse .json files.
In my opinion there are two other options that could also work out of the box.

Moving Automad to a subdirectory with the name data.json — that way the /data.json/index.php is used as entry point, but requesting /data.json would be enough then.
Having a subdomain serving the API — probably the cleanest, but requires more setup.

Both solutions are also save on updates.
Hope that helps! 🙂