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Allow creation of paragraphs through JSON:API

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Created on 12 April 2019, almost 6 years ago
Updated 23 February 2023, about 2 years ago

Problem/Motivation

Any attempt to create a paragraph entity through jsonapi POST results in a 403 response and no paragraph created. This is because ParagraphAccessControlHandler::checkCreateAccess() only allows access when the request format is html.

This means jsonapi cannot be used to create new paragraph based pages. This is a shame, especially as jsonapi is moving in to core with 8.7.0.

This can be worked around by writing code, for example, implementing hook_paragraph_create_access() to allow creation of paragraphs. But it would be better if this was possible using just the paragraphs module with no custom code.

Proposed resolution

Add a new permission(s) to allow creation of paragraphs remotely.
Extend Drupal\paragraphs\ParagraphAccessControlHandler::checkCreateAccess() to check such permissions and allow operations.

Remaining tasks

Decide whether the permissions should be per bundle
Decide what other permissions we should allow for remote operations - eg update/delete/own/others.
Actually implement.

User interface changes

None

API changes

None

Data model changes

None

Release notes snippet

✄

✨ Feature request
Status

Needs review

Version

1.0

Component

Code

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom Eli-T Manchester

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