What is jDrupal?

A JavaScript Library and API for Drupal REST.

What is jDrupal used for?

Drupal Application Development.

What kind of apps?

A variety of application architectures, including...

Mobile Applications (Android, iOS, etc)
Web Applications
Headless Drupal / Decoupled Drupal
PhoneGap (Cordova)
Drupal Frontend

Drupal REST Tools

Connect
User Login / Logout & Account Load
Create, Retrieve, Update & Delete Nodes
Views Integration

jDrupal...

solves many common development needs for Drupal based applications.
provides a familiar Drupal coding experience and syntax for developers.
runs alongside any frontend client side framework, or with no framework at all.
utilizes JavaScript prototypes and promises.

Since jDrupal has no dependencies and is written in pure JavaScript, it can be used in a wide variety of architectures and frameworks. Just include it in the <head> of your app's index.html file:

<html>
  <head>
    <!-- ... -->
    <script src="jdrupal.min.js"></script>
    <!-- ... -->
  </head>
  <body><!-- ... --></body>
</html>

Quick Examples

See more examples

// Connect to Drupal and say hello to the current user.
jDrupal.connect().then(function() {
  var user = jDrupal.currentUser();
  var msg = user.isAuthenticated() ?
    'Hello ' + user.getAccountName() : 'Hello World';
  alert(msg);
});

// Load a node and display the title.
jDrupal.nodeLoad(123).then(function(node) {
  alert(node.getTitle());
});

// Login and show the user their id.
jDrupal.userLogin('bob', 'secret').then(function() {
  alert(jDrupal.currentUser().id());
});

// Get results from a view and print the node ids to the console.
jDrupal.viewsLoad('my-view-url').then(function(view) {
  var results = view.getResults();
  for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i ++) {
    var node = new jDrupal.Node(results[i]);
    console.log('node id: ' + node.id());
  }
});

Drupal Render Element

Learn more about jDrupal on the Drupal front end

$element = array(
  '#markup' => '<div id="msg">Loading...</div>',
  '#attached' => array(
    'library' => array(
      'jdrupal/jdrupal',
      'example/app'
    )
  )
);

Drupal 7

jDrupal doesn't need its own module in D7, instead refer to the jDrupal 7 docs for more info.

JavaScript Library

https://github.com/signalpoint/jDrupal

Getting Started

Hello World

jDrupal is best friends with DrupalGap, the open source application development kit for Drupal websites.

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