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==The server script==
==The server script==
* start by pointing your browser to hhttp://your_domain/path_to_moodle'''/mnet/xmlrpc/server.php'''
* start by pointing your browser to _''http://your_domain/path_to_moodle'''''/mnet/xmlrpc/server.php'''


==Things you can do==
==Things you can do==

Revision as of 05:29, 19 July 2007

Overview

The Web Services API provides Moodle with a web service interface to allow exchange of data and information with other systems.

For example,

  1. Manage user data - send and retrieve the information,
  2. Manage course enrolments - add/remove teachers and students,
  3. Course management - create new courses based on templates,
  4. Gradebook info - extract grades information from Moodle.

XML-RPC background

The XML-RPC service allows other servers to contact your Moodle server and request that it call a function. The Moodle server might do something, like create a user, or it might fetch some data and serve it back to your host.

To communicate like this with another Moodle host, you'd normally use the Moodle Network [1] features, but it's also possible for other kinds of program to contact your Moodle, using plain-old-XML-RPC, with Moodle Network's encryption or signed-message features.

The server script

Things you can do

See also