Web Developer Course

Rest APIs

In this dotCMS Web Developer Training session, Series 3 focuses on .CMS REST APIs. The video covers authentication, fetching and filtering content, retrieving full-page layouts for headless rendering, and querying the navigation API to build dynamic menus. Aimed at web developers familiar with HTTP, JSON, and REST, the session provides a roadmap covering authentication, content API, filtering, page API, and navigation API. dotCMS REST APIs offer programmatic access to all aspects of a dotCMS instance via HTTP calls returning JSON. The APIs respect permissions, ensuring secure access to content. The video emphasizes the importance of authentication and HTTPS usage for secure API calls.