There are two methods of showing data in a users own web site:
- An API to return the raw data.
- Special pages without the headers an menus that can be embedded eg with an IFrame.
API
There is an experimental API to allow return of the data into a users own web site. It is a REST Service and in theory will accept requests in these formats:
- application/json
- application/x-www-form-urlencoded
- application/xml
- multipart/form-data
- text/xml
and will return data in the following formats:
- bencode
- json
- jsonp
- php
- xml
which is what the settings in the Drupal Services modules say. I have created the following example codes to call it:
- PHP returning json using CURL to do the request
- PHP returning json using Pear HTTP_Request2 to do the request
- javascript returning json using JQuery to do the request
Feel free to copy these and amend as necessary. The requests are sent to https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/lmsrest/league with the appropriate type of request added as per the table below. For example for a table request, the URL would be: https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/lmsrest/league/table.json Each request expects 2 parameters
- org - the numeric organisation id which can be found by looking at the url for the home page, for example for the test league with url https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/organisation/1 the org is 1.
- name - as described in the table below
| Request | Description | name |
|---|---|---|
| table.json | returns league table for a league event, a knockout table for a knockout event, or the standings for an individual event. | name of the event. Looks for events with this exact name in active seasons |
| match.json | returns the match cards for a team event or the round results for an individual event. | name of the event. Looks for events with this exact name in active seasons |
| event.json | returns the fixtures for a league event, a knockout table for a knockout event, or the rounds and dates for an individual event. | name of the event. Looks for events with this exact name in active seasons |
| club.json | returns the fixtures for a club. | Club code of the club |
Plain Pages
The plain pages are just ordinary web pages that don't show all the headers and menus. The URLs follow a similar patern to the above. Here are a couple of examples.
- League table for division 1 in organisation nn. Note replace blanks by +. https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/league/plain/table/nn/Division+1
- Fixtures for club with ECF club code CCCC in organisation nn. https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/league/plain/club/nn/CCCC