"The front-end moves faster than Drupal, whether Drupal likes it or
not" This reference from "The state of the Front-end" session at
DrupalCon Amsterdam explains that we need different ways to retrieve
content from a Drupal site for an easy integration with new front-end
frameworks. This allows non-experienced front-end developers to start
theming Drupal using the tools they are used to.
43. JSON API
Generate an API server that implements the {json:api}
specification.
https://www.drupal.org/project/jsonapi
https://www.drupal.org/project/jsonapi_extras
55. Directus
https://getdirectus.com
Directus is an API-driven content management framework
for custom databases. It decouples content for use in apps,
websites, or any other data-driven projects.
58. Want to contribute?
How to POST a comment and other relational entities
Add special handling for collections in REST
Support ConfigEntity via REST
[meta] REST et al
File needs CRUD permissions to make REST work on entity/file/{id}
Serialize file content (base64) to support REST GET/POST/PATCH on file entity