api(json) on Vanilla 2.0.18.4 solutions here!*

leo_nistor

I've installed the plugin but, for every GET request (for example /api/category) I get an error:
{"Code":256,"Exception":"Could not find a 'index' view for the 'category' controller in the 'api' application.|CategoryController|FetchViewLocation|"}
I thought the controller name might be a problem, but the same goes for the session controller, even if I rename the class and the filename.
The plugin was developed in 2010, and Vanilla has changed a lot since then; any suggestion about updating the plugin code?
What I'm trying to obtain with the plugin is the possibility to POST or PUT discussions/comments from an external appication, and the current Vanilla Api doesn't provide this. Any suggestions?
Thank you!

svtguy88

After a long session of Googling, I've got this working on an up to date build of Vanilla. There are all sorts of problems with the documentation and the links on this plugin/app's page.

First off, as pointed out in some other comments, the author forgot to add "0" before the latest version number, so the big "Download Now" link goes to an outdated build. Version ".2" is the latest if you go by the dates, so download that to start things off.

Secondly, version ".2" is missing some files, apparently, as when I extracted it to my "/vanilla/applications" it didn't show up on Vanilla's dashboard, so I couldn't 'enable' it. To fix this, I created a new application folder based off of the skeleton folder that is at "/vanilla/applications/skeleton." Then, I merged the folder that version ".2" of this plugin/app with my newly created skeleton folder. Finally, the app showed up in the dashboard, but I got the error that this post is complaining about ("no 'index' view found").

To fix this, you need to create some empty index.php files. I don't know exactly what needs to be created, as I just downloaded an older version of this API (ironically, the one that the big "Download Now" link goes to), and then copied the "views" folder from that to "/vanilla/applications/views"

Whew. Anyway, it works now.