[LRUG] CMS for bespoke API

[Oto Brglez]

Hey Ian!

I would suggest that you look into this two project...
- https://parse.com/
- http://helios.io/

- Oto


On Sep 10, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Ian Kynnersley <iankynnersley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> For an upcoming project, I will be creating an API to power some mobile apps. The API will be largely read-only in JSON and will need to provide an admin interface for non-technical users to manage the data that drives it.
> 
> By default, I would probably knock up something bespoke with Rails and RailsAdmin. Or maybe a Sinatra equivalent. However, there would be definite benefits on this project to building it on an established CMS platform rather than completely hand-coded. 
> 
> Has anyone got any experience of using an existing CMS to create an API like this without a "public" web interface.
> 
> Is there anything specific I need to consider when using existing CMS tools or is it as simple as finding one that allows API-suitable authentication (i.e. not forms-based) and then creating JSON templates rather than HTML ones?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Ian
> 
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